A collaborative control system for telepresence robots

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 5105-5111

  MacHaret, Douglas G ^a   Florencio, Dinei A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATIVE CONTROL; COLLABORATIVE DRIVING; COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION DELAYS; DEGREE OF AUTONOMY; DISTRIBUTED WORK; RESEARCH EFFORTS; TARGET DIRECTION; TELEPRESENCE; USER STUDY;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE; INDUSTRY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84872323519     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385705     Document Type: Conference Paper

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