Interaction based Teleautonomous Control System

  • Lee, Geunho (Dept. of E&E Eng., Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Chang-Hoon (Division of Information Communication Eng., Paichai University) ;
  • Nam, Chang-Woo (Manufacturing Eng. Group, Storage System Division, Samsung Electronics Co.) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Wan (Dept. of E&E Eng., Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Euntai (Dept. of E&E Eng., Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Mignon (Dept. of E&E Eng., Yonsei University)
  • Published : 2002.06.01

Abstract

There has been a growing need for interaction between human operator and a remote system to perform a complex task in an unpredictable environment and to operate an important work at a remote distance. The interaction becomes an important parameter in the teleautonomous operation because it permits the operator to control the system at remote distance. As the environmental uncertainties to be applied are getting increased, so is the difference between the plan of the operator and the execution of the system increased. Since the operator may be difficult to know the latest information from frequently changing environment due to time-varying delays, remote system may be hard to control in accordance with the operators command. Interactive Teleautonomous Control System (ITCS) is an approach based on interactions at these environments. The ITCS can be regarded as a control system using the transmitted a system's intnetion. The interactive teleautonomous control does not mean the interaction from operators point of view only considering feedback environmental information and forward simulation but an interaction between the operator and the system that transmits or receives intentions. The proposed ITCS is based on the intention communication that transmits their intentions to each other. The ITCS can correctly control the system in accordance with the operator's intention. Using the intention communication, a system intention is helpful to the operator. In the interactive teleautonomous control, the intention communication has to be provided by the interaction between the operator and the system.

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