Augmented Remote Operation

摘要

From previous experiences of deploying robotic and remote systems in highly radioactive and hazardous environment of nuclear facility decommissioning and decontamination (D&D), important lessons have been learned that 1) robotic systems require costly installation and difficult maintenance, and 2) manual teleoperation is difficult and imprecise to be practically useful. Such observations indicate contradictory requirements for D&D robot development such that it should be capable of adopting simple and robust robots and at the same time facilitating easy manipulation of complex tasks. To meet such contradictory requirements, a new teleoperation method is proposed which utilizes augmented reality for enhanced operator interface.