METHOD FOR TELEOPERATING AN UNMANNED GROUND VEHICLE WITH A PAN CAMERA AND SUCH A GROUND VEHICLE

摘要

A method is provided for teleoperating an unmanned ground vehicle having a control unit, a first drive unit, a second drive unit and a pan camera, arranged in front of or behind the nominal center of rotation (z) of the vehicle. The operator controls the translation and rotation of the camera, and thus his field of vision, relative to a camera-fixed coordinate system, and the movement of the vehicle is calculated to perform this camera movement. Consequently, the operator can in most cases ignore the vehicle dynamics and experience the feeling of controlling a floating camera. An unmanned ground vehicle with a control unit which performs the method is also provided.