15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control
  Barcelona, 21–26 July 2002 
INTEFACES FOR TELEROBOTICS STUDIES ON STEREOSCOPIC VISION
M. Ferre* and R. Aracil**.
(*) Dpto. Electrónica Automática e Informática Industrial (ELAI).
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Ronda de Valencia 3, Madrid 28012, Spain.
(**) Div. Ingeniería de Sistemas y Automática (DISAM).
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
C/.José Guitérrez Abascal, 2, Madrid 28006, Spain.

This paper is focused on the study of telerobotic interfaces. The interface devices connect the operator to the remote environment. The aim of these devices is, therefore, to get a design that provides the highest degree of telepresence to the operator. In this paper, first a classification of interfaces is introduced according to the processed information: operator’s commands and feedback remote information. Next, a deep study about stereoscopic vision is introduced by showing the results of experiments that evaluate stereoscopic versus monoscopic images. These results are applied to the ROBTET system, a prototype for live power lines. Finally a description of this implementation is given.
Keywords: teleoperation, telerobots, stereoscopic vision
Session slot T-Fr-A13: Telematic Interfaces for Telerobotics/Area code 8g : Telematics