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A user study of command strategies for mobile robot teleoperation

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This article presents a user study of mobile robot teleoperation. Performance of speed, position and combined command strategies in combination with text, visual and haptic feedback information were evaluated by experiments. Two experimental tasks were designed as follows: positioning of mobile robot and navigation in complex environment. Time for task completion and motion accuracy were measured and compared for different command strategies and types of feedback. Role of haptic, text and visual feedback information in combination with described command strategies is outlined.

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  1. BioRobotics Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education, 307 Gajeon-ri Byeongcheon-myeon, Cheonan, Chungnam, 330-708, Korea

    Ildar Farkhatdinov & Jee-Hwan Ryu

  2. Moscow State University of Technology “STANKIN”, Vadkovskyper. 1, 127994, Moscow, Russia

    Jury Poduraev

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Farkhatdinov, I., Ryu, JH. & Poduraev, J. A user study of command strategies for mobile robot teleoperation. Intel Serv Robotics 2, 95–104 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11370-009-0036-9

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