Telerobotics: methodology for the development of through-the-Internet robotic teleoperated system
Alberto J. Álvares, Guilherme Caribé de Carvalho, Luiz S. J. Romariz, Sadek Crisóstomo Absi Alfaro · Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1999
This work presents a methodology for the development of Teleoperated Robotic System through Intemet. Initially, it is presented a bibliographical review of the Telerobotic systems that uses Intemet as way of control. The methodology is implemented and tested through the development of two systems. The first is a manipulator with two degrees of freedom commanded remotely through Internet denominated RobWebCam (http://www.graco.unb.br/robwebcam). The second is a system which teleoperates an ABB (Asea Brown Boveri) Industrial Robot of six degrees of freedom denominated RobWebLink (http://webrobot.graco.unb.br). The GRACO (Automation and Control Group) supported the development of these systems. RobWebCam is composed by a manipulator with two degrees of freedom, a video camera, net Internet, computers and communication driver between the manipulator and the Unix system; and RobWebLink composed for the same components plus Industrial Robot. This theme has been waking up the interest of several research groups in world ambit. With the use of this technology, it is possible to move far distance positioning objects minimizing transport costs, materials and people; acting in real time in the process that is wanted to be controller. This work demonstrates that the teleoperating via Internet of robotic systems and other equipments are viable, in spite of using rate transmission data with low bandwidth. Possible applications include remote surveillance, control and remote diagnosis and maintenance of machines and equipments.