A telerobotics construction set with integrated performance analysis

The Universities Space Automation and Robotics Consortium (USARC) was established to promote research into robotics and telerobotics for remote applications. An important part of the work of the Consortium has been the design and implementation of the Telerobotic Construction Set (TCS), which enables the building of modular telerobotic networks. Online and off-line performance analyses are integrated into TCS using quantitative analytical models. This provides the capabilities of measuring and predicting performance and system work loads quantitatively under different conditions, such as different levels of remote autonomy or different operator interfaces. This paper presents the methodology used in the performance/workload analysis and describes experiments, measuring teleoperation performance under time delay.

Authors

• Marjorie Skubic
• George V. Kondraske
• James D. Wise
• George J. Khoury
• Richard A. Volz
• Scott Askew

Keywords

• Telerobotics
• Robotics and automation
• Orbital robotics
• Performance analysis
• Educational institutions
• Modular construction
• Buildings
• Analytical models
• Time measurement
• Delay effects
• Time Series
• System Performance
• Resource Availability
• Human System
• Objective Data
• Demand For Resources
• Position Data
• Performance Monitoring
• Dimensions Of Performance
• Channel Capacity
• Autonomic Control
• Manual Control
• Network Delay
• End-effector Position
• Open Interface
• Successful Task Completion
• Rice University