RT Journal Article
T1 A web-based solution for robotic telepresence
A1 Melendez-Fernandez, Francisco
A1 Galindo, Cipriano
A1 Gonzalez-Jimenez, Javier
K1 Software engineering for mobile robots
K1 robotics software design and engineering
K1 human robot interaction
K1 service robotics
K1 assistive robotics for the disabled
K1 medical assistance
K1 medical robotics
AB Robotic telepresence is an emerging technology with a great potential in applications such as elder assistance, telework, and surveillance. It relies on a combination of information and communication technologies and mobile robotics to provide a person with autonomy to move and interact in a remote environment. The application environments range from homes to factories, even large outdoor spaces, and the type of users involved in particular application contexts is also varied. That leads to a great heterogeneity in the design of the robotic platforms, communication infrastructures, and interfaces found across robotic telepresence applications. This article analyzes the sources of such heterogeneity, defines a modular architecture that provides a suitable solution for generic applications, and presents an instantiation of the architecture into a web-based solution for robotic telepresence. The main advantages of the solution presented are its open-source nature and its cross-platform compatibility. We report a pilot experience that shows how a functional robotic telepresence system based on this solution has been successfully deployed in an office environment and intensively tested by inexperienced participants over the Internet.
PB Sage publications inc
SN 1729-8814
YR 2017
FD 2017-12-13
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19101
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19101
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 6, 2025