An Augmented Reality Supported Control System for Remote Operation and Monitoring of an Industrial Work Cell

Telematic control systems have a lot of potential applications in teleservicing of remote sites: they range from surveillance of regular operations over optimization of existing processes to remote error resolving. In this paper, we describe the general architecture of a telematic control system employed to survey an industrial work cell, and show how Augmented Reality (AR) can support an operator in grasping events and conditions at the remote site more clearly, thus getting a better situational awareness. After describing several specific examples from the AR tool-range, potential uses of the system are presented.