POTENTIAL AND CHALLENGES OF STEREO AUGMENTED REALITY FOR MOBILE ROBOT TELEOPERATION

In many mobile robot applications a human operator is still required to control the robot. The design of the user interface is the major element affecting the performance and efficiency of the task execution in the teleoperation scenario. This work investigates an approach to visualize all information gathered by the mobile robot in an integrated fashion by applying stereo augmented reality. Initial experiences and results with this type of interface for navigation tasks are presented.