A Mixed Reality Approach to Robotic Inspection of Remote Environments
Title: A Mixed Reality Approach to Robotic Inspection of Remote Environments
Authors: Elisabeth Welburn (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester); Thomas Wright (School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester); Conor Marsh (School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester); Sean Lim (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester); Ananya Gupta (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester); William Crowther (School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Civil Engineering, University of Manchester); Simon Watson (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester);
Year: 2019
Citation: Welburn, E., Wright, T., Marsh, C., Lim, S., Gupta, A., Crowther, W., Watson, S., (2019). A Mixed Reality Approach to Robotic Inspection of Remote Environments. UK-RAS19 Conference: “Embedded Intelligence: Enabling & Supporting RAS Technologies” Proceedings, 72-74. doi: 10.31256/UKRAS19.19
Abstract:
Currently, inspection of remote environments poses potential hazards to the human operator. Mixed reality presents the unique opportunity for the human operators & the piloted robots to co-exist within a virtual world that is then spatially mapped to the physical world. This can then act as a platform to conduct remote inspection, where the human operators could potentially possess heightened situational awareness and control.