Abstract
Teleoperation refers to “operation at a distance,” although by “operation” we can mean almost anything. The “distance” can represent a physical distance, where the master robot is separated from the slave robot by a far distance, but it can also refer to a change in scale, where for example a surgeon may use micromanipulator technology to conduct surgery at a microscopic level. Teleoperations comprise one or several human operators (masters) control(s) one or several remote robots (slaves) through the network. This master–slave telerobotic system configuration is shown in Fig. 1.1 consists of two robots: the master robot is directly manipulated by human operator, and its movements are replicated on the slave robot through the use of controllers and a communication channel. Therefore, the human operator can interact with a remote environment through this system.
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Li, Z., Xia, Y., Su, CY. (2015). Introduction. In: Intelligent Networked Teleoperation Control. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46898-2_1
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