Research of Space Teleoperation Based on FreeForm and Augmented Reality Technology

Abstract

People, who want to complete various operations, usually has some risks and difficulties in the distant, sinister and complex environment. At present, the space teleoperation technology extends the field of human perception, expanding the scope of human behavior, keeping people away from danger to accomplish the same tasks. However, there always exists communication latency problems insides the teleoperation process. To solve this problem, people use Augmented Reality Technology (AR) to superimpose the entity information obtained from the Space Teleoperation System to the real world. Currently, the traditional AR could only enhance or extend human visual system, but fail in effectively simulating touch states. In order to overcome this disadvantage, this paper introduces a novel method that combines the FreeForm Haptic System with AR to improve the tactual simulation. In addition, PHANTOM’s mechanical arm possesses high degrees of freedom and maneuverability. This article also proposes FreeForm mechanical arm as a remote actuators for space teleoperation.