NAVIgoid: robot navigation with haptic vision

Abstract

Telepresence robotic system allows a person to feel as if they were present at a place other than their true location. The sense of telexistence is provided with such stimuli as vision, hearing, sense of touch, etc. [1]. The user of such system is capable of affecting the remote location, and hence, the user position and actions must be sensed and transmitted to the remote robot (teleoperation).