Study on Network Agent Systems in Information Infrastructure

在本报告中，我们介绍了两个实际的系统来讨论机器人网络系统（RNS）的可能性。一个是移动机器人系统。另一种是远程握手系统。该移动机器人系统由移动机器人、MUSEAR和远程操作方案组成。操作员可以通过互联网/ISDN看到移动机器人发送的图像，从而控制移动机器人远离移动机器人所在的位置。我们证明了移动机器人可以像智能代理一样完成物理任务。远程握手系统由两个握手装置（HSD）组成。每个HSD都可以在物理上实现人类操作者的实际握手感觉，即触觉界面。东京和大阪之间通过互联网连接了两个高速硬盘。他们努力使东京和大阪的两个人能够感受到真正的握手。这种HSD在机器人网络系统中起着重要的作用。基于移动机器人系统和远程握手系统的研究结果，我们认为机器人网络系统是可能的。

In this report we introduced two actual systems to discuss the possibility of Robotic Network Systems (RNS). One was Mobile Robot System. The other was tele-handshake system. The mobile robot system was composed of mobile robot, MUSEAR,and tele-operation scheme. Operators could control the mobile robot away from the mobile robot place by seeing images which were sent from the mobile robot through the Internet/ISDN.We demonstrated that the mobile robot could do work as an intelligent agent by accomplishing physical tasks. The tele-handshake system was composed of two HandShake Devices (HSD). Each HSD could realize actual handshake feeling in human operators physically, i.e.a haptic interface. Two HSD were connected through the Internet between Tokyo and Osaka. They worked so that two people in Tokyo and Osaka could feel real handshake. This HSD playd an important role in Robotics Network Systems. We concluded that the robotic network system would be possible based on the results of the mobile robot system and the tele-handshake system.