TeleSpider: developing virtual interfaces for tele-operation and locomotion

“TeleSpider”项目的目标是设计和实现一个远程呈现系统，用户可以在其中 远程操作类似蜘蛛的机器人设备，使个人能够安全地探索远程、 难以到达或有潜在危险的区域或情况（例如通风井、化学品泄漏、倒塌 建筑物）。因此，TeleSpider 将能够代替人类执行远程监控任务 危险或难以到达的地方。未来的发展包括 TeleSpider 的潜力 解决问题的任务并协助救援行动。 TeleSpider 硬件目前正在由 Archiact Interactive，一家位于不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华的虚拟现实、移动开发和游戏公司。 Archiact Interactive 已经确定了对远程运动界面控制系统的需求，但没有 内部开发该系统的专业知识。控制系统必须允许操作员控制 TeleSpider的动作以精致直观的方式呈现，并展示了三维视角 TeleSpider 为操作员提供立体视觉，不会引起晕动病或迷失方向。在提议的 项目中，Archiact Interactive 将与 SFU 的界面和虚拟现实专家合作设计和 评估一个界面，使用户能够直观地导航并完成基本的监视任务 远程蜘蛛。开发 TeleSpider 的预期价值不仅限于保护健康和 与危险或有问题的空间互动的加拿大工人的安全，同时也使 Archiact 交互式虚拟远程呈现研究的创新，广泛应用于虚拟现实、游戏、 娱乐和机电一体化。

The goal of the "TeleSpider" project is to design and implement a telepresence system where users can remotely operate a robotic spider-like device, giving individuals the ability to safely explore remote, hard-to-reach, or potentially hazardous areas or situations (e.g., ventilation shafts, chemical spills, collapsed buildings). The TeleSpider will, therefore, be able to perform remote surveillance tasks in place of humans in dangerous or inaccessible locations. Future developments include the potential for the TeleSpider to conduct problem solving tasks and assist in rescue operations. The TeleSpider hardware is currently being developed by Archiact Interactive, a virtual reality, mobile development and games company in Vancouver, B.C. Archiact Interactive has identified the need for a remote locomotion interface control system but does not have the expertise to develop this system in-house. The control system must allow a human operator to control the TeleSpider's movement in a refined and intuitive manner, and show the three-dimensional perspective of the TeleSpider's stereo vision to the operator without causing motion sickness or disorientation. In the proposed project, Archiact Interactive will collaborate with interface and virtual reality experts at SFU to design and evaluate an interface that enables users to intuitively navigate and complete basic surveillance tasks with the TeleSpider. The anticipated value of developing the TeleSpider extends not only to protecting the health and safety of Canadian workers who interact with hazardous or problematic spaces, but also enables Archiact Interactive to innovate in virtual telepresence research for wide-ranging applications in virtual reality, games, entertainment and mechatronics.