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，用户可以在该系统中 远程操作类似蜘蛛的机器人设备，使个人能够安全地探索遥远的 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、坍塌 建筑物)。因此，TeleSpider将能够代替人类执行远程监视任务 危险或无法进入的地点。未来的发展包括TeleSpider有可能进行 解决问题任务并协助救援行动。TeleSpider硬件目前正在由 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。 档案互动公司已经确定了对远程移动接口控制系统的需求，但没有 在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的运动以一种精致和直观的方式，并展示了三维的视角 TeleSpider向操作员提供立体视觉，而不会导致晕车或定向障碍。在建议的 项目，档案互动将与SFU的界面和虚拟现实专家合作，设计和 评估一个界面，该界面使用户能够通过 电传蜘蛛。开发TeleSpider的预期价值不仅扩展到保护健康和 加拿大工作人员的安全，他们与危险或有问题的空间互动，但也使归档成为可能 互动创新虚拟网真研究，在虚拟现实、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.