Telepresence and teleaction systems enable a human operator to execute complex tasks within an inaccessible, dangerous, and/or scaled environment. In this context, the communication of haptic signals (velocity and force) plays an important role. As the exchange of haptic information over the communication channel closes a global control loop between the human and the remote environment, the haptic communication system needs to be carefully adapted to expected communication latency and network performance. This dissertation presents a broad spectrum of methods for the perceptual communication of haptic signals. Additionally, the impact of communication uncertainties such as communication latency and packet loss is addressed.
«Telepresence and teleaction systems enable a human operator to execute complex tasks within an inaccessible, dangerous, and/or scaled environment. In this context, the communication of haptic signals (velocity and force) plays an important role. As the exchange of haptic information over the communication channel closes a global control loop between the human and the remote environment, the haptic communication system needs to be carefully adapted to expected communication latency and network pe...
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