Patent ID: 6535793
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B25J,G05B,G05D

Abstract:
A method for tele-operating a robot in an environment, comprising the steps of:providing a user interface for controlling the tele-operation of the robot; providing, via an imaging device associated with the robot, image information representative of the environment around the robot to the user interface; using the image information to provide a user-perceptible image at the user interface representative of the environment around the robot; designating a target anywhere in the user-perceptible image towards which the robot will move; automatically converting the target designated in the user-perceptible image into a target location having x, y, and z coordinates in the environment of the robot at the user interface; and providing real-time instructions to the robot from the user interface to move from the robot's current location in the environment to the x, y, and z coordinates of the target location in the environment.