Patent ID: 7298385

Claim:
A method for superimposing computer-generated information into an image of the real environment detected by an image receiving unit located on a viewing device, the method comprising the steps of: providing a robot; providing a control unit; providing the viewing device with the image receiving unit; detecting an image of the real environment and detecting an image of the robot by the image receiving unit; displaying said robot image and said real environment image on said viewing device; obtaining a position and an orientation or pose of said robot based on said robot image and said real environment image detected via the image receiving unit; obtaining robot-specific information from said robot via said control unit, said robot-specific information corresponding to information necessary for moving said robot; superimposing the robot-specific information over the image of said robot on said viewing device, at least one robot-specific coordinate system being superimposed into said image of the robot and real environment; and controlling said robot based on said robot-specific information superimposed over image of said robot such that movement of said image corresponds to movement of said robot.