Advanced Teleoperation Interfaces

The goal of this project is to make the vehicle teleoperation (remote driving) accessible to all users, novices and experts alike. To achieve this, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Lausanne (EPFL) are collaborating to investigate advanced teleoperation operator interfaces. Under this joint research effort, a new system model for teleoperation, Web-based user interfaces, and sensor-fusion displays are being developed. The long-term research objective is to develop systems in which humans and robots engage in constructive dialogue, to work together and to jointly solve problems. During the past two years, research expertise, techniques, and results have been exchanged between CMU and EPFL through a regular series of graduate level student exchanges. In addition, research results have been disseminated through conference papers, student theses, and public colloquia (technical and non-technical).