We propose a novel passivity-enforcing tele-driving control framework, which will enable a human operator to stably tele-control a unicycle-type wheeled mobile robot (WMR) over communication network with constant delays while having some useful haptic force-feedback. We consider both the case of kinematic and dynamic WMRs. Our main objective is to enable human users to tele-drive the WMR as the...

PURPOSE To attempt to quantify the potential for success of tele-endoscopy as a component of the VTMEDNET Plus telemedicine implementation, a multi-part prospective study was undertaken by faculty of the Vermont Initiative for Rural Health Informatics and Telemedicine. METHOD The study was comprised of three separate parts, evaluation of image quality, cost analysis, and identification of ref...

Tele-Immersion is the merging of audio and video conferencing with collaborative virtual reality, datamining and significant computation systems. As TeleImmersion often involves distantly located participants all interacting with each other in real-time, it relies heavily on the quality of the underlying networks used to distribute information between participants. This paper presents our preli...

Tele-conferencing and tele-education are vital for a user-oriented service organization with national scope. The Web SlideShow is a slide support tool designed to provide a remote audience with access to viewgraph presentations. The World-Wide Web (WWW) media has been chosen for its flexibility and multi-platform capabilities. While the tool was at first meant for use in conjunction with standa...

Technological advances are revolutionizing computers and electronic devices to support digital multimedia, stimulating the development of a wide spectrum of applications , such as tele-conferencing and video entertainment , that can be ooered to end-consumers. Such applications when coupled with virtual reality, will result in a new generation of systems enabling eeective tele-personal interact...

As the problem of easily and quickly generating tele-lecturing content has been solved and many tele-lecturing projects have been set up, new issues arise. The search amongst the video content is a major problem. It takes a long time for users to lter through all the videos available until they nd the learning content they are looking for. This paper describes a concept for the set-up of a rati...

Up to date, tele-pathology in the three different forms of application, "dynamic", "static" and "virtual microscopy" has been mainly based on tele-hystology remote consulting. Today the diffusion of specialized WAN connections is guiding the research of new applications of tele-pathology. A specific analysis has been conducted, focused on digital cytology, in the biomedical laboratory of Sant'A...

The paper describes a tele-operated mobile robot system which can perform multiple sound source localization and separation using a 32-channel tri-concentric microphone array. Tele-operated mobile robots require two main capabilities: 1) audio/visual presentation of the robot’s environment to the operator, and 2) autonomy for mobility. This paper focuses on the auditory system of a tele-operate...