In the bilateral hydraulic servo control system of a construction tele-robot with in-situ force sensing, the p-f type force feedback architecture is liable to result in an impact on the operator hand, and its high amplitude will cause the control unstable. In order to solve this problem an improved force feedback control method with the feature of a T-S fuzzy feedback coefficient, which could b...

In this paper the European Cities Platform for Online Transaction Services (EURO-CITI) project is presented. The EURO-CITI project aims to specify, develop and demonstrate a common architecture and related services targeting the public sector. The proposed services include tele-voting, electronic submission of forms and tele-consulting. Tele-voting will be used for opinion polls petitions that ...

In emergency situations, rescue teams combined of humans and robots in place, as well as tele-operators to coordinate the activities from a remote location need to complement each other. This contribution addresses specific aspects of the tele-operator to remotely control the robots. Aspects to be analyzed are related to remote sensor data acquisition, as well as to data transfer in the distrib...

This paper presents the technical description, mechanical design, electronic components, software implementation and possible applications of a tele-operated mobile robot designed as an assisted living tool. This robotic concept has been named Assistant Personal Robot (or APR for short) and has been designed as a remotely telecontrolled robotic platform built to provide social and assistive ser...

This article is an attempt to promote R&D methodology that is actionoriented in order to improve the development of tele-learning environments and software artefacts fully adapted to learning activities. First we start by presenting an overview of the two main phases of action-oriented research, stressing the importance of control methods. Secondly, we describe difficulties in applying these me...

The design and development of computational infrastructures supporting existing tele-laboratory experiences in the field of automation and robotics are described. The goal of the activity is to provide a proper e-learning environment in which remote laboratory experiences are integrated in a coherent way. The addition of e-learning features, as self-assessment and progress monitoring tools, asy...

The problem of finding a feasible and technically simple tele-existence system for teleoperation of heavy work vehicles is considered with the aid of two experimental test series. Several test persons of different ages and experience were used in experiments in which a basic audio/video tele-existence system with head-tracking was modified into different versions and tested. Conclusions indicat...

The NTC has contracted Chula UniSearch, a consulting arm of Chulalongkorn University (CU), led by Dr. Supavadee Aramvith and Dr. Chaodit Aswakul, to operate the project which is participated by CAT Telecom, Samart Telecom, AIS, NEC, Rohde&Schwarz, FORTH and ADC Communications. NGN technologies such as 3G, Wi-Max, VoIP, SIP server/Soft switch, VoD and FTTH are evaluated in the project along with...

The work describes on-going work at the University of Pisa on the field of tele-laboratories and distance learning. In particular, the group is working at the evolution of existing tele-laboratory experiments in the field of robotics and control into learning units of a self-consistent didactic project. The pick-andplace system described has been designed to provide the set-up for robot arm mot...