Interfaces and strategies for the teleoperation of bipedal humanoid robots, which otherwise hold great potential in industrial, space exploration, and military application, are currently under-researched. This study aims to help bridge the technological gap between bipedal robots and their teleoperative methodologies by first classifying and enumerating potential control strategies, then incorporating these methodologies into a user interface that accommodates various forms of operator input and feedback, and finally evaluating the efficacy of a few of the most promising control strategies on a set of prototypical tasks for a humanoid robot developed at NASA Johnson Space Center, Robonaut 2.
Mechatronics