Defence Teleoperation and Stereoscopic Video: ABSTRACT
David Drascic and Julius J. Grodski
Proc SPIE Vol. 1915, Stereoscopic Displays and Applications IV,
pages 58-69, San Jose, California, Feb 1993.
(c) Copyright 1993.
Abstract
This paper examines whether the potential benefits outweigh the expected
costs of using stereoscopic video (SV) instead of monoscopic video (MV) for
hazardous materials teleoperation. The first part presents the various
benefits ascribed to SV, discusses why these benefits should apply to
teleoperation, and outlines the expected costs. The second part presents two
laboratory experiments showing that using SV can dramatically decrease learning
time and improve performance. The third part presents two operations-like
experiments conducted with trained telerobot operators of a variety of skill
levels; it demonstrates that operators strongly prefer SV, consider it
significantly better for most teleoperation tasks, and rate SV to be more
useful and more comfortable to use than MV.
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