SUPERMAN: A System for Supervisory Manipulation and the Study of Human/Computer Interactions.

Abstract

This thesis considers the need for supervisory control of remote teleoperator vehicles in the ocean environment, and shows that computer controlled systems can increase the effectiveness of remote manipulation. A distinction is made between absolute tasks (tasks which have a known spatial relationship to the manipulator base prior to execution) and relative tasks (tasks which cannot be spatially defined prior to execution). A second distinction is made between fixed tasks (tasks which remain fixed with respect to the manipulator base during execution) and moving tasks (tasks which continuously move with respect to the manipulator base during execution). Four distinct combinations can be made from this 2x2 array: (1) fixed-absolute tasks, (2) fixed-relative tasks, (3) moving-absolute tasks, and (4) moving-relative tasks. Mathematical principles are developed to deal with each of these four possibilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 11, 1979
Accession Number
ADA075199

Entities

People

  • Thurston Leondus Brooks Iii

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Applied Psychology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cameras
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Detectors
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Interfaces
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Image Processing
  • Psychology
  • Relative Motion
  • Supervisory Control
  • Unmanned Systems

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Robotics and Automation.