>================================================================= > Call for Papers >================================================================= >Conference on Telemanipulator and Telepresence Technologies VII > >Part of SPIE's Photonics East 5-6 November 2000 >Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts > >Conference Chairs: Matthew R. Stein, Roger Williams University > >Program Committee: Peter Berkelman, Carnegie Mellon University; Paolo Fiorini, Jet >Propulsion Lab.; Ken Goldberg, U.C. Berkeley; Greg R. Luecke, Iowa State University; >John Pretlove, University of Surrey(UK); Roland Siegwart, Swiss Federal Institute of >Technology, Lausanne, Ken Taylor, University of Western Australia; > > >This program will address issues and recent advances in telemanipulator and >telepresence technology. Common to all teleoperation systems is a human operator in a >manual or supervisory control loop overseeing remote task >performance. > >In teleoperator systems, the remote manipulator system can be >augmented with semiautonomous functions which can either be >preprogrammed, taught by demonstration or self-learned. An operator interface at the >local site supports human sensory information processing and decision-making. >Augmentation at the operator interface could include graphic, multimedia or virtual >reality displays, text or animation presented in an intuitive manner. > >Topics include application examples of telemanipulation and telepresence technology, >augmented reality, hardware implementation, new developments in teleoperator modeling, > >analysis, and control, and efficient operator interface designs for both manual >teleoperation and supervised autonomy. >Also to be included are advanced techniques to cope with communication time delay and >operation over the Internet. Papers in the following areas and related topics are >solicited: > > * innovative research and applications in telemedicine and telesurgery > * applications and research for systems in hazardous environments including > space, underwater, construction, security, battlefield, and radioactive > environments > * telemanipulation application of virtual environments and the Internet > * techniques and implementations of assistive telerobotic systems for > persons with disabilities > * multimodal user input and interface methods using combinations of speech, > vision, kinesthesis, gesture recognition and text > * new developments and applications for augmented reality, virtual > environments in business, manufacturing, and entertainment > * task and user adaptive human-interfaces > * acquisition of skills and task knowledge via autonomous or supervised > learning techniques > * reactive planning and subsumption approaches to teleoperation > * system experimental results and performance evaluation methodologies > * advanced kinesthetic (force/position) and graphical displays > * human-machine interface issues, ergonomics and operator aids, including > graphics visualization, human sensory perception/information processing and > psychometrics > * Internet or World Wide Web robots and systems > > ********************************* > * Abstract Due Date: * > * * > * April 10, 2000 * > * * > * Manuscript Due Date: * > * * > * October 9, 2000 * > ********************************* > >For additional information and instructions for Abstract submission, >contact: > >http://www.spie.org/web/meetings/calls/pe00/confs/RB09.html > >Sumbit to: RB09, STEIN > >To receive a complete Call for Papers via postal mail, or to request >an Advance Technical Program for any of these conferences (when >available), please contact SPIE. Phone: +1 360/676-3290. Fax: +1 >360/647-1445. E-mail: annie@spie.org > >