Telerobotics –Control over the Internet

Web Telerobotics is a new and rapidly growing field of telerobotic research. Initially it was considered a novelty, but developments in the field combined with rapidly improving Internet technologies have opened up new application areas. The most promising area is the use of web devices as teaching aids in school and university course work. Given that web telerobots are appearing in increasingly large numbers with many varying applications, the motivation for this research was to identify, implement, and evaluate techniques for controlling robots (and other devices) over the web. Of particular importance was the identification of a set of requirements that all web telerobot applications require. A solution to these requirements could then be encapsulated in a form that is easily reusable in other web control projects. Key-Words: Telerobotics, Web, Internet, Control, TCP/IP, UDP