Web-based Teleautonomy and Telepresence

Recent innovations in real-time machine vision, distributed computing, software architectures, highspeed communication, and mobile robotic systems are expanding the available technology for intelligent system development. These technologies allow the realization of intelligent systems that provide the capabilities for a user to experience events from remote locations and to interact with that location using an array of robotic devices. In this paper we describe research being done in the UCSD CVRR that will lead to the realization of a powerful and integrated traffic-incident detection, monitoring, and recovery system. Sensor clusters utilizing both rectilinear and omni-directional cameras will automate information gathering about the incident and provide a real-time televiewing interface to emergency response crews. Ultimately, this system will have a direct impact on reducing incident related highway congestion by improving the quality of information to which emergency personnel have access.