Web-Based Tele-Robotics Revisited

This paper describes the development of a open and immersive Web-based augmented virtual environment for the tele-robotic control of mining robots. Many mining tasks must be done in remote locations. The most convenient mechanism for communication for this task is the Internet, for which a browser-based graphical user interface is developed allowing the operator to control the machine by specifying high-level tasks. Rich-user interactivity is provided in the Web-browser interface through the use of X3D and AJAX techniques which provide a means of asynchronous communication between the browser and server.