Editing Telerobotics (section)

== Interfaces ==

A telerobotic interface can be as simple as a common MMK (monitor-mouse-keyboard) interface. While this is not immersive, it is inexpensive. Telerobotics driven by internet connections are often of this type. A valuable modification to MMK is a joystick, which provides a more intuitive navigation scheme for the planar robot movement.

Dedicated telepresence setups utilize a head-mounted display with either single or dual eye display, and an ergonomically matched interface with joystick and related button, slider, trigger controls.

Other interfaces merge fully immersive [[virtual reality]] interfaces and real-time video instead of computer-generated images.<ref>Burdea, Grigore C. "[http://ti.rutgers.edu/publications/papers/1999_ieee_tra.pdf Invited review: the synergy between virtual reality and robotics]." IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 15.3 (1999): 400-410.</ref> Another example would be to use an [[omnidirectional treadmill]] with an immersive display system so that the robot is driven by the person walking or running. Additional modifications may include merged data displays such as Infrared thermal imaging, real-time [[threat assessment]], or device schematics.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}