From: Joerg Vogel <Joerg.Vogel@dlr.de>
Subject: ONLINE: New VRML Telerobotics System
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 12:49:08 +0100
Message-ID: <347ABB34.31DF@dlr.de>
Organization: German Aerospace Center - DLR


OPERATE A ROBOT OVER THE INTERNET
USING A VRML VIRTUAL REALITY INTERFACE

http://www.op.dlr.de/FF-DR-RS/VRML/Rotex/index.html

To teleoperate robots over the World Wide Web is a current dream of
many robotics engineers. Fundamental new challanges now arise with
VRML 2.0 becoming a standard for virtual realty over the web. As a
key feature for doing telerobotics VRML scenes are able to
communicate with other hosts on the web to exchange data and react
on external events. 

The VRML Telerobotics Client is a VRML 2.0 client which allows you
to remotely operate a simulated or real Manutec robot in our lab.
If you enter the world it tries to establish a connection to the
DLR Telerobotics Server in our lab. The world you will see is the
original ROTEX workcell as flown aboard space-shuttle Columbia
(Flight STS-55) during the D2 mission in April '93 with some minor
additions.

To view the scene you need a Java-enabled WWW browser and a VRML
plugin (preferable Cosmoplayer).

Any feedback will be highly appreciated. See you at
http://www.op.dlr.de/FF-DR-RS/VRML/Rotex/index.html

Joerg Vogel, Bernhard Brunner

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  Dipl.-Inform. Bernhard Brunner
  Institute of Robotics and System Dynamics, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen
  http://www.op.dlr.de/FF-DR-RS/STAFF/bernhard_brunner/
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  Dipl.Inform. Joerg Vogel
  Institute of Robotics and System Dynamics, FF-DR-RS
  German Aerospace Center - DLR
  location:  Muenchner Str. 20, Wessling i.Obb., Germany
  mail:      P.O.Box 1116, D-82230 Wessling, Germany
  phone:     +49 8153 28-2426
  fax:       +49 8153 28-1134
  e-mail:    mailto:Joerg.Vogel@dlr.de
  www:       http://www.op.dlr.de/FF-DR-RS/Joerg.Vogel
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