Catch Me If You Can: Demonstration of Publicly Remote Controlled Robots

Abstract

This demonstrator enables remote audiences to control robots within our lab. The purpose is to play a little game in order to show remote control over the public internet. Users are able to interact with the demo remotely through the web interface. This demonstrates an straight forward approach for remote robot operation independent from a specific device. Any current web browser running on a commercial off-the-shelf computer or mobile phone can be used to interact with the demo. However, it also shows the limitations of this kind of robot control. Dependent on the user's location and network connection, different amounts of latency come into play. Within this demo this effects the difficulty, as only fast or precise movements are possible.