Abstract
This paper examines the combination control of the manual operation and the autonomous motion to improve the maneuverability and safety on teleoperation of mobile robot. The autonomous motion which works to support the manual operation processing information from simple range sensors on mobile robot is examined with using a computer simulation. Three types of autonomous motion, revolution (RV), following (FL), and slowdown (SD), are proposed and the way to be equipped on the system are examined. In revolution, robot turns autonomously when robot approaches some obstacle too much. In following, robot translates parallel keeping its orientation to go along the form of the obstacle. In slowdown, robot is restricted its translation speed according to the distance to the obstacle and the translation speed of the robot. Features of each autonomous motion is declared; transit time and mileage become shorter with the revolution or the following, and the contact between robot and obstacle is almost avoided with the slowdown. When the distance to some obstacle to apply some autonomous motion is adjusted depending on the translation speed of the mobile robot, too much addition of autonomous motion against operator's intention is reduced so the maneuverability can be improved. When the revolution or the following is incorporated with the slowdown, even though the transit time is prolonged, the number of near miss for the robot to some obstacles is reduced so the safety can be improved.
