System for manipulation in non-accessible work rooms

Abstract

Abstract The invention relates to a method for carrying out work or processes, or for allowing such work or processes to proceed, remotely in real time in an inaccessible environment. For this purpose, a graphic model of this environment is first received and stored in a computer. A manipulator, the movement of which is detected via sensors, is guided collisionlessly to the desired location in this environment. Control is effected via the graphics image of the environment. This image is displayed from any observer position. Observation from a moving position is also possible. A camera installed in the vicinity or on the manipulator is aligned as desired, or tracks a movement, via the graphics image. Viewing on the graphics screen and also of the television image provides the possibility for "integrated viewing".

Inventors

• 👤 Uwe Kühnapfel
• 👤 Klaus Dr. Leinemann

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