A web-based approach for real-time robot operations

Abstract

Owing to the business decentralisation and outsourcing, manufacturing is moving toward the direction in distributed environment. A new enabling technology is required, especially in remote monitoring and control of daily manufacturing operations. As web is rooted into business, a web-based solution for real-time monitoring and control is preferable due to its popularity, low cost, and availability. However, unpredictable network traffic posts a major challenge for web-based real-time application development. This paper proposes to use computer graphics augmented with real sensor data for reducing data transmission over the network. Particularly, a web-based technology for remote robot operations is presented.