Virtual Mfg

Ken Goldberg (goldberg@tumbler.usc.edu)
Wed, 15 Mar 95 6:58:35 PST

Dear Prof. Nau,
Ari Requicha forwarded your request for info on Virtual Mfg.
My group has been developing geometric algorithms for mfg for the
past 4 years (publications are linked to my home page) and we recently
implemented a WWW interface to an industrial robot. That project,
described below, was a feasibility study for the idea of controlling
machines via the WWW. Would this be appropriate to your study? I
am planning to do further work in this direction in the near future
and would like to be added to your mailing list.
Regards,
Ken
Ken Goldberg | goldberg@usc.edu | (213) 740-9080 | 208 Powell Hall, USC
Asst. Prof of Computer Science and EE-Systems | LA, CA 90089-0273 USA
Associate Director, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems
University of Southern California
http://www.usc.edu/users/goldberg/
"You only live once, if then." - Philip Rieff
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An inter-disciplinary team at the University of Southern California is
pleased to announce Mercury Site, a WWW server that allows users to
tele-operate a robot arm over the net.  Users view the environment
surrounding the arm via a sequence of live images taken by a CCD
camera mounted on a commercial robot arm.  The robot is positioned
over a terrain filled with sand; a pneumatic system, also mounted on
the robot, allows users to direct short bursts of compressed air into
the sand at selected points.  Thus users can "excavate" regions within
the sand by positioning the arm, delivering a burst of air, and
viewing the newly cleared region.  


Please see:


http://www.usc.edu/dept/raiders/