Telerobotics, Automation, and Human Supervisory Control

By Thomas B. Sheridan

Book Overview

From about 1960, the author and his colleagues in the MIT Man-Machine Systems Laboratory have been carrying out experimental research in the area of teleoperation, telerobotics, and supervisory control - a form of technology that allows humans to work through machines in hazardous environments and control systems such as aircraft and nuclear power plants. This reference brings together a variety of theories and technologies that have emerged in a number of fields of application, describing common themes, presenting experiments and hardware embodiments as examples, and discussing the advantages and the drawbacks of this new form of human-machine interaction.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262193167
• ISBN13: 9780262193160
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 393 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.4"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher