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(2005), "New robot interface MobileEyes announced by MobileRobots.com", Industrial Robot, Vol. 32 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/ir.2005.04932daf.002
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
New robot interface MobileEyes announced by MobileRobots.com
New robot interface MobileEyes™ announced by MobileRobots.com
Keywords: Robotics
MobileRobots.com announces MobileEyes, a new standard interface for robots and automated guided vehicles (AGVs). To date, robot users have had to develop or buy custom software for every application. MobileEyes provides a single, modifiable GUI for nearly any point- to-point automation application, from materials handling to remote sensing, security surveillance, visitor guidance and asset tracking.
With MobileEyes, users can deliver items, investigate a break-in or check for leaks simply by clicking on a robot destination. The robot's progress is displayed through the floor plan it created. Cameras, sensors and other accessories connected to the robot can display their data in MobileEyes. For 24£7 operations, users can set up patrol and delivery routes. MobileEyes also enable users to converse with people remotely, via the robot.
Says Kathleen Cunningham, project leader for MobileEyes, “Most robots and robot software are designed to perform a single function, developed from scratch. MobileEyes provides a standard user interface to the powerful ARCS system of robotic navigation, behaviors and controls, making many robot applications plug-n-play or quickly customizable.”
MobileEyes provides the means to control robots from PCs anywhere in the enterprise, protected by encrypted passwords. Display parameters can be station specific. Furthermore, the robot itself may be configured so that it travels quickly or slowly; obstacles can be given narrow or wide berth and other such parameters may be set through MobileEyes.
In addition to deploying standard functions, more advanced users can quickly customize robots to perform special tasks such as speaking, playing audio, watching for intruders or zooming cameras onto a particular view.
MobileEyes is compatible with any robot with the Automated Robot Control System (“ARCS inside”) ARCS is designed and manufactured by MobileRobots.com for use by third- party robot and automated guided vehicle (AGV) developers as well as for MobileRobots own platforms.
More details on Mobile Eyes software are available from: www.MobileRobots.com/MobileEyes.html