Guiding a mobile robot with an Internet application

Abstract

The use of intelligent robotic systems operated through computer networks allows the users to interact with remote environments. We present the INTERLABNET system that allows us to tele-operate a semiautonomous mobile robot over the Internet/intranet network. The software of this system has been written entirely in Java to achieve high platform-independence. The user interface runs as an applet within a Web browser. We present the configuration of the system, main software modules and some results of experiments.