Khep on the Web
Khep on the Web, a joint project between Patrick Saucy and Francesco Mondada's team at Microprocessor and Interface Lab (LAMI), and the Automatic Instituate (AI), was conceived as a two-fold experiment for the scientific community: the project explores the possibilities available for network communications through current technologies, and provides a database of  user behavior.  Users control their Khepera mobile robot through a maze of mirrors whose movements may be viewed from two live video cameras: one, the vantage of  the localized robot, and the other, an overhead of the general scene ( with camera orientation and zoom under the user's control).   The robot 's controls are sensitive and malleable, though I often found myself unable to maneuver around a wall.  Each user may control the robot for 10 minutes, after which they are disconnected and unable to reconnect for 30 seconds. I have never had problems connecting to Khep on the Web, though I have been denied access after a few attempts at regaining control.

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• Khep on the Web's Interface

My Toy Robot
This lego robot, housed in the fourth floor of Mississippi State Universit y's Electrical Engineering Building may be driven through an enclosed square, toppling and moving aluminum cans.  Two camera vantages are offered while navigating the robot, though a third, and wider perspective is given once the 10 minute time limit has passed and control is relinquished.  The site does not allow for exclusive control of the robot, thus erratic behavior may be due to another user's conflicting commands.  Registration is not required.  It is a slow site, and I had difficulty discerning where the robot was, and what it was doing.  Site includes an accessible manual for creating your own telerobotic website.

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