Technology UK tech team can ‘teleport’ humans into robots


UK robotics company Cyberselves has developed a “telepresence” technology that allows humans to teleport into a robot and control it in an intuitive, immersive way. T e human operators can see, hear and feel through the robot, allowing them to perform tasks from vast distances, which is ideal for remote support in hazardous environments, telemedicine and space exploration. “Our Teleport app makes the remote


operation of robots both powerfully eff ective and functionally simple. With a smart phone, browser or VR headset, the user can take remote control of any robot. T e system has already been integrated with underwater ROVs, land-based UGVs


and humanoid social robots,” said Daniel Camilleri, Cyberselves’s co-founder and chief technology offi cer. A combination of cloud robotics, VR, AI


and haptic feedback makes the long-distance immersion possible. Two-way communication between operator and robot is achieved over Cyberselves’s cloud-based, low-latency communications platform called Animus. T e versatility of its teleport application allows it to be used on any hardware- and operating- system-compatible robot. Cyberselves recently received funding for


two projects managed by the UK Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) – the TEL-E3 project that integrates UGVs with immersive


The Cyberselves team


control and haptic feedback, and the TEL- SUBSEA project that is developing telexistence technologies for underwater robots, alongside partners Resolve Robotics and the National Robotarium, hosted by Edinburgh’s Heriot- Watt University.


Collaboration achieves more realistic hardware-in- the-loop simulations for automotive testing


Driving simulation company rFpro and embedded electronics fi rm Xylon are jointly preparing hardware with a simulated environment to accelerate the testing of complex automotive systems. T eir setup will enable interfacing for both open and closed-loop testing. By exchanging the soſt ware ECU model used


in a soſt ware-in-the-loop (SIL) simulation for an ECU, operated and monitored from the soſt ware simulator, a new level of realism can be achieved that leads to greater confi dence in the testing results. T is validation will ensure that products are ready for market in the fastest and most cost-eff ective way. T e new, fl exible interface can be quickly and independently adapted to suit a variety of third-party ECUs and applications. “T e ability to interface with third-party


hardware providers is a key advantage of our fl exible approach and ensures that customers are not locked in to any one solution,” said Matt Daley, Operations Director at rFpro. T e concept has been validated by interfacing


rFpro’s driving simulation soſt ware with Xylon’s 360o


surround-view parking assistance ECU. In


the real world, the system stitches together the output from four cameras placed around the vehicle – in the front grille, rear bumper and under each door mirror – to create a bird’s-eye view of the vehicle and its surroundings to aid parking manoeuvres. In the simulation, rFpro’s high-defi nition scenes are rendered using specifi c models


rFpro’s high-defi nition scenes are rendered using specifi c models that precisely match the characteristics of each parking camera, complete with fi sh-eye-lens distortion


that precisely match the characteristics of each parking camera, complete with fi sh-eye- lens distortion. T e rFpro output then passes through the Xylon’s logiRECORDER interface box, converting it into four video signals that can be fed to the hardware ECU in a format identical to that of the real cameras.T is way, the ECU can be tested in various scenarios using production fi rmware. rFpro’s simulation soſt ware helps simulate


and test challenging lighting conditions, harsh environments and various other scenarios. Furthermore, closed-loop testing is possible, with the ECU’s responses fed back through


the Xylon’s logiRECORDER interface box to rFpro, allowing it in turn to respond and update the simulation based on the ECU’s reactions. T is reinforces the ability of rFpro’s soſt ware to signifi cantly accelerate testing programs for a wide variety of automotive systems, oſt en eliminating the need for physical testing in multiple scenarios. T e data-intensive scenario presented by


the parking ADAS setup acts as a perfect demonstration of the interface’s very high bandwidth capability, making it suitable for use with diff erent ECUs and serial interfaces.


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