List of similar interesting projects - ImmersiveSystems/net-robo GitHub Wiki

Sid

http://sidigital.co/sid

RPi based robot arm. Can already be played by users. Lag is in the acceptable range. Decent usability.

Robot that is remotely controlled over the internet

http://letsmakerobots.com/node/38338

Very similar robot: Dagu chassis, Dagu microcontroller, pcDuino, smartphone as camera and internet connection. Robot is controlled through a web app. Pretty impressive, not too much lag (judging by the video) great usability.

Raspberry Rover

Raspberry Pi, Dagu controller, DAgu chassis, webcam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neiOY1Uy6g8 code: https://github.com/simonvc/rover-wasd-server

Mystic Lake Software & Robotics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=147ns7_kf-U https://www.facebook.com/mysticlakesoftware http://blog.mysticlakesoftware.com/

Double Telerpresence Robot

http://www.doublerobotics.com/

Being There: Humans and Robots in Public Spaces will study how robots engage people to interact

  • Interesting complementary research project
  • "By exploring robots as a means of allowing people to 'be there' in a real-world public space - regardless of where they actually are - we can bridge the gap between these physical and digital worlds and take full advantage of their respective capabilities".

http://www.roboticstrends.com/research_academics/article/epsrc_invests_in_human_robot_interaction_project

iRobot RP-VITA robot tablet drive interface

See 4:24 onward in this video for the tablet control ui for iRobots RP-Vita robot,

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ww6t5F4RUvc&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dww6t5F4RUvc

NASA JPL Kinect 2 control of robotic arm

Specifically, very interesting comment on how they combat latency in remote robot arm control

"As you might imagine, latency is a very real concern, as most of the robots are on the other side of a long time delay. Jeff Norris, Mission Operations Innovation lead for JPL, says that therefore, a setup like this is mostly used to indicate goals, which the robots seek out. Luo and Menzies do point out, however, that as you see in the video, there's a ghosted state to indicate where your arm is, and a solid color to show where the robot is currently, so the latency is displayed on the screen. "It feels pretty natural because the ghosted hand moves immediately, and you see that the robot is catching up to your position," Menzies says. "You're commanding it a little bit ahead, but it doesn't feel laggy." "

From http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/23/nasa-jpl-control-robotic-arm-kinect-2/