THE EFFECT OF MONOCULAR TARGET BLUR ON SIMULATED TELEROBOTIC MANIPULATION

Proper presentation of visual information enables efficient teleoperation. We simulated three types of telerobotic tasks that require information about the spatial position of objects. Our results indicate that, for trained subjects, monocular target blur can reduce the advantage of using stereo displays. This is similar to the results of psychophysical experiments examining the effect of blur on stereoacuity, likely to be required for the execution of our tasks. This suggests that other psychophysical experimental results could be used to predict operator performance for other telerobotic tasks.