Improving the operation efficiency of supermedia enhanced internet based teleoperation via an overlay network

For Internet based real-time teleoperation systems, random time delay can cause instability in the closed loop control system and hence hinder task accomplishment. Event based control systems have been proposed to overcome the instability caused by the random time delay. High latency at the transport layer can still impede effective and reliable execution of tasks with high dexterity requirements. Network QoS based dynamic resource allocation has been proposed to increase the efficiency and reliability of task execution. However, these approaches only try to mitigate or overcome the effects of random time delay and do not address the cause of latency issues in the communication channel. This paper addresses the efficiency and reliability requirements for supermedia enhanced teleoperated systems by reducing the end-to-end transmission latency through the use of overlay networks. The proposed system reduces the transmission latency by using multiple, disjoint paths in overlay networks. The proposed system facilitates reliable and efficient task completion for tasks with high dexterity requirements. Experimental validation of the proposed teleoperated system using the PlanetLab Network is provided for the task of teleoperating a mobile manipulator system.