Astronaut Interface Device (AID)

Development Of A Graphical User Interface For Control Of A Robotic Manipulatior With Sample Acquisition Capability

“…"The current display page for AID includes an overhead "radar" view showing the locations of all robots, a procedure tracking page, a predictive consumables gauge, an image display page and a robot movement control page. [10]" Because the AID uses standard windows software, all of the AID GUI applications can be developed using a standard Windows XP computer.…”

“…However, task scheduling was not paid enough attention. For example, the GUI for Astronaut Interface Device [10]and the GUI developed by Vajnberger et al for remote control of a 5-DOF robotic arm, allow only one task to be performed at a time. RoSE and MotoSim EG [32] integrate all the necessary functions for operation, but they need input commands to schedule a task.…”

“…Figure 1.1: Interaction of user interface between user and computer --------------------------------------------Figure 1.2: Block diagram of remotely controlled system -------------------------------------------------------------Figure1.3: The phases of intelligent interface design[31] ------------------------------------------------------------Figure2.1: AIDMap GUI: Display of robots and known locations[10] ---------------------------------------------Figure2.2: Graphical User Interface by Vajnberger et al[27] --------------------------------------------------------Figure2.3: RoSE Command Editor (Blurring due to ITAR Restrictions)[9] ----------------------------------------Figure2.4: Interface of MotoSim EG[32] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure2.5: Simple user-interface design algorithm[23] ---------------------------------------------------------------Figure2.6: CanSat data flow block diagram[4] --------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.1: A robotic arm for sample retrieval ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.2: Embedded computer (PC/104) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.3: Joystick--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.4: The hardware schematic ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.5: Frame assignment for the DH convention [24] ------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.6: Model of robotic mast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 3.7: a) elbow-up, b) elbow-down configuration [11] ----------------------------------------------------------Figure 4.1: Microsoft Word 1995 with all the functions ---------------------------------------------------------------Figure 4.2: MS Word 2012 user interface ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 4.3: "Next" button in Page 4 is perceived to in same location as other three pages [12] ------------Figure 4.4: Disorganized vs. organized page layout ---------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 4.5: Visual flow and predictability ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 4.6: Lynx Robot Arm Controller -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.1: Generalized Software architecture ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.2: Server process flow ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.3: Client data process flowchart ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.4: Network input dialog box ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.5: The drop down Command menu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.6: The Parameter Input box ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.7: The Main screen and Quick Tabs -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Figure 5.8: The Warning window -------------------------------------------------------------------------------...…”