A novel graphic interface design for the navigation of remotely controlled rescue robot

The paper proposes a novel graphic interface design for image-based rescue robot systems. The whole window is used to display collected disaster images. Functional fields, which are parts of image itself, are specified for navigating operations. Functional fields have unbodied appearances. With the proposed design, the area cost of the image window and the human attention shift outside images are reduced to zero. Experiment results by simulation and a physical system show that the proposed interface design is more efficient than conventional interface design in navigating a remotely controlled tank rescue robot.