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Bristol Robotics Laboratory

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Design and Evaluation of a Touchscreen-Based Teleoperation Interface for Robotic Manipulators

Aug 06, 2026

This study addresses the limitations of conventional joystick-based teleoperation in scenarios such as nuclear industry applications, where precise path tracking, force control, and obstacle avoidance during surface contact tasks are critical, yet impose high cognitive load on operators. To overcome these challenges, this work proposes a touchscreen-based teleoperation interface that directly maps continuous finger motion to the Franka Emika Panda robotic arm, integrating control and visualization for more intuitive motion mapping and fine-grained velocity modulation. User studies demonstrate that, compared to both joystick and one-button autonomous modes, the proposed method reduces median task completion time by 53.5% (2.50 vs. 5.38 minutes), achieves a 90.7% coverage rate on sinusoidal paths with lower overshoot, and decreases NASA-TLX cognitive workload scores by 17.3%, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and naturalness.

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Design and Evaluation of a Touchscreen-Based Teleoperation Interface for Robotic Manipulators

Aug 06, 2026

This study addresses the limitations of conventional joystick-based teleoperation in scenarios such as nuclear industry applications, where precise path tracking, force control, and obstacle avoidance during surface contact tasks are critical, yet impose high cognitive load on operators. To overcome these challenges, this work proposes a touchscreen-based teleoperation interface that directly maps continuous finger motion to the Franka Emika Panda robotic arm, integrating control and visualization for more intuitive motion mapping and fine-grained velocity modulation. User studies demonstrate that, compared to both joystick and one-button autonomous modes, the proposed method reduces median task completion time by 53.5% (2.50 vs. 5.38 minutes), achieves a 90.7% coverage rate on sinusoidal paths with lower overshoot, and decreases NASA-TLX cognitive workload scores by 17.3%, significantly enhancing operational efficiency and naturalness.

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