Selection of Methods for Intuitive, Haptic Control of the Underwater Vehicle’s Manipulator

Abstract

This paper is the early report of available market and scientific solutions allowing intuitive control. Manipulator control is presented in form of the Human Machine Interaction loop that describes both machine possibilities of sensing the human control and human possibilities of sensing the machine state. The survey is presented in form of the description and discussion of the advantages, disadvantages and usability of the available solutions. The aim of the research is to chose the proper path of development of the new way of intuitive control.