A Multi-view Interface for Tower Crane Teleoperation

Implementing teleoperation technology on construction sites remains challenging. The reconstruction of a traditional cockpit environment based on a limited view is one of the critical issues. Therefore, this study proposed a multi-view interface as a teleoperation terminal for tower crane teleoperation. A virtual multi-view interface for tower crane teleoperation was developed using the game engine. Four typical operation views were designed to reconstruct the visual environment of a traditional tower crane cockpit. Moreover, virtual annotations are designed and integrated into the virtual interface to enhance information display efficiency. Human-subject experiments were adopted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed teleoperation interface. User teleoperation performance and eye-tracking data were collected and analyzed during the experiment. The experimental results report the effectiveness of the proposed teleoperation system and provide empirical evidence for the future teleoperation interface design and development. © 2023 30th EG-ICE: International Conference on Intelligent Computing in Engineering 2023. All rights reserved.