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Multi-robot Systems, Virtual Reality and ROS: Developing a New Generation of Operator Interfaces

Publicated to:Studies In Computational Intelligence. 778 29-64 - 2019-01-01 778(), DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91590-6_2

Authors: Roldán J; Peña-Tapia E; Garzón-Ramos D; de León J; Garzón M; del Cerro J; Barrientos A

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Abstract

© 2019, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature. This chapter describes a series of works developed in order to integrate ROS-based robots with Unity-based virtual reality interfaces. The main goal of this integration is to develop immersive monitoring and commanding interfaces, able to improve the operator’s situational awareness without increasing its workload. In order to achieve this, the available technologies and resources are analyzed and multiple ROS packages and Unity assets are applied, such as multimaster_fkie, rosbridge_suite, RosBridgeLib and SteamVR. Moreover, three applications are presented: an interface for monitoring a fleet of drones, another interface for commanding a robot manipulator and an integration of multiple ground and aerial robots. Finally, some experiences and lessons learned, useful for future developments, are reported.

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Immersive teleoperationMulti-robot systemsOperator interfacesVirtual reality

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Studies In Computational Intelligence, Q4 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Artificial Intelligence, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations from Scopus Elsevier, it yields a value for the Field-Weighted Citation Impact from the Scopus agency: 1.73, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 12.25 (source consulted: Dimensions Jun 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-06-07, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 51
  • Google Scholar: 75
  • OpenCitations: 37

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-06-07:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 81 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Belgium.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (ROLDAN GOMEZ, JUAN JESUS) and Last Author (BARRIENTOS CRUZ, ANTONIO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been ROLDAN GOMEZ, JUAN JESUS.