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From: lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog)
Newsgroups: comp.robotics
Subject: Re: 6 DOF Joysticks
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Date: 11 Dec 90 01:21:03 GMT
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smith@sndpit.dec.com (Willie Smith) writes:


>Another consideration is that humans can learn to predict and anticipate
>control inputs to systems with long delays.  After about 1/2 hour driving
>my (simulated) lunar teleoperated vehicle I've found I can do significantly
>better than when I started, and the 'training time' gets shorter with 
>repeated 'missions'.

Indeed.  If the delay is constant, you can learn to live it.  It's variable
delays that kill you.  You can check this out using a PC v.s. a time-shared
mini.  You can train to very long rhythms.

Lance