Sliding-Mode Fuzzy Logic Teleoperation Controllers

Control of a system—for example, operation of a robot—through a communication link from a distant location is called teleoperation. Remote operations in hazardous and unreachable areas are crucial and inevitable; examples of such areas are complex and challenging tasks in disaster areas, space robotic applications, remotely operated vehicles (e.g., deep ocean robotics), and remote surgery applications. This chapter deals with sliding mode fuzzy logic teleoperation controllers.