Virtual reality teleoperated remote control vehicle

A system for remote control of a steerable motor vehicle, said system comprising:

• a steerable motor vehicle having a plurality of vehicle operating parameters and a corresponding plurality of control means for controlling said parameters in response to inputs thereto defining desired values of said parameters,
• two cameras carried by said vehicle for binocularly viewing scenes in the vicinity of said vehicle,
• a remote station apparatus having two visual display screens each viewable by a respective one of the two eyes of the operator,
• two radio frequency transmitters carried by said vehicle, each of which radio frequency transmitters is coupled to one of said cameras,
• a first pair of antennas mounted on said vehicle, each of which antennas is in communication with one of said radio frequency transmitters for transmitting from said vehicle a radio frequency signal carrying the scene viewed by said camera to be reproduced by a respective one of said display screens to give said operator a three-dimensional impression of the scenes viewed by said two cameras,
• a second pair of antennas coupled to said remote station apparatus each for respectively receiving signals transmitted by one of said two radio frequency transmitters carried by said vehicle,
• two radio frequency receivers each in communication with one of said antennas forming said second pair of antennas, said radio frequency receivers forming part of said remote station apparatus, each of said radio frequency receivers for converting said signals from one of said radio frequency transmitters into signals for driving one of said two display screens,
• said remote station apparatus including a plurality of control elements operable by said human operator to dictate desired values of said vehicle operating parameters,
• means for transmitting said dictated desired values of said vehicle operating parameters to said vehicle, and
• means carried by said vehicle for receiving said transmitted dictated desired values of said vehicle operating parameters and for delivering said dictated desired values to said control means as said inputs thereto.