An operator telerobotically controls tools to perform a procedure on an object at a work site while viewing real-time images of the work site on a display. Tool information is provided in the operator's current gaze area on the display by rendering the tool information over the tool so as not to obscure objects being worked on at the time by the tool nor to require eyes of the user to refocus when looking at the tool information and the image of the tool on a stereo viewer.

A synthetic representation of a robot tool for display on a user interface of a robotic system. The synthetic representation may be used to show the position of a view volume of an image capture device with respect to the robot. The synthetic representation may also be used to find a tool that is outside of the field of view, to display range of motion limits for a tool, to remotely communicate information about the robot, and to detect collisions.

A synthetic representation of a robot tool for display on a user interface of a robotic system. The synthetic representation may be used to show the position of a view volume of an image capture device with respect to the robot. The synthetic representation may also be used to find a tool that is outside of the field of view, to display range of motion limits for a tool, to remotely communicate information about the robot, and to detect collisions.

A system comprises: a robotic arm operatively coupleable to a tool comprising a working end; and an input device communicatively coupled to the robotic arm. The input device is manipulatable by an operator. The system further comprises a processor configured to cause an image of a work site, captured by an image capture device from a perspective of an image reference frame, to be displayed on a display. The image of the work site includes an image of the working end of the tool. The processor is further configured to determine a position of the working end of the tool in the image of the work site and render a tool information overlay at the position of the working end of the tool in the image of the work site. The tool information overlay visually indicates an identity of the input device.

In a contract manufacturing support device, a control unit acquires three-dimensional drawing data and a processing desired condition of a manufacturing outsourced product from a terminal of a manufacturer, simulates a processing process of the manufacturing outsourced product in a three-dimensional space on the basis of the three-dimensional drawing data, and three-dimensional device data and processable conditions acquired in advance from terminals of a plurality of processors, specifies an automated device capable of executing the processing process satisfying the processing desired condition among the automated devices owned by the processors, outputs a specification result to the terminal of the manufacturer, and outputs, in a case of acquiring an order instruction from the terminal of the manufacturer, a processing instruction of the manufacturing outsourced product and a teaching program for operating the automated device to a terminal of a processor that owns the specified automated device.