CONSTRUCTION ROBOT TELE-OPERATION WITH A VR-AIDED DISPLAY: WORKSPACE VIEWPOINT MANIPULATION EFFECT

Ahmad A. Yusof, Xinxing Tang, Takuya Kawamura , and Hironao Yamada

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