Operating robots in an outdoor seniug poses

interesting problems in terms of iuteraction. To interact with the

robot tbere is a need for a flexible computer interface. In this

paper a PDA-based (Personal Digital Assistant i.e. a handheld

computer) approach to robot interaction is presented. The

system is in particular designed to allow non-expert users to

utilise the robot for operation in an urban exploration seNp. The

basic design is outlined and a first set of experiments are

reported