The effect of the joint bandwidth of the slave arm on telerobot system
performance was investigated experimentally. Three bandwidth values,
0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 Hz, were used to perform peg-in-hole insertion and r
emoval tests. The system performance was assessed by measuring the tas
k completion time and the sum-of-squares of the contact forces and-mom
ents applied on the peg. The experimental results indicate significant
performance improvement when the bandwidth was increased from 0.5 to
1.0 Hz. No change in performance is shown, however, between the 1.0 an
d 2.0 Hz cases.