Using a functional architecture such as the NASA/NIST Standard Referen
ce Model for Telerobot Control System Architecture (NASREM) to impleme
nt specific applications is helpful because much of the work resides i
n the infrastructure and the infrastructure is the same for all applic
ations. Rather than recreating this infrastructure, our approach is to
develop the additional 20% of the code which tailors the infrastructu
re for the specific application. This paper describes the process by w
hich a system based on NASREM is developed.