This review is dedicated to the fast developing area of robotic technology cohesion with extended reality techniques. This paper analyzes existing extended reality technologies, categorizing them as virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. These technologies differ from each other based on resulting graphics and are similar in terms of hardware, software, and functional issues. The research methodology is shown in a separate section, which declares the depth of the research, used keywords, and criteria for paper selection. A brief classification of extended realty issues provides a systematic approach to these techniques and reveals their applications in robotics, placing the focus on mobile robotic technology. The term extended reality covers technologies of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, which are classified in this review. Each section of the reviewed field gives an original issue classification in a table format. Finally, the general outcome of the review is summarized in the discussion, and conclusions are drawn.

The purpose of this work is to develop and perform research on a universal joystick drive system for different manual hydraulic distributors and improve its operation performance by introducing a new mechatronic design and a control algorithm. To do this, research of various sensors will be carried out. Research on the operation of sensors in the joystick drive system will help further developments in this direction and can add additional functions such as automatic, tele-operated, or manual with dig assistance. Implementing a mechatronic system for hydraulic system control in existing excavators and other hydraulic driven machines. This new developed device and methodology of their implementation will convert an excavator into a robot containing 4 degrees of freedom. Research based on the original test bench, consisting of computer-controlled drives for hydraulic distributor manipulation of real excavator working joysticks. The development allows you to upgrade equipment instead of buying a new one, which reduces the cost of updating and makes it easier for workers, as well as allows them to work more efficiently.

Modern consumer technologies have become more intuitive and user-friendly. On the other hand, as automation levels rise in most factories and warehouses, it is becoming increasingly difficult to configure certain processes without a specialist’s involvement. Typically, these facilities employ staff without an engineering background in robotics, who can only perform their direct duties but are unable to create maps and routes for mobile robots. This article describes an alternative approach to creating a multi-purpose navigation map using mixed reality glasses, demonstrating the capabilities of Meta’s Meta Quest 3 glasses as a versatile mixed reality device for 3D room scanning and navigation mapping. In this paper, we demonstrate how a mixed reality approach can be applied to additional mapping evaluation for rooms of varying complexity and shape, including problematic areas for many similar solutions when the room contains mirrors and glass walls. Although environmental scanning in the Meta Quest 3 glasses is a standard integrated function of these glasses, it is used only for the collision avoidance system; this device can be successfully implemented in the Internet of Things system, and the collected data can be used for 3D scanning of the environment, creating navigation maps after additional data processing. This method expands the implementation of automated moving systems, including simplified map creation for mobile robots, in complex environmental and movement tasks.