Tele-operation

Researchers have developed a reinforcement learning-based framework that allows a full-sized humanoid robot to be teleoperated by a human in real-time using only an RGB camera. Which begs the question: Will manual labor soon be performed remotely?

A number of companies are now running remote-control rental car services, in which "teledrivers" guide an empty car out to you by remote control, and then you drive it around yourself. It's a weird halfway step towards fully autonomous robotaxis.

Eugene-based electric mobility company Arcimoto has teamed up with Silicon Valley autonomous driving startup Faction Technology to transform its three-wheeled electric Fun Utility Vehicle into a "driverless" pod for last-mile deliveries.

As folks start to emerge from pandemic lockdown, many are on the lookout for public transport alternatives. A scheme launched in Georgia aims to make it easier to ride an electric scooter by having it roll itself along to a user's pickup point.

Telerobotic systems already allow surgeons in one location to control robotic surgical tools in another, so they can perform operations at a distance. A new proximity-sensing system, however, could make such procedures safer and more precise.

​If you were trying to remotely operate a robotic hand, it would certainly makes things easier if you could feel what it was touching. Such a system was demonstrated this week at the Amazon re:MARS Tech Showcase, utilizing technology from three separate companies.

CAMDASS uses augmented reality to provide astronauts with instant medical know-how.

By pairing a Kinect sensor, a Wiimote, a treadmill and a Nao robot together, Taylor Veltrop has cobbled together a teleoperation system that allows him to groom his cat remotely.

U.S. Army engineers have provided unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) with the long distance tele-operation capabilities of a UAS to allow them to be controlled from anywhere in the world and keep soldiers even further out of harm's way.

Dr Robot Hawk is a just the bot for the home: it serves, it entertains, it learns.