Telepresence
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Telepresence refers to a set of technologies which allow a person to feel as if they were present, to give the appearance or effect of being present via telerobotics, at a place other than their true location.
A Tandberg E20 high resolution videoconferencing phone meant to replace conventional desktop phones
First Telepresence Systems in 1993 (TeleSuite): Englewood, Ohio to New York City
A modular telepresence system
American exile Edward Snowden participates in a TED talk in Texas from Russia via telepresence robot, March 2014
Telerobotics
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Telerobotics is the area of robotics concerned with the control of semi-autonomous robots from a distance, chiefly using television, wireless networks or tethered connections. It is a combination of two major subfields, which are teleoperation and telepresence.
Justus security robot patrolling in Kraków
Early Telerobotics (Rosenberg, 1992) US Air Force - Virtual Fixtures system
iRobot Ava 500, an autonomous roaming telepresence robot