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
Teleoperation indicates operation of a system or machine at a distance. It is similar in meaning to the phrase "remote control" but is usually encountered in research, academia and technology. It is most commonly associated with robotics and mobile robots but can be applied to a whole range of circumstances in which a device or machine is operated by a person from a distance.
An IED detonator, a telemanipulator for investigating potentially explosive devices