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driving a robot's body with your hands while your brain stays safely on the couch.
means controlling a machine or robot remotely, in real time, using human input instead of onboard autonomy.
from from tele- (far, greek) plus operation; grew out of 1940s nuclear labs where scientists used mechanical arms to handle radioactive material from behind thick glass.
nuclear rootsinvented to avoid touching plutonium by hand
mars roverstechnically teleoperated, just with a 20-minute lag
robotaxi secretmany self-driving cars phone a human when stuck
surgery versionda vinci robots let surgeons operate from another room