Last week, researchers at MIT and UCSD unveiled a new immersive remote control experience for robots. This innovative system, dubbed "Open-TeleVision," enables operators to actively perceive the robot ...

A technician peering through cameras into your kitchen, watching you load the dishwasher while troubleshooting your expensive new robot? That’s the reality of NEO, 1X Technologies’ “consumer-ready” ...

Human–robot interaction (HRI) and gesture-based control systems represent a rapidly evolving research field that seeks to bridge the gap between human intuition and robotic precision. This area ...

Waymo reveals it has only one remote assist operator per 40 vehicles. I examine the security issues around having remote ops ...

If most robots still need remote human operators to be safe and effective, why should we welcome them into our homes? The world might seem to be on the brink of a humanoid-robot heyday. New ...

URBANA, Ill. — For more than three years, a team of graduate students led by Illinois CS professor Kris Hauser has progressed through the $10M ANA Avatar XPRIZE. Starting among nearly 80 teams from ...

H2L, a Tokyo-based technology startup, has launched the Capsule Interface. This breakthrough device lets you control robots with your entire body, transmitting not just movement but also physical ...

Force-feedback bilateral teleoperation—the technology that lets human operators feel and manipulate distant objects via a robot—has accelerated markedly in the past decade. In the comprehensive survey ...

HITL also provides a framework for integrating collaborative robot (cobot), robot, and human labor in a way that preserves human enjoyment of work. The “automate everything” mindset brings a risk of ...