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telepresence

British  
/ ˈtɛlɪˌprɛzəns /

noun

  1. the use of virtual reality technology to operate machinery by remote control or to create the effect of being at a different or imaginary location

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Researchers from Cornell and Brown University have developed a souped-up telepresence robot that responds automatically and in real-time to a remote user's movements and gestures made in virtual reality.

From Science Daily Oct. 27, 2023

According to reporting in Forbes, employees returning to Twitter HQ last week discovered “modest bedrooms featuring unmade mattresses, drab curtains and giant conference-room telepresence monitors… one room even has a plant.”

From Slate Dec. 12, 2022

That change may actually harm the prospects for telepresence robotics in schools, Ahumada says.

From Science Magazine Feb. 9, 2022

In June, US robotics firm OhmniLabs and carmaker Volkswagen unveiled Champ, a telepresence robot with a two-way TV screen and speakers and microphone that can connect to someone in another location.

From BBC Sep. 26, 2021

We’ll give every Mansion nut on the planet a shot at joining up, then we’ll recruit them again to work at it, to run the telepresence rigs.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory

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