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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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For teammates, the VRoxy robot automatically mimics the user's body position and other vital nonverbal cues that are otherwise lost with telepresence robots and on Zoom.

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

In September 2020, Ahumada and Riek received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a telepresence robot with features specifically designed for remote learning for children.

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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