Telepresence robots

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Telepresence robots are remote-controlled machines that are usually equipped with a webcam and microphone. They differ from conventional controllable webcams in that they can e.g. B. steer it on small wheels via the Internet and let it interact with the environment .

distribution

Remote-controlled robots are already widespread, especially in the military sector. Here they are also referred to as drones. In addition to reconnaissance, the area of ​​application is wherever it is too dangerous for people to use it, especially in war zones or to defuse bombs. Telepresence robots have also increased in the private sector since the 2000s.

meaning

The head of the AI laboratory at MIT , Rodney Brooks is quoted in the online edition of the "Financial Times" as follows:

“The telepresence robots will fulfill our wishes at one thought. While we may be physically present in a certain place, we will be able to mentally project ourselves into a telepresence device and another place if we are authorized to do so. Everyone who doesn't have this technology will want it soon. "

Representation in the film

Newer science fiction films also take up the idea of ​​telepresence robots more, whereas earlier the image of self-controlled, intelligent robots was conveyed. Examples are the titles Surrogates - My Second Self and Avatar - Departure to Pandora .

literature

  • Rodney Brooks: Human Machines: How Future Technologies Are Recreating Us. Campus non-fiction book, 2002

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www-lehre.informatik.uni-osnabrueck.de/~sbitzer/cyborgs/index.html , Financial Times Germany in an article by the University of Osnabrück
  2. ↑ tactics robots iRobot Corporation ( Memento of 11 December 2009 at the Internet Archive )

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