Remote telepresence over large distances via robot avatars: case studies
It provides practical validation for deploying avatar systems over long distances, addressing communication bandwidth limitations for remote telepresence applications.
The paper demonstrates that a previously proposed avatar system architecture can be adapted for intercontinental telepresence using different robot morphologies (wheeled and legged) under bandwidth constraints, with successful operation across both position and torque control modes.
This paper discusses the necessary considerations and adjustments that allow a recently proposed avatar system architecture to be used with different robotic avatar morphologies (both wheeled and legged robots with various types of hands and kinematic structures) for the purpose of enabling remote (intercontinental) telepresence under communication bandwidth restrictions. The case studies reported involve robots using both position and torque control modes, independently of their software middleware.