Teleoperation is the manual driving or manipulation of a robot from a distance, typically using a joystick, control pendant, or virtual reality interface. It is used when full autonomy fails, during initial mapping runs, or in highly unstructured environments like disaster zones. The operator relies on camera feeds and sensor data transmitted over a network to guide the machine.
Heard on the job
Drop the rover into teleop and back it out of that mud pit manually.
Insider tip
Latency is the biggest enemy of teleop. A delay of just a few hundred milliseconds can cause operators to overcorrect and crash.
Also heard as
- teleoperation