Draft Presenting Detailed Description of

Telepresence Robot /Telerobotics

Telepresence Robot/Telerobotics
Before explaining about Telepresence Robot, it is important to know about What is Telepresence?
Telepresence means to be set of technologies which allow a person to feel that if they were present, to
make them appear as being present or to have an effect through, Telerobotics or Telepresence robot.
Telerobotics/Telepresence robot is all-in one solution having everything in order to establish your
physical presence in a distant location. It is remote controlled, run over wheels with display to enable
video chat and video conferencing, among other purposes.
It can be shared by a specific person or a group of people using standard web accounts installed on it.
Permission to its access can be restricted by you or by someone in your organization, same as like an
application such as shared printing, email and instant messaging, tweets.
How it works generally? Telerobotics system is operated by human, which allows him to interact with a
telerobot in order to telemanipulate objects located in a remote environment. It means that human
actions can be performed at remote locations allowing the completion of complex tasks.
Human operator plays an important role in a Telerobotics system. It all work through information
perceived by human from remote environment and then function accordingly by sending commands to
the remote devices. Thus, there are two important functions performed by human system interface; first
is to excite the operator senses in order to show complete status of the executed task in the remote
environment and second to process the commands given by operator further at his/her working place via
human system interface using motion, force , voice or symbolic inputs. Such commands are received by
telerobot in order to accomplish the remote task.
As per the design point of view, it is light weight, motorized, stylish and functioned based on remote
controlled platform. It is integrated with camera, video display and microphone. It is best described as
an iPad or touch screen display, whose movement is based on Segway structure. This structure is
installed on pair of wheels at the bottom and a telescoping pole. This pole can be optimized from three
feet to five feet tall, which allows it work equally well when interacting with people who are sitting or
standing keeping eye level match. An accessory raises the height to 5.5 feet for applications where
people are always standing or need to have higher view.

In addition, it is possible to look anywhere up, down and all around. It can move delicately through
congested spaces, pan around the room slowly. It is designed for indoor environment such as offices,
hospitals and educational institute etc. It can go wherever there is a Wi-Fi signal. It is portable in order
to carry up or down stairs easily. At the top of this, there is jig or clamp to attach an iPad or touch screen
display, and the whole arrangement is self-balancing.
In telepresence robots, video information is very critical for conversation and navigation. As the robot is
mobile, so the information must be transferred wirelessly. Video streams comprise significant portion of
the data being transferred and can be adversely affected by network connection. This telepresence robot
is installed with better electronic system, which provides better quality wireless connection with strong
bandwidth and latency.
It is integrated with better audio controller, which can be set up remotely by person who is operating the
telepresence robot and a person physically present with the robot.
The telepresence system has a critical component named as user interface (UI). It is simple, easy to use,
not distracting and provides the functionality without overwhelming the operator. A UI is independent
platform which allow the users can access the robots using any computer available to them.
A UI based on web has been installed in it, which provide freedom to use the telepresence robot without
any installation procedure and hence without the requirement of any administrative permission on the
system. A feature of incorporating map in robots UI is a best feature, like person looking at map on the
wall when in an unfamiliar location. A map provides a goal destination for where robot should go.
The telepresence robot is able to move with an average human walking speed of about 3 miles per hour.
This speed is important in case when operator is walking with a person or group of people while talking
to them.
It is having two cameras, one is preinstalled within iPad or screen and other is installed separately. One
of them is forward facing camera that can be used during conversations and while driving/ moving
forward to view the path ahead. The front (conversation) camera is high enough off the floor in order to
show the face of person who is present physically with robot. A second camera focusing on the base of
the robot is used as a reference point by the telepresence robot operator for navigation.

The front facing camera is installed additionally with accessory having feature, which provides wide
field of view. A wide field of view is required while navigation because it provides the operator a better
situation awareness. The head of robot can pan and tilt as well. These motions are very important in the
situation such as walking conversation, having head that allows the screen and conversation camera to
turn and face the person who is talking. It allows the person waking next to robot to talk while walk in a
comfortable pose and posture.
The telepresence robot is integrated with URG laser in order to avoid the collision with environment
while driving the robot through an office space. Because, sometimes it is not feasible to send the sensor
data to operator due to bandwidth restrictions, even by adding more sensors to provide better situation
awareness. This URG laser technology assists in navigation through doorways or driving down hallways
by keeping same data as autonomous behavior to safely navigate the surrounding environment.
It has audible announcement for when a person is going to start login on it. It uses text to speech to
announce the user name of person who has started to use it and when he/she has left the robot.
It is included almost everything- this is what you get:
This robot goes in the location where remote people need to visit. About battery, it lasts more than 7
hours between charges. It is available with extended life battery that lasts more than 13 hours. The
telepresence robots docks and charges itself with simple click of a button by the remote visitor.
It is designed for use in hospitals where it allows doctor to consult with patients, guide staff and consult
with other medical practitioners remotely. Its application is in the business environment to enhance
telecommuting or teleconferencing. Also, it is designed for in-home uses, such as mobile video chat,
oversight of children or elderly people and remote security monitoring.
As a conclusion, telerobotics implies linking a human operator and a robot in order to execute a remote
task.