TechnologyAugust 17, 2026

teleoperation

TEL-ee-ah-puh-RAY-shun

Definition

The remote control or guidance of a machine or robot by a human operator, often from a distance.

Etymology

Derived from the Greek 'tele' meaning 'far' and the Latin 'operatio' meaning 'work' or 'labor', the term emerged in the 20th century to describe the remote manipulation of complex machinery.

In the news

The article identifies teleoperation as a slow and inefficient method for collecting training data for robots, which creates a bottleneck in scaling embodied AI.

ACE Robotics takes aim at embodied AI's data problem

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Computer Weekly

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