Using cutting-edge virtual reality technology, researchers have ‘beamed’ a person into a rat facility allowing the rat and human to interact with each other on the same scale. Published today in PLOS ONE, the research [...]

In recent years, telepresence systems have become more common. Unfortunately, most of them are little more than a videophone on top of a motorized stick. The EU Commission’s Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) [...]

Telebots could help disabled officers, veterans Jeremy Robins wants to use robots to bring disabled law enforcement officers back to the force. To bring his idea to life he’s so far given researchers at FIU’s [...]

In a medical emergency, seconds count. But if the doctor needed is in another part of the hospital or even another part of town, then those seconds can stretch dangerously. If only the doctor could [...]

She hopes to sell her tiny Botiful telepresence robot for just US$299. Telepresence robots are definitely a neat idea – they allow users not only to interact with people in remote locations, but they also [...]