1st Edition
Telepresence: Actual and Virtual Promises and Perils of Converging New Realities
By Thomas B. Sheridan
Copyright 2023
150 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
150 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
150 Pages
43 B/W Illustrations
by
CRC Press
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Telepresence: Actual and Virtual explores the history of telepresence from the 1948 developments of master–slave manipulation, through to current telepresence technology used in space, undersea, surgery and telemedicine, operations in nuclear and other hazardous environments, policing and surveillance, agriculture, construction, mining, warehousing, education, amusement, social media, and other... Read more
1. EARLY HISTORY OF ROBOTIC TELEPRESENCE AND VIRTUAL REALITY. 2. ELEMENTS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. 3. WHAT IS TELEPRESENCE? WHAT IS REALITY?. 4. APPLICATIONS. 5. ROBOTIC TELEPRESENCE AND VIRTUAL REALITY. APPENDIX 1. RESPONSES TO POLLING. APPENDIX 2. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Biography
Thomas B. Sheridan is Ford Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Psychology Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
