telerobotn.
/ˌtɛlᵻˈrəʊbɒt/, /ˈtɛlᵻˌrəʊbɒt/, U.S. /ˌtɛləˈroʊˌbɑt/, /ˌtɛləˈroʊbət/ A robot or robotic device that is controlled remotely and provides the user with continuous sensory feedback, typically in the form of images and sound, during operation.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telerobotics > [noun] > robot
telerobot1958
society > communication > telecommunication > telerobotics > [adjective] > robot
telerobot1958
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [noun] > automatic > controlled remotely
remote control1903
telepuppet1958
telerobot1958
teleoperator1966
telechiric1968
telechir1976
society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [adjective] > automatic > controlled remotely
remote-controlled1904
remote control1925
teleoperated1952
telerobot1958
telechiric1963
telerobotic?1975
1958 Atlantic Nov. 97/2 Man's mechanical representative on the moon must be a sort of tele-robot, a worker controlled by man himself who sees what the machine views through his television eyes.
1960 D. Knight in Holiday May 35/1 The time may come when the chef is no longer on board ship, but remains on earth, cooking by remote control via tele-robot, much the way scientists in nuclear laboratories today handle radioactive materials.
1985 Aerospace Amer. Nov. 58/2 The sophisticated sensing and control technology now under development by..NASA's space telerobot programs would be highly desirable.
2012 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 2 Mar. d2 There are several manufacturers of similar telerobots that are already commercially available.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1958