Remote operation of a robot.

Remote operation of a robot.
Sometimes, it is too difficult or too dangerous to be in direct control of a robot. In such cases, we can set the robot up for remote control. Many of you are already familiar with this concept – Remote controlled toy cars work on this concept, but in short range. Sometimes we need to operate a robot from perhaps thousands of kilometres away.

Robots controlled this way are connected to the information superhighway – the internet. It is possible to control the robot using only a keyboard and mouse. The instructions you send it are translated by a machine to tell the robot what to do. It is more effective to have one or more webcam trained on the robot or robot arm to see what is happening.