The paper describes the final results and the organisational impact of the HERMES project: an on-line integrated web-based platform to provide multimedia services in tele-medicine and tele-education fields. The project is part of a European Space Agency programme to promote the market of broadband satellite services and the role of satellite systems in the tele-education and tele-medicine domai...

In this paper, the facial expression is mainly focused to achieve the smooth tele-communications. The facial expressions has been considered as a most of the signi cant factors in tele-communications, such as tele-services. To realize the real time facial expression transportation system, we proposed the facial expression space (FES) and a correspondence technique between each personal facial e...

The Laparobot is a tele-operated robot designed specifically for training surgeons in advanced laparoscopic techniques. The Laparobot allows a student to practice surgery on a remotely located animal. The system uses standard laparoscopic tools for both the student’s control interface and for performing the in vivo surgery, thereby providing a realistic training platform for non-robotic laparos...

have achieved a world-first success in their joint development of a tele-operated humanoid robot that wears protective clothing and drives an industrial vehicle (backhoe) outdoors in lieu of a human operator as shown in Fig. 1. It shows us that a humanoid robot can expand its capability by using machines designed for the human even in the rain. The use of a tele-operated humanoid robot has a po...

This panel will focus on the security and reliability challenges posed by distributed, mobile tele-health solutions (particularly those based on mobile phones). Academic, clinical, as well as industry panelists with direct experience in the design and implementation of mobile tele-health solutions will provide insights on how those challenges have been addressed thus far, and what are some of t...