Those with proprioceptive impairments can use their other senses as the proprioceptive feedback.We hypothesize that tele-immersion systems can aid in this supplemented proprioception by providing novel visual perspectives of one’s own body. In particular we are interested as to whether the real-time 3D reconstructions used in tele-immersive systems are better or worse than conventional 2D views...

The Malaysian Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) project promotes Telemedicine as a flagship application. The primary objective of MSC-based telemedicine—more appropriately Tele-Healthcare—is to establish a healthcare system leveraging advanced information and multimedia technologies so as to deliver hitherto unattainable services at the individual level. With similar vision, though limited in sco...

This paper presents enhanced remote manipulation of tools for D&D tasks by extending teleoperation with teleautonomy and tele-collaboration. This work builds on a reactive, agent-based control architecture, which is well suited to unstructured and unpredictable environments, and cobot control technology, which implements a virtual fixture that can be used to guide the application of tools with ...

Stroke is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Its prevalence calls for innovative rehabilitation methods. The Rutgers Arm is a novel upper extremity rehabilitation system consisting of a low-friction table, three-dimensional (3D) tracker, custom forearm support, PC workstation, library of Java 3D virtual reality (VR) exercises, clinical database module, and a tele-rehab...

The work describes on-going work at the University of Pisa on the field of tele-laboratories and distance learning. In particular, the group is working at the evolution of existing tele-laboratory experiments in the field of robotics and control into learning units of a self-consistent didactic project. The pick-andplace system described has been designed to provide the set-up for robot arm mot...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the practical and legal complexities associated with tele-homeworking in context UK Equality Law. First, paper provides a background recent growth as result COVID-19 pandemic, outlining tenets Act 2010 referring additional legislation pertinent ensuing discussion. Second, illustrative case law relevant Law put forward demonstrate potential challen...

This paper describes a research study for the development and implementation of a prototype remote-controlled robotic assistant to doctors (Tele-Doc) for telemedicine applications. The development considers implementation issues concerning real-time and continuous patient monitoring and diagnosis, as well as tele-control interfacing techniques, mobile robot motion controller, reprogrammable emb...

This paper uses (tele)presence concepts to explore the philosophical and practical implications of the simulation argument: the notion that individuals may be trapped within manufactured realities. The purpose of such an exploration is twofold: First, to establish connections between (tele)presence, simulation and philosophy. Second, to re-evaluate some longstanding questions related to epistem...