In a pandemic contact between humans needs to be avoided wherever possible. Robots can take over an increasing number of tasks to protect people from being exposed to others. One such task is the disinfection of environments in which infection spread is particularly likely or bears increased risks. It has been shown that UVC light is effective in neutralizing a variety of pathogens, among others the virus causing COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2. Another function which can reduce the need for physical proximity between humans is interaction via telepresence, i.e., the remote embodiment of a person controlling the robot. This work presents a modular mobile robot for telepresence and disinfection with UVC lamps. Both operation modes are supported by adaptable autonomy navigation features for facilitating efficient task execution. The platform's primary contributions are its hardware and software design, which combine consumer-grade components and 3D-printed mounting with open-source software frameworks.
Remote telepresence over large distances via robot avatars: case studies
Artificial and Mechanical Intelligence AMI (Italian Insititute of Technology)（人工与机械智能AMI（意大利理工学院））；Frontier Robotics, Innovative Research Excellence（前沿机器人，创新研究卓越；本田研发）；Honda R&D（机器学习与优化，曼彻斯特大学）；Machine Learning and Optimisation, The University of Manchester
Unwinding Rotations Reduces VR Sickness in Nonsimulated Immersive Telepresence
Wrocław University of Science and Technology（沃拉夫大学科学与技术学院）；University of Oulu（奥卢大学）；Maastricht University（马斯特里赫特大学）；University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign（伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校）
Levels of Automation for a Mobile Robot Teleoperated by a Caregiver
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Ben-Gurion University of the Negev（内盖夫本古里安大学工业工程与管理系）；Center for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems (AASS) Örebro University（厄勒布鲁大学应用自主传感器系统中心 (AASS)）
NarraGuide: an LLM-based Narrative Mobile Robot for Remote Place Exploration
Department of Computer Sciences\ of Wisconsin--Madison Department of Computer Sciences, University of Wisconsin--Madison；The Robotics Institute\ Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University；Department of Computer Sciences\ of Wisconsin--Madison；The Robotics Institute\ Mellon University
Remote Mobile Manipulation with the Centauro Robot: Full-body Telepresence and Autonomous Operator Assistance
University of Bonn（波恩大学）；Italian Institute of Technology（意大利技术研究院）；Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna（圣安娜高等研究院）；RWTH Aachen University（亚琛工业大学）；The University of Manchester（曼彻斯特大学）
Feelium: A Touchable Blimp Body for Aerial Telepresence
Stony Brook University（石溪大学）；New York University（纽约大学）；Massachusetts Institute of Technology（麻省理工学院）；Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey（明德蒙特雷国际研究院）
Sharing but Not Caring: Similar Outcomes for Shared Control and Switching Control in Telepresence-Robot Navigation
Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu（奥卢大学信息科技与电气工程学院）；Department of Advanced Computing Sciences, Maastricht University（马斯特里赫特大学高级计算科学系）
The $10 Million ANA Avatar XPRIZE Competition Advanced Immersive Telepresence Systems
AvaDynamics（阿瓦动力学）；UNIST（蔚山国家科学技术研究院）；Tangible AVATRINA（坦吉布尔阿瓦特里纳）；Pollen（波伦）；Janus（雅努斯）；Inbiodroid（因比奥德罗伊德）；Avatar-Hubo（阿瓦塔-胡博）；SNU（首尔国立大学）；AlterEgo；iCub；Cyberselves（网络自我）；NimbRo；Northeastern（东北大学）；Last Mile（最后一英里）；Dragon Tree Labs（龙树实验室）
本文总结2022年 ANA Avatar XPRIZE 决赛，介绍实时远程化身机器人系统的任务评估、比赛结果、获胜方案与经验。
A Multi-View 3D Telepresence System for XR Robot Teleoperation
Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology（卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院人类学与机器人研究所）；Institute of Human and Industrial Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology（卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院人因与工业工程研究所）
Autonomous and Teleoperation Control of a Drawing Robot Avatar
Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence, Technical University of Munich（慕尼黑工业大学慕尼黑机器人与机器智能研究所）；Centre for Tactile Internet with Human-in-the-Loop (CeTI)（人机协作触觉互联网中心）；Omar Al-Mukhtar University (OMU)（奥马尔·阿尔-穆赫塔尔大学）；Technische Universität Dresden（德累斯顿工业大学）；Franka Emika GmbH（Franka Emika公司）
Social and Telepresence Robots for Accessibility and Inclusion in Small Museums
Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Italy（都灵大学计算机科学系）；Department of Humanities, University of Turin, Italy（都灵大学人文学系）；Department of Historical Studies, University of Turin, Italy（都灵大学历史研究系）；Museum of the Holy Shroud, Turin, Italy（圣裹尸布博物馆）；Unione Montana Comuni Olimpici Via Lattea, Cesana Torinese, Italy（奥林匹克联合委员会）
A VR System for Immersive Teleoperation and Live Exploration with a Mobile Robot
Institute of Computer Science II – Computer Graphics, University of Bonn（波恩大学计算机科学II系——计算机图形学）；Institute of Computer Science VI – Autonomous Intelligent Systems, University of Bonn（波恩大学计算机科学VI系——自主智能系统）
Multiple-Pilot Collaboration for Advanced Remote Intervention using Reinforcement Learning
Imperial College London（帝国理工学院）；Tsinghua University（清华大学）；Department of Bioengineering Imperial College London（帝国理工学院生物工程系）；Department of Computing Imperial College London（帝国理工学院计算机系）；Department of Automation Tsinghua University（清华大学自动化系）；Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Imperial College London（帝国理工学院电气与电子工程系）
Virtual Reality via Object Pose Estimation and Active Learning: Realizing Telepresence Robots with Aerial Manipulation Capabilities
German Aerospace Center (DLR)（德国航空航天中心（DLR））；Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)（卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院（KIT））；University of Twente (UT)（特文特大学（UT））；Technical University of Munich (TUM)（慕尼黑工业大学（TUM））
Position: Robot Privacy as Embodied Boundary Work. Connecting Capabilities, Contexts, and Design Responses in Everyday Robotics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)（香港科技大学（广州））；Tsinghua University（清华大学）；Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence（北京智源人工智能研究院）；The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology（香港科技大学）
Alter-Art: Exploring Embodied Artistic Creation through a Robot Avatar
Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation（人类协作与康复软机器人）；Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia（意大利技术研究院）；Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione（信息工程学院）
