There's plenty of room for several desks, computers, a soldering station, and even a telepresence robot and remote-controlled helicopters.

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The German company Festo took the wraps off the BionicOpter, a remote-controlled dragonfly robot that can fly in all directions.

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He said that the PSNI inspected the vehicle using a remote controlled "wheelbarrow" robot and found two gas cylinders, a length of wiring and a car battery.

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The RP-VITA, a 5-foot remote-presence robot that doctors control with an iPad from miles away, is already deploying to six hospitals in the U.S. and one in Mexico in partnership with telemedicine company InTouch Health.

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If a robot is in a remote location they need to be able to use their energy effectively in order to complete their mission or perform a task, so they also need to take energy from their surrounding environment.

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The project integrates a mobile assistive robot (Hector) that can work collaboratively with a smart home and remote control center to better support older people living at home.

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Daniel Sandberg is tweaking the remote control system of a 6-foot-tall robot as it wanders through the halls, broadcasting what it sees to a laptop.

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