Many commercial telepresence robots are only regular displays or tablets on moving platforms. Another look at this issue offers system DORA created in the Department of robotics of the University of Pennsylvania. According to the developers, it will help people get a better experience from the use of telepresence technology (or telepresence).

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Many commercial telepresence robots are only regular displays or tablets on moving platforms. Another look at this issue offers system DORA created in the Department of robotics of the University of Pennsylvania. According to the developers, it will help people get a better experience from the use of telepresence technology (or telepresence).

System DORA uses the robot operating in a pair of virtual reality glasses Oculus Rift. He in real time can track all the movements of the user's head and its orientation. Implementation is very simple: information from special sensors Oculus Rift is transmitted to integrated in the robot's microcontrollers Arduino and Intel Edison, which, after processing, to transform it into movements of the robotic head. In the latter, by the way, camera, playing the role of the human eye, potentially thousands of miles from the high-tech substance.

To date, the delay time in DORA is about 70 milliseconds, and the transition from radio to Wi-Fi or 4G it increases even more. Therefore, the team's goal is to lower this figure to 60 MS, in which the time delay in the movement less noticeable.

it is Assumed that DORA will not only be more efficient than the existing telepresence systems, but also cheaper. The development can find employment in the corporate world as a means to conduct remote conferences or major museums for remote excursions.