Telexistence: Innovative Tech Systems

The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (#Dstl) has demonstrated innovative #telexistence concepts that could give #military personnel, #emergency services, or #humanitarian workers the capability to undertake dangerous tasks in hazardous environments without physically being present.
An array of different #technologies were displayed by industry suppliers to potential military and government users at a presentation event organised by the Defence and Security Accelerator (#DASA) in October and co-funded by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (#NDA).
Telexistence combines three separate technologies to allow a user to experience being in a location many miles away as if they were there along with the ability to sense, touch, feel, and interact with objects.
Telexistence offers a future generation of technology to mitigate the human risk associated with operating in hazardous environments by removing personnel from dangerous areas. Examples include:
- explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)
- #nuclear decommissioning
- casualty extraction
- fire scene investigation
- #chemical, #biological, #radiological, disaster response and #decontamination
- ocean floor and naval damage exploration
- space #exploration
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