Telexistence — from 1980 to 2012

Telexistence technology enables a highly realistic sensation of existence in a remote place without any actual travel. The concept was originally proposed by Susumu Tachi in 1980, and its feasibility has been demonstrated through the construction of alter-ego robot systems such as TELESAR & TELESAR V, which were developed under the national large scale project on “Robots in Hazardous Environments“ and the “CREST Haptic Telexistence Project.“ A mutual telexistence system, such as TELESAR II & IV, capable of