Robot avatar lets people see and feel things remotely through VR

A humanoid robot can relay video and touch sensations to a person wearing haptic feedback gloves and a virtual reality (VR) headset hundreds of kilometres away, offering a way for people to attend events without travelling. The iCub 3 robot is a 52-kilogram, 125- centimetre-tall robot with 54 points of articulation across its aluminium alloy and plastic body. Its head contains two cameras where a human's eyes would be, and an internet-connected computer where the brain would go. Along with the cameras, sensors covering its body send data to the robot's "brain". These sensations are then replicated on a suit and VR headset worn by a remote human operator.