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telechiric, a. and n.|tɛlɪˈkaɪərɪk|
[f. tele- + Gr. χείρ hand + -ic.]
A. adj. Applied to a device which carries out manipulative operations under the control of a person who is not in the immediate vicinity, but who receives feedback from sensors in the device; also applied to a process or system involving such devices.
B. n.
a. pl. The branch of technology concerned with telechiric devices.
b. A telechiric device or system.
1963J. W. Clark in Battelle Technical Rev. Oct. 3/2 Since the system..can be considered as an extension of man's manipulative and sensory capabilities, even to the use of hand tools, it is well described by the term ‘telechirics’. The word is formed from two Greek words—‘tele’.., meaning distant, and ‘kheir or chir’.. which means hand. Ibid. 4/2 A well-designed telechiric system replaces man's eyes, hands, and feet with somewhat equivalent mechanical devices. 1968Sci. Jrnl. Oct. 65/2 The commercial cost advantages of the telechiric will displace all competition for work duties undersea. 1970Physics Bull. Oct. 450/1 The telechiric machine requires complete sensing devices, but it presents the sense information to a human as if he were receiving it directly. 1977Daily Mail 11 July 24 (heading) Send the telechiric down the pits. Ibid. Professor Meredith Thring, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Queen Mary College, London, is pressing for the development of telechiric mining in Britain. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 493/2, I am working on telechirics in mining. It means we shall be able to mine coal in the future without miners going underground, because miners can do their job remotely from the surface.
Hence telechir |ˈtɛlɪkiːə(r)| = telechiric n. b.
1980New Scientist 3 Jan. 5 A telechir is a mobile machine equipped with TV, sensor devices, mechanical arms and hands, and controlled by a skilled human operator situated at the surface. |