teleoperatorn.
/ˈtɛlᵻˌɒpəreɪtə/, U.S. /ˌtɛləˈɑpəˌreɪdər/ 1. = telephone operator n. at telephone n. Compounds 3. Somewhat rare.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > operator
telephone operator1877
telephonist1879
telephone girl1881
hello girl1883
switch-clerk1889
teleoperator1945
trunk1947
operator1972
1945 Cleveland Call & Post 2 June 1 b/4 Two more well-qualified girls were refused training at the Ohio Bell Teleoperators this week.
1997 Times of India 26 Feb. 6/9 (advt.) A two star hotel..requires the following urgently: receptionist, teleoperators, billing clerks, accounts assistants, [etc.].
2001 Business Wire (Nexis) 16 Aug. Tecnomen develops value-added service systems for teleoperators and service providers.
2.
a. Any remote-controlled machine which mimics or responds to the actions of a human controller, in order to operate something from a distance.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > types of machine generally > [noun] > automatic > controlled remotely
remote control1903
telepuppet1958
telerobot1958
teleoperator1966
telechiric1968
telechir1976
1966 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 13 14/1 Telesensors, teleoperators and telecontrols are three relatively new words, not yet commonly accepted.
1966 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 13 15/1 A remotely controlled impact wrench would be another example of a teleoperator.
1986 A. C. Clarke Songs Distant Earth iv. xxvi. 91 Once it was safely behind the big radiation shield, the claws of the robot teleoperators could rip away the insulating foil that had protected the ice during its ascent to orbit.
1991 H. Rheingold Virtual Reality i. i. 18 In Vancouver, British Columbia, I played with my first ‘teleoperator’.
2010 M. Radi et al. in A. M. L. Kappers et al. Haptics I. xxxvii. 258 An industrial robot is used as a teleoperator.
b. A person who controls a remote-controlled machine, device, etc.
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1986 B. Bova Star Peace xv. 205 The Hs-293 could only be used in clear weather, where the human tele-operator could see both the drone and its intended target.
1995 M. Buss & H. Hashimoto in V. Graefe Intelligent Robots & Syst. 281 One central objective is to make objects follow reference trajectories..given by a..human teleoperator.
2009 C. de Granville et al. in G. S. Sukhatme Path Autonomous Robots iv. 74 The human teleoperator is able to control Robonaut's many degrees of freedom.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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