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A teleoperator is a mechanical manipulator controlled by a human from a remote location. This technology is foundational to industrial robotics, which combines teleoperator capabilities with numerical control. Early work on teleoperators began in the 1940s for handling radioactive materials, where human movements at one site were replicated by a manipulator at another. Telecontrol, a related concept, refers to remote control using radio, wire transmission lines, or sound waves. Industrial robots, first installed in 1961, integrate these concepts to perform tasks in manufacturing.12

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