Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors:“Description of the Related Art“Robots are machines that may be deployed to perform tasks. Robots may come in a variety ofdifferent form factors, including humanoid form factors. Humanoid ro bots may be operated by teleoperationsystems through which the robot is caused to emulate the physical actions of a human operatoror pilot. Special-purpose r obots may be designed to perform a specific task, whereas general purposerobots may be designed to perform a multitude of tasks.