Teleoperation
Upper-Body Teleoperation
Upper-body teleoperation is the remote control of a humanoid or bimanual robot's arms, hands, torso, and head by mapping a human operator's corresponding upper-body motion, captured through VR headsets and hand tracking, motion-capture suits, or exoskeletons, onto the robot. Retargeting must reconcile differing kinematics and joint limits, and systems such as Open-TeleVision and AnyTeleop stream head-tracked stereo vision back to the operator for immersive, precise bimanual manipulation.
Why it matters for physical AI
Humanoid manipulation data is overwhelmingly collected through upper-body teleoperation, so retargeting quality and operator immersion directly bound the dexterity that imitation-learned humanoid policies can acquire.
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Axol is a dual-arm robot built for physical AI — teleoperate it, collect demonstrations, and deploy learned policies out of the box.