AVIXA: Telerobotic Avatar for Virtual In-Situ Experience with Implicit Source-Separated Auditory-Sensing Under “Collaborative Multi-Presence”

In this paper we present a robotic Telepresence system that can be controlled remotely over the Internet using voice commands with implicit source separation, such that when multiple people join the session, robot actuates only according to the operator's voice. The detailed architecture and implementation are presented along with results showing performance improvement.