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remote-robotic-operation
Due to the robot's lack of AI and the interference radio signals would cause, it is controlled via a fiber-optic cable and joysticks, highlighting technical constraints in exploration.
1 chapter across 1 book
Hominids (2002)Robert J. Sawyer
Chapter 52
In this chapter, Adikor, Dern, and Jasmel attempt to remotely operate a damaged mining robot through a mysterious portal linked to a quantum experiment. The robot disappears through the portal, revealing a vast, alien environment inhabited by strange, deformed beings, confirming the existence of another world and the fate of Jasmel's father. The chapter explores the physical and psychological challenges of interdimensional exploration and the eerie encounter with an unknown species.