What is teleoperation in robotics?

The ACT research uses a teleoperation interface to collect demonstrations for learning. Collection mode and evaluation mode are separate facts. Record both. A policy may be evaluated after being trained on human-controlled behavior; calling the training data teleoperated does not imply that every later test was teleoperated.

Ask whether a person supplies continuous commands, chooses high-level actions, intervenes only after trouble, or resets between attempts. Describe the reported arrangement rather than forcing every system into a single autonomous/manual label. Include the operator location only when the source documents it. Physical distance alone does not tell you how much control was automated.

A video may not show an operator, but absence from the frame is not proof of absence from control. If the source does not state the control mode, record it as not reported. A short successful clip cannot establish intervention frequency or unattended reliability. Follow the original paper, technical notes or test report for that evidence, and preserve any unresolved limits in the summary.