So when you send a command like 'pick that up,' the robot knows enough to figure out the details of getting the object you want. You don't have to worry about fine-grain control. Dealing with the incalculable time delays of the Internet demands a more sophisticated approach. A team at MIT, for example, has devised an approach that changes the 'stiffness' of the Internet robotic system. If the time delay increases, it will become like driving a Cadillac.
Security is an inevitable worry in any proactive application of the Internet.
Telerobot developed by Ken Goldberg's team. Users can manipulate the robot via the web to plant and water seeds in a garden in Austria's Ars Electronica Center. Photo by Robert Wedemeyer. Goldberg faced that issue soon after the Telegarden started up. You can never be sure of security, but you are always thinking about how someone can break in.