Ornitorrinco
1989
Ornitorrinco pioneered the field of telerobotics and telepresence in art since 1989 — before the Web — as the first system which allowed users in public and private spaces to remotely access a fully mobile and wireless robot and alter the remote location (teleoperation) via the telephone network. Already in 1994, the same year of the Web explosion, Ornitorrinco was also experienced on the Internet. Kac first conceived telepresence art in 1984, having publicly presented his first telepresence work, entitled RC Robot, in 1986. From 1989 to 1996, Kac developed Ornitorrinco with Ed Bennett.
