One last dream. Tanguy, a 27-year-old football enthusiast, suffers from spastic tetraparesis, an incurable disease that causes him daily pain. With no solution available in France, the young man has ...

Telepresence-robot makers are trying to bridge that gap with wheeled machines — controlled over wireless Internet connections — that give remote workers a physical presence in the workplace.

Tanguy, a 27-year-old football enthusiast, suffers from spastic tetraparesis, an incurable disease that causes him daily pain ...