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During each trial, participants drove the robot toward the aperture, answered yes or no to whether it could pass through that aperture, and then attempted to drive the robot through the aperture. Pass-ability judgments were analyzed in terms of percentage correct and absolute thresholds; the latter mimicked how Jones et al. analyzed their data.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n Learning was revealed when judgments were analyzed in terms of percentage correct and not when analyzed in terms of absolute thresholds. Further analyses revealed that tele-operators only improved their pass-ability judgments for impassable apertures, and tele-operators\u2019 perceptual sensitivity and response bias changed over the course of the experiment.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n The percentage correct\u2013based analyses revealed that tele-operators learned to make better pass-ability judgments. 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