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Robotic Presence For a Telecommuter
McGregorMortis writes "Ivan lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and telecommutes to work in Waterloo, Ontario. But in meetings, speaker-phones suck: can't hear everybody, can't move around, no visual contact. So Ivan made an IvanAnywhere robot to give him a physical presence in the office. If Ivan wants to talk to a coworker, he just steers radio-controlled IvanAnywhere into that person's office for a chat."
I want to have sex with her.....
1 - Steer it around the office all day long, shouting "Kill all humans! Kill all humans!"
Anyone else some suggestions?
Does it hang out in the mens room? Actually, I've had meetings in there. They're short and don't involve a lot of paperwork. And no bloody Powerpoint.
Well maybe, but next time, please lock the door before you begin your "meeting". And perhaps you could use a bit more "paperwork" to clean up afterwards. The rest of us don't want to think about your "Powerpoint", bloody or otherwise...
Unfortunate choice of last name. Eventually he's going to ask the robot to do something, at it will respond with "I'm sorry Ivan, I afraid I can't do that."
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
Lugging your body around is sooo 2006!
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Here, let me draw you a picture of the pertinent bits: I could probably care less about the gossip, but it would require a conscious effort, and I don't really care, so...
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A robot with a screen and speakers is not very different than a real human (you can guess how I see humans and how much I value social contact, can't you?) and in fact sometimes you may prefer to interact with the robot rather than the actual person (especially if your coworkers are dull). Perhaps robots like this will encourage companies to send all dull people out of office and let their robots at the office, or (preferably) send the nerds at their homes. Either way will increase productivity, as mixing nerds and dull people in the same group is not a way to work harmoniously:
I suggest that he works from home and just uses a robot, possibly fitted with a 9mm pistol, to communicate with his office workers. This could spawn a whole new generation of FPSs.
We did already try using an AIBO and putting it on the table in our conference room, it was rather amusing, and also worked well (they have a speaker, camera and Wi-Fi built in, so you can control it and talk through it, was pretty cool). Shame that one of the managers just left it lying on its charger for 2 years and knackered the battery.. he should have just given it to me to take home!
which is totally what she said
Never? Even if it violates laws 1, 2 or 3? I can't tell you how many times I expect my robot to save my sorry geriatric self from drowning in the shower when I'm 102 years old.
Just out of interest, what do you have to say about people spending half their work day writing essays on slashdot?
Great, just what we need rolling around the office. An anthropomorphic raccoon with an eighteen inch schlong.