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Robotic Presence For a Telecommuter

Posted by kdawson on from the spooky-action-at-a-distance dept.

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."

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  1. Brilliant by Svw · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is awesome, the possibilities that could open up for telecommuters is incredible. I can see a feasible market for this where telecommuters are assigned a robot as their virtual presence at work so that they feel more a part of the company than an outsourced employee.

  2. Fun and non-productive uses for this: by AxminsterLeuven · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 - Steer it around the office all day long, shouting "Kill all humans! Kill all humans!"
    Anyone else some suggestions?

    1. Re:Fun and non-productive uses for this: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      0 - EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE!

      Btw, the captcha for this message was "wasted". Did the server already know what I was about to post when I clicked Reply?