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Conference Robot Connects Offices in Different Countries

Posted by timothy on from the bridging-gaps dept.

An anonymous reader writes "With travel getting so expensive this sure would be a neat way to connect people in separate offices and not just when they are overseas: 'Minneapolis-based PowerObjects Inc. has created an innovative tool to communicate with its development team in Islamabad, Pakistan. It's a 5-foot-3-inch, 215-pound robot called POGO — a sort of rolling, computer-screen on wheels mounted with a webcam that bears a slight resemblance to the R2D2 of "Star Wars" fame.'"

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  1. Webcam? Video Chat? How novel! by hlimethe3rd · · Score: 4, Funny

    POGO = $8,000 iMac + small wheeled cart ~= $1,500 What am I missing?

  2. Short on details... by lastchance_000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So how does this work? The boss directs the thing to roll up behind you in your cube and tells you to put a cover page on your TPS reports?

  3. This thing resembles R2D2... by Akardam · · Score: 4, Funny

    '... a sort of rolling, computer-screen on wheels mounted with a webcam that bears a slight resemblance to the R2D2 of "Star Wars" fame.'

    I think even "slight" is stretching it a bit. By the same logic, you could claim that a guy on a skateboard with a super soaker resembles an Abrams tank.

  4. R2D2? What about Demolition Man? by ins0m · · Score: 4, Funny

    Rest in peace, Raymond Cocteau.

    Any technology based off a Stallone movie already has the brain damage built in.

    --
    Never attribute to Hanlon that which can be adequately attributed to Heinlein.