telepresence

Friday, November 13, 2009
Robots

Police Robot Negotiator Ends Stand-Off With Armed Man

5:41AM Jesus Diaz | Sensorial telepresence is a fancy name for sending robots with sensors to remote places, generally to perform dangerous tasks. Last Saturday, one was used to negotiate with an armed 61-year-old man holding a hostage, barricaded into a home. More »
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Screens

Cisco Showing Off Streaming Media Boxes, HD Telepresence for Consumers at CES

11:30AM Matt Buchanan | Cisco doesn’t want to just cater to your IT guy anymore—they’re jumping into the consumer space at CES with three new streamy products: a video streamer, a streaming audio system, and Telepresence, a videoconferencing system. More »
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Friday, November 7, 2008
Robots

DIY Telepresence Robot Lets You Work At Work In Your Undies

9:00PM Kit Eaton | Telepresence robots pop up in different guises, including the Rovio (which lacks a screen to truly telepresence your image), but now there’s this DIY project to follow to build your own. At core Sparky the robot has a Mac-Mini, motorised carriage and a Make controller board—though you can use an arduino—and some custom software that works around Skype. Buy the gear, or cobble together your own from spare odds and sods, and you too can work at work while simultaneously sprawling on your sofa in your undies. Like we do. [Instructables via Hacknmod] More »
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