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I sometimes ponder a bot-rental startup. Like if you want to attend a conference somewhere, you could rent a robot for the occasion.
by facepalm 11y ago
I sometimes ponder a bot-rental startup. Like if you want to attend a conference somewhere, you could rent a robot for the occasion.
- alex_hirner 11y agoaka telepresence, like http://www.doublerobotics.com http://www.doublerobotics.com. There was a robot-as-a-service telepresence startup as well I stumbled upon, which I don't recall the name right now.
- blisterpeanuts 11y agoGreat idea. Definitely the bot should have a business card scanner slot (and maybe a way to prevent every Tom, Dick, and Harry from inserting his business card). I recall an amusing discussion about this on Slashdot a few years back. It would be great to have one of these at a conference, but someone pointed out, you'd need a way to distinguish people-bots from actual robots, e.g. Roomba.
- corobo 11y agoUse a red circular light if the robot is being controlled by AI of course