Excerpt: Future: Putting Feet on my Web Cam - Telepresence Robots? Chris Sells (who also works remotely) and I have been brainstorming and prototyping ideas f

Excerpt: Future: Putting Feet on my Web Cam - Telepresence Robots? Chris Sells (who also works remotely) and I have been brainstorming and prototyping ideas for smarter telepresence. Chris really wants a high-res camera with an optical zoom so he can see whiteboards. Chris would be happy "without feet." He would like a computer/device/system that someone could pick up and take to a meeting - basically his disembodied virtual head - so he could participate in meetings. I'd really like be able to "walk" into someone's office. Just pop in to see if they are there. I want to get involved in hallway conversations. Chris and I had the opportunity to remotely drive/beta-test a Telepresence robot from RoboDynamics. They've built their software on .NET 3.0 and the robot runs XP. It was pretty sweet. They've got a 26x Optical Zoom and pan/tilt/zoom on the camera. There's a screen for your "head" so that folks can recognize you as you wander around. I was able to walk all over their office. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboDynamics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboDynamics http://robodynamics.com http://robodynamics.com