For Your Eyes ONLY.IF YOU CAN HAVE A TELEPRESENCE Meaning "long distance presence," it refers to videoconferencing applications that feel like a live meeting. Notable features are larger screens that may approach a virtual reality environment and sensors that keep at least one window focused on whomever is speaking at the moment. , who cares if you can't make the meeting in person? It may sound a bit strange, but you can use a robot to be your surrogate in situations that call for face-to-face interactions. iRobot Corp., a Sommerville, MA-based provider of mobile robot A Mobile Robot is an automatic machine that is capable of movement in a given environment. Overview Mobile robots have the capability to move around in their environment and are not fixed to one physical location. products, has created a $4,995 robot that can be controlled through a Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. from anywhere in the world. The robot, which is named iRobot-LE, enables people to have remote eyes, ears, and voice in order to project themselves into another location. Once you've established your telepresence, you can use Web-drive to have iRobot-LE walk throughout a single room or multiple rooms. And if you're inclined to use your roving telepresence for more than business applications, you can keep an eye on your home, babysitter babysitter A person, often an intelligent family member, who stays by the bedside of a Pt requiring mechanical ventilation, and guards for equipment malfunctions or other problems , or pet. |
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