These robots are basically Skype on wheels and can be driven around simply by pressing the arrow keys on your computer keyboard. The sound and video quality are great – and there’s even the possibility to share screens.
This form of telepresence is useful because instead of just being on the screen of a fixed device, we now have the element of mobility and a sense of the third dimension because we can experience sound spatially while in the robot. These interactive sensory elements bring us a number of steps closer to having a more human virtual experience!
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