Update: This telepresence article inspired more than a few comments in LinkedIn discussion groups. With the authors’ permission, we are reposting comments made by Tandy Trower of Hoaloha Robotics, and Jim Gunderson of Gamma Two Robots. “For certain types of scenarios, telepresence is very useful. For example, it has enabled us to explore the surface of […]
Here we are, well into the second decade of a new millennium, and not only is there a conspicuous absence of jet packs, but also no robot butler made my breakfast this morning. Domestic robots are not completely unknown, of course. There’s the famous vacuuming Roomba, and home-based medical robots are starting to appear. Yet, […]
As reported previously in this blog, the 2nd Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) appears to have successfully tested ARMY’s communication systems. Not all the results were reassuring. For example, there was some nasty feedback about the Nett Warrior. Most surprising was that many warfighters claimed that they didn’t want or need a smartphone. The ARMY’s smartphone […]
