{"id":33,"date":"2014-02-03T19:14:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-03T19:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=33"},"modified":"2014-02-06T00:51:31","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T00:51:31","slug":"i-for-one-welcome-our-robot-overlords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=33","title":{"rendered":"I for one welcome our robot overlords&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Arstechnica\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/02\/video-ars-rolls-in-with-a-telepresence-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arstechnica<\/a> has a writeup of an affordable telepresence robot. They affectionately call it an iPad on a Roomba. I think it&#8217;s kind of an interesting idea for higher ed. I can imagine a few scenarios where this might be handy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A student that&#8217;s unable to attend class due to illness or injury.<\/li>\n<li>Distance learning.<\/li>\n<li>Meetings across campus when the weather stinks.<\/li>\n<li>Attend meetings while taking flex\/family time or telecommuting.<\/li>\n<li>Long distance dissertation defences.<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps a high profile quarterback at an SEC school could have used this to attend class without actually setting foot on campus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2014\/02\/DSC_1314-640x425.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34\" alt=\"DSC_1314-640x425\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2014\/02\/DSC_1314-640x425-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2014\/02\/DSC_1314-640x425-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/files\/2014\/02\/DSC_1314-640x425.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently there are a few limitations that they need to get resolved:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 hour battery life.<\/li>\n<li>Has to be plugged in and unplugged. Major Bummer.<\/li>\n<li>Needs a flashing light to avoid getting run over in hallways.<\/li>\n<li>Can the ipad be stolen easily?<\/li>\n<li>At 15 pounds can I just pick up the device and run off with it?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 19.200000762939453px\">The power and charging issues look like they will be resolved later this month with the addition of a $300 charging base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>All in all, this looks to be a pretty interesting unit that is substantially cheaper than some of the alternatives. C3P0 remains unimpressed however.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/02\/video-ars-rolls-in-with-a-telepresence-robot\/\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/02\/video-ars-rolls-in-with-a-telepresence-robot\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/02\/video-ars-rolls-in-with-a-telepresence-robot\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arstechnica has a writeup of an affordable telepresence robot. They affectionately call it an iPad on a Roomba. I think it&#8217;s kind of an interesting idea for higher ed. I can imagine a few scenarios where this might be handy: A student that&#8217;s unable to attend class due to illness or injury. Distance learning. Meetings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=33\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I for one welcome our robot overlords&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":637,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I for one welcome our robot overlords... - ND EdTech - EdTech Topics at Notre Dame<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/ndedtechguy\/?p=33\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I for one welcome our robot overlords... - ND EdTech - EdTech Topics at Notre Dame\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arstechnica has a writeup of an affordable telepresence robot. 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