Project Number
- 85
Title
- ROVER - Remote audiO/Video Explorer Robot
Description
- Experimental robotic telepresence unit.
Contact
- D.J. Merrill, Dale Newfield
Affiliation
- University of Central Florida
Address
- Institute for Simulation and Training
- 3280 Progress Drive
- Orlando, Florida 32826
- +1.407.658.5000
- 3280 Progress Drive
- deej@vsl.ist.ucf.edu, newfield@vsl.ist.ucf.edu
WWW
Year
- 1994
Reference
- SIGGRAPH 94 Program & Buyer's Guide
Project Details
- "ROVER is a mobile video conferencing [unit] using a radio-controlled robot in the guise of a well-known piece of hardware. Full video and audio duplexing allow a live conversation to take place between people located at the base site and at the robotic unit."
- This is an experimental telepresence unit.
Sight
- graphics workstation
Sound
- two-way communication
Touch
- mobile robotic platform
Smell
Taste
Other
Emergence
- 1 - Innovation, Custom, Research
Intent
- 2 - Technique (paradigm, human)
Primary
- 204 - telepresence
Secondary
- 108 - robotics
Remarks
- Implementation details undocumented.
- See also "R.O.V.E.R. II," SIGGRAPH 96.
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