People could use them to go on remote vacations, he said, touring the streets of a faraway country or interacting with the locals without ever leaving their bedrooms.
Average TeleHoliday Duration: 4 Minutes.
Seriously, how long would you have to drive your 35 pound 15,000 dollar bill around the streets of Rome before somebody made off with it? The guy on the street corner who unlocks phones could surely unlock one of these, and presto, free robot.
I don't think a sane person who values his property would ever drive one of these things out into public unsupervised.
That's a good point. I suppose it would have to be an arms race between thieves and the manufacturers. I suppose the robot would not be of much use if you can not control him, although in a place like India where there are plenty of people dying of hunger in the slums I guess the cameras the robot has and audio devices even perhaps the wheels. I mean, why not steel it right?
Average TeleHoliday Duration: 4 Minutes.
Seriously, how long would you have to drive your 35 pound 15,000 dollar bill around the streets of Rome before somebody made off with it? The guy on the street corner who unlocks phones could surely unlock one of these, and presto, free robot.
I don't think a sane person who values his property would ever drive one of these things out into public unsupervised.