>From: Adrian Tymes <wingcat@pacbell.net>
>Subject: Re: Teleoperation [was Re: TV: Documentary Science of Beauty]
>Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2000 10:29:43 -0700
>
>phil osborn wrote:
> > On the plus side, the human can recognize nuances and details and make
> > inferences that can add significantly to the experience.
>
>Ah...no, the original proposal was that there be a human operator on
>the other end - and presumably one more skilled in the activity being
>done than the humbot (else, the humbot itself could just do the task
>without the expense of an operator) - thus leaving no nuances for the
>humbot to contribute.
>
There's a lot of room between the two positions. A professional lab
assistant may be more competent than the research director at running
certain equipment, but probably not in understanding the theory being
tested. One possible interface would involve the humbot seeing a heads-up
picture of the actions he is to perform. This would be handy when very
precise direction is necessary, but probably very tiring to both parties. I
would think that a simpler sensory connection - one that sent a buzzing
sensation to transducers, telling the humbot to swivel his or her head,
simultaneously (with a second or so lag) with the controller turning his or
her head for example, would provide a very realistic feeling of "being
there." Some practice in this modality might lead to some very good
teamwork, I suspect.
>Taking a different spin on this...what about seating-limited events?
>(Say, a legal proceeding or a government meeting where The Powers That
>Be wish to limit public input.) One person sits in, webcasting what's
>going on; a bunch of interested parties monitor the feed and have a chat
>session discussing what's going on. Perhaps the person could even get
>feedback as to what to do (say, if one of the viewers thinks of a good
>retort to the Powers' "respond to this complex question within five
>seconds or we'll assume our point is made"); either all the parties
>could have voice input, or there could be a moderator who is the only
>one who can directly give feedback to the attendee, and gives it based
>on the chat session.
Possibly, altho there I suspect you would want your smartest person on site,
so they would also likely be the controller and decide what gets done.
As our bandwidth over the RF PDA/cellphone improves, I suspect that a lot of
telepresence and tele-experience will become very popular. Instead of
calling 911 from under an avelanche, a hundred thousand thrill seekers will
be there with you - placing bets on your survival.
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