Comments on: Take A Seat On A Robot Chair http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/ Jonesing For Robot News Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:13:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Saul Wall http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Saul Wall Sat, 15 Dec 2007 19:01:29 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/#comment-323 No Picnic said: <i>"First, it makes me say, “How flipping lazy do people have to be to have a chair follow them everywhere?”"</i> That was my reaction at first too but then it was just a concept demo. Having done long durations of time filing in stacks I can tell you that you get pretty tired of having to drag some stupid stool around to keep you from kneeling half the time while shoving your cart up and down the aisles. Hospital workers who need all their blood-taking supplies would be able to have their cart follow them around and call for a replacement when supplies were low. Setting up a few seats is one thing but when you are dealing with a huge lecture or meeting in an auditorium and then cleaning up afterwards it is a major investment in time and effort. You would definitely need simpler, cheaper and more compacting chair-bots though. No Picnic said: “First, it makes me say, “How flipping lazy do people have to be to have a chair follow them everywhere?””

That was my reaction at first too but then it was just a concept demo. Having done long durations of time filing in stacks I can tell you that you get pretty tired of having to drag some stupid stool around to keep you from kneeling half the time while shoving your cart up and down the aisles. Hospital workers who need all their blood-taking supplies would be able to have their cart follow them around and call for a replacement when supplies were low.

Setting up a few seats is one thing but when you are dealing with a huge lecture or meeting in an auditorium and then cleaning up afterwards it is a major investment in time and effort. You would definitely need simpler, cheaper and more compacting chair-bots though.

]]> By: No Picnic http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-300 No Picnic Wed, 12 Dec 2007 13:24:03 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/#comment-300 While it's a novel idea and the concept might be useful elsewhere, the application of this technology in the video is absurd. First, it makes me say, "How flipping lazy do people have to be to have a chair follow them everywhere?" Second, those "pet" chairs are bound to just get in the way in a library. Thirdly, why would someone waste money in a small library to arrange the chairs and use such advanced technology when they could just move the chairs themselves. It would have been much better if the creator thought of something more practical and realistic. While it’s a novel idea and the concept might be useful elsewhere, the application of this technology in the video is absurd. First, it makes me say, “How flipping lazy do people have to be to have a chair follow them everywhere?” Second, those “pet” chairs are bound to just get in the way in a library. Thirdly, why would someone waste money in a small library to arrange the chairs and use such advanced technology when they could just move the chairs themselves. It would have been much better if the creator thought of something more practical and realistic.

]]> By: hthth http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/comment-page-1/#comment-296 hthth Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:42:10 +0000 http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/12/11/take-a-seat-on-a-robot-chair/#comment-296 I was absolutely psyched over this for a few minutes. Then after pondering how they implemented the flocking behavior, I realized it was CGI. It looks as though this is concept art entirely. I was absolutely psyched over this for a few minutes. Then after pondering how they implemented the flocking behavior, I realized it was CGI. It looks as though this is concept art entirely.

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