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A Telepresence RoboCop Piloted by Oculus Rift and Sensored Gloves

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A student at the Florida International University (FIU) dons a sensor-laden pair of gloves and vest and an Oculus Rift virtual reality headset. He lifts his arm, makes a fist—and across the room a robot awakens and mimics his movements.

The current prototype, or TeleBot, is six feet tall, weighs 75 pounds, and goes by the name “Hutch.” Such telepresence robots might help get disabled cops back into action.
Hutch is outfitted with a pair of stereoscopic camera eyes that relay a video feed to the Oculus Rift, giving the wearer a 3D view of the robot’s immediate surroundings. The vest communicates arm movements to the robot, and the gloves operate its hands. Users pilot the robot with a joystick.
Sensored gloves control the robot’s hands.
Sensored gloves control the robot’s hands.

“With telebots, a disabled police officer will be capable of performing many, if not most, of the functions of a normal patrol office—interacting with the community, patrolling, responding to 911 calls, issuing citations,” said Robins.

A Telepresence RoboCop Piloted by Oculus Rift and Sensored Gloves

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I am proposing an alternative view that states that our reality is both technological and organic, both digital and physical, all at once. We are not crossing in and out of separate digital and physical realities, ala The Matrix, but instead live in one reality, one that is augmented by atoms and bits. And our selves are not separated across these two spheres as some dualistic “first” and “second” self, but is instead an augmented self. A Haraway-like cyborg self comprised of a physical body as well as our digital Profile, acting in constant dialogue. Our Facebook profiles reflect who we know and what we do offline, and our offline lives are impacted by what happens on Facebook (e.g., how we might change our behaviors in order to create a more ideal documentation).

http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2011/02/24/digital-dualism-versus-augmented-reality/

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