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Re:QA from Anybots - the coolest thing you'll see at CES all... by bprater on Thursday January 08, 2009 @02:19PM (#425452)
Why better than a conference call? It has to be it's mobility. (Although, didn't they mention it needed to be tethered? It has to be because it lacks batteries.)

I think that in situations where data needs to be sucked up in a mobile way but not in a way that the environment needs to be manipulated (no arms), it'll work. Well, when it gets batteries, it would.

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Re:QA from Anybots - the coolest thing you'll see at CES all... by mileszs on Thursday January 08, 2009 @02:30PM (#425469)
You're thinking of the old model, Monty:

"Unlike monty, QA is 100% battery powered, and gets 4-6 hours of runtime on every charge. Monty's pneumatics required it to be tethered at all times. Also, its much lighter at around 35lbs. Monty is too heavy to pick up."

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Re:QA from Anybots - the coolest thing you'll see at CES all... by ivankirigin on Thursday January 08, 2009 @04:43PM (#425711)
It doesn't have arms to open doors and probably can't go up stairs. Quadriplegic mobility isn't that enticing.
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