One Per Cent: Telepresence robots go airborne

One Per Cent: Telepresence robots go airborne: The project is still an early stage, adds Hiroaki, who discussed his work yesterday at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. He and colleague have built a blimp and shown that it can be operated remotely. Now they have to do user studies - experiments that examine what it's like to interact with the device. A blimp with a projection the size of a regular head might make the experience more enjoyable, notes Hiroaki.