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Robot IUALL in UT Nieuws

 

PhD candidates Merijn Bruijnes and Robby van Delden of COMMIT/project IUALL are the team behind a project titled *Bot.

Merijn Bruijnes: ‘We use telepresence robot ‘Skype on wheels’, which basically consists of wheels and an iPad. We take every opportunity to test how it works and how people react to it. I used it to teach a lecture and I must say I never managed to get the class that quiet before!‘

Robby van Delden: ‘We have taken it shopping – we used it to buy beer, for example. There are many interesting legal and social issues. For instance, if we use the robot to buy alcohol, can the shop sell it to us? What happens if the robot crashes into something or someone? Who is to blame if you use the robot to steal something?'

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