On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Grimmund <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
> Excellent.
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jeffrey Schwartz
> <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> IMTU YMMV there's a fair bit of robotics that are so common they're
>> ignored. Take the 3I's version of the "Roomba" as an example. These
>> should be accessible from the network, and controllable. How useful
>> that is is another question... unless you have a Roomba, some duct
>> tape, and some demo.
>
> Although those robots, like the standard Roomba, may not have controls
> that are all that dedicated or granular.
>
> Our Roomba controls were pretty much limited to scheduling when it
> ran, and a limiter for the area.
>
> It may not be nearly as useful as, say, a remote controlled toy, which
> you really can stear and which may very well be equiped with video
> camera(s) to allow the pilot to get a direct POV view of the remote's
> environment.

True, but not all ships will have remote controlled toys...

On the other hand, hooking demo to the wires that control the vacuum
cleaner motor and scheduling "Cleanup in stateroom 3, ASAP!" would be
useful.