http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/ Engadget Comments for Giraffe video conferencing robot to weird employees out http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 7th 2007 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/
If the place I worked at had a robot follow me around with a digital image of my boss yapping in my ear, I'd quit the next day.


- Josh


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]]>Mar 7th 2007 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/I'd just sneak up behind it, grab it, and shove it into a broom closet.]]>Mar 8th 2007 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 7th 2007 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 8th 2007 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 8th 2007 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 8th 2007 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 8th 2007 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 8th 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/Mar 9th 2007 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/The loud speaker is nice but I think this would be more effective with a larger display so your head is bigger than theirs. I can see two theories on the sound level when repositioning itself in the work environment. Silent... sneak up on the solitaire bandits, or creaky like an old soviet battle tank for a "presence" in the office while "on patrol". Two heights is cool, but I would make them 6' (for seated employees) and 8' for standing employees, with sensors that raise it when it detects an employee who stands up during a conversation. The ability to lean in over the employee probably has some value as well. Some kind of label that says to everyone it's more important than they are too... Employee Behavior Oversight, or something. Even cooler... have a library of taped messages for things like termination, with a feed back to security to ensure they listen to the whole message. I see a role in work-place drug testing as well. ]]>Mar 9th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/giraffe-video-conferencing-robot-to-weird-employees-out/
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The Giraffe was designed to be an approachable and user-friendly communications tool. When you speak through a Giraffe, you’re actually looking at and speaking to a familiar face, not a robot. It is clear once you start using the Giraffe that conventional office manners apply. This means that someone controlling a Giraffe won’t sneak up on anyone, and as with all office equipment, the Giraffe shouldn’t be vandalized. ;-)

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-Dan ( Founder, HeadThere Inc. )
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