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Robots that Manipulate
Ornitorrinco in Eden
On October 3, 1994 Eduardo Kac and Ed Bennett connected the wireless
telerobot Ornitorrinco located in Chicago to participants in Lexingtong
(KY), Chicago (IL), and Seattle (WA). The body of Ornitorrinco was
shared by all of the participants who viewed the process via an Internet camera.
Participants controlled the robot's body by pressing keys on the telephone.
Bradford
Robotic Telescope
The University of Bradford's robotic telescope is located on the Pennines
of Yorkshire England. Users may send observations to the fully automatic
telescope, which decides when the conditions are right for viewing.
The Telegarden
Online since
June 1995; currently at the Ars Electronica Center in Austria.
Allows users to remotely watch and tend a living garden. Guests may
only view the garden, but members may participate actively, planting and
watering. An art installation to explore
"post-nomadic
community"
  
Control Schematic
View from Tutorial
Telegarden on Febrary 4, 1999
Tower
of Hanoi Net-Robot
The objective of this site is to solve the Tower
of Hanoi, a puzzle invented in 1883.
Users watch as a robotic arm performs their commands, while the
hands of a clock swirl in the background. The 'validating' property
of the clock is summed up by the site's most frequently asked question:
"Is the robot real?" to which the creators reply, "Oh, yes it is.
First you can see a radio controlled clock in the left upper corner and
you will see the second hand moving. It shows the current German time."
Illustration of Tower of Hanoi Puzzle
More Online Robots
Book on Internet Telerobots
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