Penn State reports on remote robot collaboration with UMaine students
Penn State Abington and Brandywine general engineering students used a mobile telepresence robot — an iPad attached to a self-balancing vehicle — to collaborate with students at the University of Maine, according to a Penn State news release. For the project, Abington/Brandywine students remotely operated the robot at the PopTech Conference in Camden, Maine, where they experienced exhibits and interacted with the UMaine students and others at the conference. UMaine students enrolled in an online course connected to the conference, logged into the Double Robotics unit located at the Penn State engineering lab where the Abington/Brandywine students led a tour. The project gave students the opportunity to explore the effectiveness and limitations of remote two-way communication, the release states.