| Imagine you are the overall in charge of several | | | | your main office, directing them to go wherever you |
| manufacturing plants that are located at different | | | | want them to go (Within the plant or office). Check |
| parts of the world. To manage the operations | | | | up on the operations, and on the spot, converse with |
| effectively, you might have to travel to these plants | | | | the office staff or workers. |
| frequently to keep tab on them. You can install | | | | This may sound like a dream but it isn't. It has been |
| electronic eyes all over the manufacturing plant but | | | | developed by a company named Anybots and they |
| one might miss out some areas. Plus, it is costly to | | | | are still improving on their models. |
| install electronic eyes especially if you want to | | | | The manager who wants to keep himself on the ball, |
| maximize coverage. | | | | would love this robotic technology. If the price and |
| Imagine expanding your company to a foreign | | | | maintenance cost of this machine is right, it might |
| market. You will have to set up an office over there, | | | | just be sensible to implement such technology for |
| and to keep tab on the office staff there, you can: | | | | your company. It may just be the solution to |
| 1) travel there to hold meetings (Travelling is a huge | | | | controlling all those travelling expenses. |
| expense); | | | | From a managerial point of view, it is great if the |
| 2) hold tele-meetings with the staffs there | | | | price is right. From a worker's point of view, it can be |
| (Tele-meeting has a lack of personal touch). | | | | kind of strange. Imagine you sitting in your cubicle |
| The cost effective solution to all these problem is? | | | | and working, suddenly a robot passes you with a |
| Set up a robot at each of these locations to | | | | video showing your boss's face. Weird feeling... |
| represent you! You can control these drones from | | | | Anyway, anything is possible. |