RoboThespian was featured on the BBC national evening news and the front page of the BBC website on Friday for his part in the “Beaming” telepresence project carried out by University College London and University of Barcelona.
See the report here
The report brings up some interesting questions about the future of telepresence and the problem of legislating for avatar crime. All we can say is that our friendly RoboThespian, Reggie (pictured), very much enjoyed his time in London being filmed by the BBC and behaved impeccably throughout…
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