Monochrom’s Der Exot Is an Experiment in Crowd Control

Der Exot is the resurrection of a project monochrom started as early as 1997: a mobile robot with a mounted camera that can be controlled via web interface. But that’s tricky. If too many people try to control the robot at the same time it is counter-productive. Der Exot would behave schizophrenically. It would move without plan, and wander aimlessly. Der Exot is the anti-crowd source robot. The users have to discuss and cooperate via a chat interface to communicate where they want to go, what corners they want to explore, what to crush.

(The robot was featured in the Robotville Festival at London’s Science Museum, but I’m not sure whether it’s still up and running.)

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