Web Agent Robot
Synopsis
A World Wide Web connected personal robot which gives a web agent a mechanical body with which to interact with the user and its environment.
Rationale
A web agent in the form of a robot would allow the user to interact with resources on the world wide web without turning on and using a desktop PC. Conversely, the robot will also allow the user to interact with the real world from a virtual world.
Features
When in the proximity of the user, the robot can interact directly with the user via audio, visual and tactile interfaces and pass information between the user and web resources using a network connection. When the user is not in the proximity of the robot, the robot can give the user information about its own environment via the web and bring about change on that environment using the same audio, visual and tactile interfaces.
As well as a physical presence in the form of its robot body, the agent may have additional virtual representations such as an IRC bot or an Avatar on the 3D Web.