The Boss Is Robotic, and Rolling Up Behind You

Am I the only one who thinks this product could be a game changer? Maybe the tipping point that makes employers embrace hiring telecommuters?

As these develop, there are huge opportunities for improving transnational trade. For example, I am interested in using this to monitor a Chinese manufacturing facility for QA of product before containers are shipped stateside. That reduces huge amounts of money and opportunity cost spent on cross-Pacific travel.

AnyBots founder and CEO Trevor Blackwell (quoted in the third section of the article) is also one of the Y Combinator co-founders, and I believe both companies are in the same office building.<p>RiderOfGiraffes lists some relevant HN items here: <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1562602" rel="nofollow">http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1562602</a>