VANCOUVER, B.C.–Among those in attendance and moving about the World Credit Union Conference here is Kadie Hochmuth, who isn’t actually at the show.
Hochmuth is present at the show via a mobile Beam bot, an interactive robot manufactured by a company that is changing its name to GoBe Robots that is approximately five feet tall. The robot belongs to the Vancouver Convention Center.
The robot it includes an interactive video screen that allows Hochmuth to talk to attendees at the conference in British Columbia from her home in Madison, Wis.
As she is 32 weeks pregnant, Hochmuth was unable to attend. She told CUToday.info the experience is like being on a Teams call.
“I can screen chat. I can navigate. I can talk to people,” she said.
CUToday.info saw several people stopping the robot to speak to Hochmuth.
The One Disadvantage
But there are a few disadvantages to attending a conference virtually via a robot.
“I’m very slow. I can’t open doors—I need arms,” said Hochmuth. “Otherwise, the technology is great and it’s really nice to be involved.”
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