WebFAIR addresses the marketing and promotion requirements of large commercial
exhibitions by providing broad access to information, services and commodities
exhibited at the event. Essentially, WebFAIR aims at providing the means
to remote corporate and private users for active and personalised workplace
exploration and information visualisation for commercial purposes.
The goal of the proposed project is the development and validation of
an interactive tele-presence system (WebFAIR) based on mobile robotic
systems, able to provide individual access to large exhibitions and commercial
trade-fairs over the World-Wide Web. The user observes through the "eyes"
(cameras) of the robot and hears though its "ears" (microphones).
Through a Web-interface, users all over the world will be able to tele-control
the robotic avatar and specify exhibits, or interesting places that they
may wish to visit.
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