A company known as iRobot Corp. has created a machine that brings the boss to you in real time. The prime purpose is to allow executives to check in on factory floors, important meetings, and establish a presence though miles away. Is this our new, up and coming, form of management? Will it further spread to employees that can be controlling their own robots from home and will be not be required to come in everyday, if at all? Is this our image of a future successful business model? Is the ability to multitask and be, literally, in two places at once override face-to-face (in person) contact in the workplace? Furthermore, does this robot invention imply that face-to-face (in person) contact is no longer necessary in our society today? Well... is it?
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/06/09/robo-boss-irobot-unveils-new-talking-robot-with-boss-screen/BQeY9jlBTKt8XYHZIQgaiM/story.html
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