MAX/WAX: Teleoperated Internet Robot Brief Tour
MAX was a wireless, high-availability, teleoperated robot controllable from any Java-enabled web browser with a connection to the Internet of 14.4 KBS or faster. MAX has gone through several iterations, starting as a prototype as MAX 1a dog on a very long leash. He was rebuilt to improve performance and reliability and improvements were made to the video and control software. MAX was superceded by WAX, he has been reconfigured as a security robot and watches over the computer servers in the N-CART lab. WAX is provided with 2 Java Applet windows. One provides a simple control interface and the other provides a controllable stream of JPEGs showing the viewer what MAX is aimed at. ncart.scs.ryerson.ca
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