Hangout with Mandy the Robot, from AndyMark

[Andy Baker]

Are you sad to not be able to attend the FIRST Championships in St. Louis this weekend? Do you have friends who are there who may want to say hello to you? Do you want to see the pits, inspections, opening ceremonies, the VIP lunch area, and maybe some other cool places through the eyes of a telepresence robot?

Well, if you said "yes" to any of these wonderful things, let me introduce you to Mandy the Robot.

She is our telepresence robot, ready to hang out, well, Google Hangout, with you. Her ability to hang with you all depends on how much bandwith we will be using through a 4G phone hotspot. We plan to use her mostly during times when matches aren't taking place, to make sure that we don't cause grief with the fields. Check out the above web page link for more directions on how to hang with Mandy, and for the times we will be doing this at the Championships in St. Louis during this coming weekend.

I hope that I can bring her with me to some robot inspections and also the FRC opening ceremonies.

We will be updating our AndyMark facebook page, and Mandy's product page with instructions and operation statuses.

Post below in this thread if you wish to try hanging out. You will need to get a Google+ account in order to do this, and also download a Google app. We'll have more instructions on the Mandy page.

See ya soon,
Andy Baker

[Gregor]

Yes please.

[Nuttyman54]

Sign me up! I can be found hanging with the folks on 1983 in Curie.

[ehochstein]

Why did you name her Mandy? Acronym? Random name? Story? I'm curious.

[Sir Zordor]

name of our friends team 1541's robot Curie Division

[Andy Baker]

Originally Posted by Wiifi

Why did you name her Mandy? Acronym? Random name? Story? I'm curious.

I'll answer this in multiple choice fashion:
1. When I was young, my mother made me listed to way too much Barry Manilow.
2. We still feel sorry for Mandy Moore when all of the FIRSTers ran out on her during the 2002 FIRST Finale in Epcot.
3. Mashing up of the names "Mark" + "Andy" = Mandy

Andy

[Jon Stratis]

I choose option 3!

This is an awesome idea!

[Steven Donow]

This is awesome! I'll be sure to try to get in one of these...Pascack, I'm coming your way!

[Justin Shelley]

It doesn't have swerve drive or play a game

[mman1506]

I'm interested!

[Jimmy Nichols]

I would also be interested, as long as you get the chance to visit Paul George.

[Taylor]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Nichols

I would also be interested, as long as you get the chance to visit Paul George.

Not only is he WFFA, but he's the NBA's most improved player! What a year for PG!

[Gary Dillard]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I'll answer this in multiple choice fashion:
1. When I was young, my mother made me listed to way too much Barry Manilow.
2. We still feel sorry for Mandy Moore when all of the FIRSTers ran out on her during the 2002 FIRST Finale in Epcot.
3. Mashing up of the names "Mark" + "Andy" = Mandy

Andy

I plead guilty to options 1 & 2

[kwotremb]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

I'll answer this in multiple choice fashion:
1. When I was young, my mother made me listed to way too much Barry Manilow.
2. We still feel sorry for Mandy Moore when all of the FIRSTers ran out on her during the 2002 FIRST Finale in Epcot.
3. Mashing up of the names "Mark" + "Andy" = Mandy

Andy

I plead guilty to #2.

What did they expect from a whole bunch of high school nerds? Free food and rides at epcot or Mandy Moore? Hmmmm.......


Good luck with the project though!

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by Andy Baker

3. Mashing up of the names "Mark" + "Andy" = Mandy

Sounds better than "Anark"...

Yes please, sign me up, being unable to attend has me all jumpy and sad. I will think of Mandy as a therapy bot.