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The Television as Robot Servant
R.H. Thibadeau
tech. report CMU-RI-TR-93-22, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1993.

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Television and computing have an interesting intersectin in the topic of how to put computer software into the television infrastructure. It is widely recognized that the result is a home information appliance. However, despite previous commercial experimentation, such an appliance has not emergenced as successful. Perhaps there is only a deficiency in properly conceptualizing the appliance. In keeping with this theme, this paper presents a theory of why people value information. Using this theory as a design aid in the creation of future home information appliances should improve their chances of commercial success.

Sponsor: ARPA (DOD)
Grant ID: ARPA order 6873, #MDA972-92-J-1010

Number of pages: 10

R.H. Thibadeau, The Television as Robot Servant, tech. report CMU-RI-TR-93-22, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1993.

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   title = "The Television as Robot Servant",
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   year = "1993",
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   address = "Pittsburgh, PA"
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