62 South Bay Accent
WHEN MANY PEOPLE think about
robots and artificial intelligence today,
they envision machines taking over
human jobs, such as working in factories,
driving cars or delivering packages
(by drone). Thuc Vu and his colleagues
would like to change that view.
For the past four years, they’ve been
I, ROBOT creating robots designed not to replace
humans, but to bring them together. BY JULIE VALLONE
PORTRAITS BY CHRIS SCHMAUCH
INVENTOR THUC VU’S TELEPRESENCE ROBOTS BRIDGE