SOLDIER OVERSEAS BE WITH HIS
SISTER ON HER WEDDING DAY.
>> THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY, BUT
RIGHT BY HER SIDE.
THIS DANCE MEANT SO MUCH TO
HER.
>> I HAVE FOUR BROTHERS TOTAL.
HE’S MY BIG BROTHER, ALWAYS
PROTECTIVE OF ME.
>> CAMERON’S BROTHER NICK IS A
FIRST SERGEANT IN THE ARMY,
RIGHT NOW IN AFGHANISTAN ON HIS
SIXTH DEPLOYMENT.
>> HE HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS HIMSELF
AND HE MISSES A LOT OF
MILESTONES.
>> WHEN WE CAME THROUGH SHE RAN
TO NICK BEFORE SHE RAN TO ME SO
THAT KIND OF SHOWS HOW HAPPY SHE
WAS THAT HE WAS THERE.
>> WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WIT
NICK, CAMERON, AND HER NEW
HUSBAND JONATHAN AT THE
DOUBLETREE HOTEL IN BEDFORD.
ONE OF JUST TWO LOCATIONS WI
AN AVA, THE ROBOT THAT MADE THIS
POSSIBLE.
>> AVA IS WHAT WE CALL A VIDEO
COLLABORATION ROBOT.
>> A HIGH END VIDEO CONFERENCING
SYSTEM, BUT IT MOVES.
SPECIAL BECAUSE SHE MOVES
COMMANDED BY A USER ANYWHERE AS
LONG AS THEY HAVE APPROVED
ACCESS AND A STRONG INTERNET
SIGNAL.
>> IT IS AN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM,
SO THE REMOTE USER CAN SIMPLY
CHOOSE WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AND
THE AVA GETS THERE BY ITSELF.
>> AVA GOT TO CAMERON’S WEDDING
IN HAMPDEN THANKS TO MARCIO
MACEDO, CO-FOUNDER OF
CAMBRIDGE-BASED AVA ROBOTICS.
NICK’S DEPLOYMENT HAD BEEN
SUDDENLY MOVED UP.
CAMERON EMAILED THE COMPANY ON
THE OFF CHANCE THEY’D HELP.
>> THE WEDDING WAS IN JUST A
COUPLE OF DAYS, SO INITIALLY WE
SAID THE LOGISTICS PROBABLY
WOULDN’T WORK OUT, AND AFTER A
COUPLE OF HOURS I THOUGHT ABOUT
IT AGAIN AND SAID THERE’S NO
WAY, THIS IS THE RIGHT THING TO
DO.
>> THE RIGHT THING THAT MEANT
THE WORLD TO THIS FAMILY.
>> HE’S PROUD TO FIGHT FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND I MEAN I CAN’T EVEN
EXPLAIN HOW PROUD I AM OF HIM.
>> THE PICTURE QUALITY WAS
PERFECT.
I GOT TO WATCH HER COME OUT.
I GOT TO MOVE AROUND TABLE TO
TABLE.
I COULD PLAY AROUND WITH THE
KIDS A LITTLE BIT.
THEY HAD A GREAT TIME CHASING
THE ROBOT ME AROUND.
IT WAS AMAZING HONESTLY.
ERIKA: NICK WAS A LITTLE FUZZY
WHEN WE SPOKE TO HIM JUST
BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET
CONNECTION WHERE HE WAS.
IT WAS CRYSTAL CLEAR AND THEY
WERE SO HAPPY.
THEY ARE IN TESTING, BUT PRETTY
SOON THE COMPANY WIL
