Stanford head coach David Shaw wasn’t able to attend an offensive meeting because he was 2,300 miles away in Hawaii attending a Nike coaching event held by Phil Knight. With the help of a robot designed by a Stanford graduate, the 41-year-old who has led Stanford to three consecutive BCS berths, was still able to attend the meeting.
Via ESPN’s Kyle Bonagura:
Using a Beam Pro robot designed by Stanford graduate Scott Hassan’s company, Suitable Technologies, Shaw was able to watch, listen and communicate with everyone in the room.
“There were some surprised looks and a couple conversations about [the robot], but it quickly turned from novelty to asset,” said Shaw, who was attending a coaches event as the guest of Nike founder Phil Knight with several other coaches from Nike-sponsored schools.
Shaw logged into a program from his laptop and controlled the robot’s movements with arrow keys on the keyboard. The volume from the robot can be turned up and down, the camera zooms in and out and it’s something he says will be a fixture in the athletic department moving forward.
[ESPN][Vine/Stanford Football]