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Author Archives: Sanford Dickert
Enjoyable holiday dinner via telepresence robots
While I normally do not think having the telepresence robots dressed up as mannequins is a good idea, the people at Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam ad agency created a set of these RPSes and allowed people to come together and try it out. Continue reading
Posted in Remote Presence Systems
Tagged holiday telepresence, remote presence systems, telepresence robots, virtual holiday dinner
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Remote Presence links for January 10, 2011
Remote Presence Links discussing telepresence robotics and other opinions Continue reading
Posted in AVA, iRobot, Remote Presence Links, Remote Presence Systems, RoboDynamics, RPS Companies
Tagged iRobot AVA, Remote presence links, RoboDynamics, telepresence links, telepresence robots
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vGo demos at CES 2011 – and names names
Tracking my news feed and I see The Guardian in England got some great content from Brad Kayton (founder and inventor) at vGo. Continue reading
Posted in Remote Presence Systems, RPS Companies, VGo, VGo Communications
Tagged Brad Kayton, CES 2011, telepresence robotics, vgo
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iRobot throws their AVA into remote presence ring
As announced yesterday, iRobot has jumped into the telepresence robot scene with their AVA offering. As reported in PCMag, CNET, Engadget, Hihook and many other sources, the 40 lb iRobot AVA offers Continue reading
Posted in AVA, iRobot
Tagged AVA, iRobot, iRobot AVA, remote presence, SLAM, telepresence robot
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Remote Presence Links for January 6, 2011
One of my favorite things I love comes straight out of some of my must-read sites like O’Reilly’s Radar and Colin’s ePolitics where they do a summary of interesting links/posts on remote presence / telepresence robots. I will endeavour to do this every week – and maybe twice a week. Continue reading
Posted in Remote Presence Links
Tagged CES, Kinect controls, remote presence, telepresence robots, webcams
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Christmas Party at the Tech Review and other remote presence thoughts
As I discovered the first article, I forgot the original article from Tom Simonite which is more publicly available. Again, some interesting thoughts bubble out of this article, which I can agree with his findings – especially when being the pilot of the robotic telepresence. Continue reading
The coming challenge of remote presence social norms as per MIT Tech Review
If these robots are to introduce an era of effortless interaction with machines, the changes may have to come from us, not them. “As these machines appear in the workplace, we will see completely new social norms forming around them,” says Takayama. We humans may have to learn to judge people represented by electronic bodies differently from those we can see in the flesh. Continue reading
Posted in Anybots, Remote Presence Systems, VGo Communications, Willow Garage
Tagged Anybots, remote presence, robotic telepresence, social norms, texai, vgo, willow garage
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RoboDynamics demos the TiLR and hints about the Luna
Our friend Fred Nikgohar shows his local CBS affiliate the future of robot telepresence with his TiLR system. In the course of the conversation, he hints at a newer version called the Luna. Continue reading
Posted in Remote Presence Systems, RoboDynamics, RPS Companies, TiLR
Tagged Fred Nikgohar, Luna, remote presence, RoboDynamics, robot telepresence, TiLR
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Telepresence robot pioneers still working hard in Sweden on the giraff
When I first started looking into robotic telepresence over a year ago, one of them – HeadThere, a company started at the TechShop in San Jose, CA – was one of the few (at the time) that (I believed) got … Continue reading
Posted in Giraff, Remote Presence Systems
Tagged Giraff, Giraffe, HeadThere, robotic telepresence, telepresence robot
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