Category Archives: Remote Presence News

vGo is making some hay with LTE [video]

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

vGo is slowly but surely building up their distribution and product presence. vGo has successfully tested LTE and demoed it at the Verizon Innovation Center on July 13th. Continue reading →

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Evaluation on iRobot and Intouch Health partnership

Posted on July 20, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Today, iRobot and InTouch Health made news by announcing a partnership leveraging the business connections of InTouch into the healthcare industry and iRobot’s strong technical innovation efforts in robotics. While it sounds good, we wonder if the formability is not more of a defensive posture for one or the other. Continue reading →

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Luna is not from Apple – but is it a telepresence robot?

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

The Mystery Robot is revealed – and no, it is not an Apple or Google product. It is Luna from RoboDynamics and we discuss why Luna may or may not be a telepresence robot. Continue reading →

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Interview w/ Fred Nikhogar from RoboDynamics

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Interview with Fred Nikgohar from RoboDynamics on his history, his ideas for how to make better robots and what he thinks is the future of personal robotics. Continue reading →

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A brief couple of snippets through InnoRobo 2011

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

So, as you saw on the earlier post, we spent some time at InnoRobo in Lyon. France. To say it was an engaging conference is an understatement. Bruno, the organizer, was a personal dynamo putting together a wonderful program which included a large number of French companies (e.g, GOSTAI, Aldeberan, etc) and had their partner in robotic development, the South Korean government bring a number of their best and brightest to the event (e.g., Yujin Robot Labs). Continue reading →

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Not an Apple Robot and Notes from InnoRobo

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Okay – so it looks like the video is not from Apple – if Aaron is to be believed – so we are going to get into deep investigation start investigating who this provider is. When we find out more, we will endeavor to post the news as soon as possible. Continue reading →

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Is Apple Building Robots Now?

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

We got sent this snippet of video of an unidentified robot moving in a room. The picture is grainy and pixelated which could just be a way of hiding features of it. Now, we must admit, it has lines that remind us of Apple products, but we are surprised that someone from Apple would seed the video to us first. Continue reading →

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Remote Presence Links for March 10, 2011

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Teaching Robots To Interact Better With Humans – Telepresence Robots Roam the Halls of My Office Building – Latest Geminoid Robot Looks More Human than Creepy Continue reading →

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Interview w/ Jeremy Parsons from Mantaro

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Earlier this week, I spent an hour speaking with Jeremy Parsons, co-founder of Mantaro Engineering Product Development Services and the visionary behind the MantaroBot. Jeremy spent a good deal of time with me discussing his history, his first attempt at telepresence robots and how the MantaroBot came to being this year. Continue reading →

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GOSTAI shows off new video face on the Jazz

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

This morning, GOSTAI’s PR contact sent me a lovely PDF showing off their newest version of the Jazz – complete with an LCD screen on the face of the Jazz. Continue reading →

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