Tag Archives: Anybots QB

Press Release: Anybots hires a new CEO

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Sanford Dickert

A couple of nights ago, we got ourselves a little note in the inbox responding to our past report that Anybots may have been aqui-hired by Facebook.

The email (from Tim Lenihan at Anybots) tells us that David Rogan, former Cisco Executive has joined Anybots as Chief Executive Officer to help bring about the re-energizing of the company. Continue reading →

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Keeping up with Anybots

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

It has been a while since we have discussed our friends in Mountain View and last week, we caught up with Trevor and heard how the team has been cranking on rolling out their QBs to the market. As he wrote in his April post, the issues of static electricity have caused delayed they never expected. But, in the past week, they have put to rest most – if not all – of the issues and are ready to roll them out to their owners. Continue reading →

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The RPSes are coming! The RPSes are coming!

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Looks like there is about 50 of the Anybots QBs lined up here. Anybots was at TED2011, Anybots is selling product – it looks like Anybots is on the move… Continue reading →

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OMG! Is this the Anybots QB at one-tenth the price?!?

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Every so often, I find myself smiling when I see positional and motor control loops being diagrammed out for clarity sake. The Telepresence Interface by Pendulum Inversion, or TIPI for short is a project from the Mechatronics Engineering Department at the University of Waterloo. Continue reading →

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Remote Presence Links for February 25, 2011

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Robotic Telepresence from Robot Podcast – Perez Hilton Wants One! Robot Goes To Coffee Shop On Its Own, Buys A Scone For Owner Continue reading →

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New Product Demo Video for Anybots

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

How else could someone get a link to one of the better product demo videos I have seen in a long time. Granted, it takes its inspirations from the hand drawings from the Anybots website – but this work is excellent. Continue reading →

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Remote Presence Links for February 20, 2011

Posted on February 20, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Hear here and the Anybot QA – VGo Promotional YouTube Video – Robo-Romance: Wall-E and Eve had a love-child – Technology Fans Come in All Sizes Continue reading →

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These robots need your VOTES!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Time to vote for the Engadget Robot of the Year – don’t waste your time, just VOTE! Continue reading →

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Remote Presence Links for February 11, 2011

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Low Cost Video Chat Robot – Lift11: Sabine Hauert, Robotics today – Robot helping fill Kern’s specialist doctor gap Continue reading →

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Superbowl Sunday Ad for Anybots

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

No, Trevor and the team did not pay for a “real” Superbowl Ad. Just that a friend found that Red Rock Coffee, on Castro in Mountain View, CA posted a great video of the QB using a 4G network to visit the coffee shop to purchase scones. Funniest part was the number of people photographing and videoing the incident. Continue reading →

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