Tag Archives: InTouch Health

InTouch Health and iRobot Launch RP-VITA Telepresence System [video]

Posted on July 26, 2012 by Sanford Dickert

As shown on the video below, the RP-VITA is a beautiful marriage between InTouch’s focus on healthcare and iRobot’s strengths in robotic manufacturing and navigation. We await a chance to see this device in person to give you an upfront and close examination of this device. With a footprint that is smaller and easier to navigate than the RP-7, the RP-VITA may just be what the patients ordered. 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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Its been a quiet month of April…

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

InTouchHealth announces their RP-Xpress product at the American Telemedicine Association’s 16th Annual International Meeting and Exposition in Tampa, FL. Continue reading →

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Interview with Dr. Yulin Wang from InTouch Health

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Normally in these pieces, I would go into the history of the founder and the way he/she built up their first remote presence offering. In this case, Dr. Yulin Wang (pronounced “Wong”) is far from an unknown quantity. In this article, I spent more of my time discussing with him about the future of remote presence and where he sees the industry going. 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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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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Remote Presence Links for January 31, 2011

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Remote Presence Links for January 31, 2011 – Why I Don’t Like Telepresence Robots – YET – Q&A: Ken Goldberg Discusses Telerobots, Androids and Heidegger – 12 Advances in Medical Robotics – When Only a Robotic Video Presence Will Do – Rumor on new features on an RPS company product Continue reading →

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