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Old 08-16-2012, 04:07 AM   #1
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Need to be in more than one place at a time, anywhere in the world? How about a Telepresence Robot, from DoubleRobotics? They've combined the functionality of a minimal, remotely controlled Segway, with the Camera, Display and Connectivity of an iPad:

http://www.doublerobotics.com/

http://techland.time.com/2012/08/14/...resence-robot/

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Old 08-20-2012, 05:39 PM   #2
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It looks pretty cool, and like a lot of fun!

But will enough people find it $2000 worth of useful and/or fun?

Maybe people with active minds trapped in bodies trapped in beds?
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Old 08-20-2012, 11:28 PM   #3
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The double robot does seem kind of cool, but the cynical me wonders, if you have your ipad in this unit on the other side of the world, what would stop someone from just walking up to it, and taking your ipad? For that matter, what would stop them from taking the whole thing, since it only weighs 15 pounds, and costs $2K. Seems like a relative easy payday for someone who wants to pick it up and walk away...

You dial up your skype call to your double in the Louvre, trying to view some spectacular art, instead see the inside of a storeroom of some Parisian named Louie, and the 6 other doubles there, as well as an assortment of stolen televisions and some pick pocketed wallets and some guy's watch.

I suppose if you happen to be lucky enough to observe Louie stealing your double, I suppose you can make it yell out, "Help, I am being stolen!"

I will add this idea to my signature. I suspect that well done is also better than well seen.

All that said, it is kind of an interesting technology.
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Old 08-21-2012, 08:13 AM   #4
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Wow - thanks for posting this SEGsby. Good to see you back on here.

This looks awesome to me. I guess you don't need to own them yourselves, locations will have them and you just pay to connect into them. Of course, you could have one yourself - but if a museum or University or somewhere already had them, you book them out. Totally cool.

BUT - big shame they just use the iPad. Surely they need an app across several platforms. If it only works with iPads, I can never be a customer. But if they open it up to other tablets or PCs with webcams etc., theres a much bigger market.
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Old 08-21-2012, 03:15 PM   #5
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you can drive our segway robots from across the world, but I don't think it's a good idea

I have been a little concerned about students breaking into them over wireless, but I haven't seen any evidence of that. There is quite a bit of security for an outside person to break into the university network, but it isn't foolproof. With a network this big, there are definitely holes that can be exploited.
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