Category Archives: AVA

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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Remote Presence Links for May 12, 2011

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Remote Presence Links for May 12, 2011 – Telepresence robots go airborne – Luna Roundup – It’s Robots Galore at Google I/O Continue reading →

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iRobot shows up at google I/O and shows off the AVA

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

T-Minus One Day before Mysitery Robot gets launched and Colin Angle shows up at google I/O 2011 and announces the availability of AVAs for developers by the end of the year. Continue reading →

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Interview with Colin Angle from iRobot

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

At InnoRobo, I got a chance to speak with Colin from iRobot – in a very candid interview about his view on the robotics industry, his vision for the AVA and how he sees the robotics industry shaping up in the coming years. 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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Is iPad 2 the future of mobile telepresence?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

With yesterday’s announcement of the iPad 2 with front and rear facing cameras, the world may have stepped that one step forward into making mobile telepresence or mobile video conferencing a commonplace for business and consumers. But what does it mean for remote presence? 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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Remote Presence links for January 19, 2011

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Programmed for Love – thoughtful article with MIT ethnographer Sherry Turkle warning about the dangers of our continued reliance on technology for our social engagement. Rundown of Telepresence Robots – a quick and dirty rundown of the RPSes he has found in the world today. (Pssst – there are more coming…) and What Can You Do With AVA (iRobot’s new telepresence concept robot seen at CES 2011)? – a article by Frank Tobe on the AVA.
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Can we create a new term for telepresence robots?

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

In the past year, I have spoken with a number of people on the concept of telepresence and telepresence robots – and had an real education on developing language to define a new product/market. Usually, we pay all sorts of smart, wordsmithers to come up with ideas and bring some thoughts to light – and then settle on a new term (or at least the CEO does). Continue reading →

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Remote Presence links for January 13, 2011

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Even thought I would love to have news every day for readers of Pilot Presence, I will sometimes bring up some posts/comments I see on other sites for further discussion. Continue reading →

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