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Category Archives: Remote Presence Systems
iRobot announces availability of Ava 500 to “regular” customers
iRobot is reacting to market forces and announcing the “availability” of the Ava 500 in time for the Enterprise Connect Conference in Orlando. Continue reading
Posted in AVA, iRobot, Remote Presence News
Tagged Ava 500, iRobot, telepresence robots
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Double and EE makes it to the BAFTAs with Fanbots [video]
EE (the 4G carrier in England) created a chance for two of their subscribers to use two doubles dressed up as reporters on the red carpet, engaging celebrities on their way to the BAFTAs as “fanbots”. Continue reading
Suitable announces a little Beam (or actually the Beam+)
The Beam+ seems to be Suitable’s answer to vGo’s offering and Double’s play using the base technology of the original Beam and to offer a more family-friendly play (as seen in their promo photos).
The Beam+ stands about 5 feet tall and supports many of the same features of the original Beam (including the same motors, microphone array and control software), technical improvements (including HDR-based camera and a higher-resolution screen) and cost reductions (including one wifi radio instead of two, a smaller physical screen size). Upon launch, Suitable plans on having the specs for the Beam+ at this URL: https://www.suitabletech.com/beam-plus/ Continue reading
Finally! Pilot Presence meets double — in the flesh!
we got a chance to chat with David from Double where we discussed the origin story of double robotics. Instead of repeating the story, we learned that Tech Toys 360 on the Discovery Velocity Channel has a terrific video that presents the origin story along with additional details and visuals on the “innovative device” at http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/tech-toys-360/videos/ipad-robot.htm Continue reading
UPDATED: Anybots shows off their Q(X) Virtual Presence
We are thrilled to see the team at Anybots are pushing for a platform play (our assumption on the use of the Q-sub-X designation) and hanging on the Anybots Q(X) platform, they have a bunch of the Polycom kit. Continue reading
Posted in Anybots, Remote Presence Systems, RPS Companies
Tagged Anybots, Anybots Q(X), Polycom
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Spotify Engineer experiences Remote Presence and lives!
What is notable about his experience is the issues of being a “drunk tetraplegic with bad hearing and a weak voice”. The challenge with most of the remote presence systems on the market today is exactly the issue he focuses on the most. Continue reading
Try before you Buy? Suitable comes up with their own viral marketing campaign
Suitable Technologies, Inc. has revealed its new Beam Corporate Leasing Program to offer large organizations the opportunity to test the Beam remote presence system for a 3-year period. Continue reading
Posted in Beam, Remote Presence News, Remote Presence Systems
Tagged Beam, Leasing a Beam, Scott Hassan, Suitable Technologies
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Suitable takes Grand Award Winner from Popular Science
Suitable Technologies takes the Grand Award Winner in the 2013 Best of What’s New Award from Popular Science magazine in the Hardware category. Continue reading
Posted in Beam, Remote Presence News, Remote Presence Systems
Tagged Beam, Grand Award Winner, PopSci, Suitable Technologies
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Reduce your carbon footprint and Beam into RoboBusiness this month!
Suitable and RoboBusiness pair up to offer Beaminginot the RoboBusiness conference and announce their newest version of the Beam software. Continue reading
double! What in the world? We need a better solution than bumbling humour on The Good Wife!
The double does a terrible job in showing in the Good Wife Continue reading