Category Archives: iRobot

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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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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Remote Presence Links for May 15, 2011

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Sanford Dickert

Remote Presence Links for May 15, 2011 – Bell Labs developing Nethead, a cheaper teleconferencing robot – Anybots Roundup – iRobot CEO: Enough with the gimmick ‘bots (Q & A) Continue reading →

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Remote Presence Links for November 8, 2011

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sanford Dickert

Remote Presence Links for November 8, 2011 – >Bell Labs developing Nethead, a cheaper teleconferencing robot – Anybots Roundup – iRobot CEO: Enough with the gimmick ‘bots 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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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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