Comments on: [CES 2009] Anybots QA Demo

By: 12-42

12-42 — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:42:52 +0000

I’ve got nothing clever to say, I just like the tie…

By: Sparky

Sparky — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:24:51 +0000

This bot is wrong for so many reasons, not the least of which is price. I have been building 2-way video telepresence bots since the mid-90’s using a bottom up approach and mostly found objects.
Here is a profile of my work from MAKE: http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol16/?pg=52

Here is a link to a video and plans for a 2-way video telepresence robot for under $1000 using all off-the-shelf components. http://www.instructables.com/id/Sparky_DIY_Web_Based_Telepresence_Robot/

By: lb

lb — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:41:05 +0000

I don’t know – international business travel is pretty expensive. If you could cut out even a few trips a year with this thing, it would pay for itself rather quickly. Maybe this isn’t a huge market, not like the consumer home market, but I imagine it’s enough to make it workable.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:19:37 +0000

Gee, sounds like the pitch for Rovio and ConnectR! Really, do you need something that advanced JUST for added hight?

By: Ironman

Ironman — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:19:08 +0000

It looks quite awesome.

function over form might need to be their goal though.