Anybots QB Available In November
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Wednesday, 28 of July , 2010 at 11:00 am
Anybots is now taking pre-orders for what’s (realistically) the first self contained commercial telepresence robot available to the general public, QB. A $1500 pre-order (don’t get too excited, that’s just a 10% down payment on the total cost of $15k) gets you into the “100 Club,” which is good for:
o Access to the first 100 Anybots’ serial numbers
o Invitation to a reception at Anybots headquarters
o VIP Anybots test drives for you and five friends
o Access to on-going perks as Anybots rolls out additional products and services
o A November 2010 Anybot (the rest of the pre-orders ship in 2011)
QB is designed to be very easy to use… You log in to the robot from any computer, and you get a video feed and directional audio to let you interact with other people, plus driving controls. The robot has a LIDAR system built into its base to help you avoid obstacles, and it automatically corrects for the fact that you suck at driving robots. Thankfully, although it’s a Segway-type 2 wheel balancing robot, it has a “tail” that keeps it from falling over and crushing your pets and/or kids if it loses power. Not that it’s likely to crush much of anything… At 35 pounds, QB is borderline anorexic (just look at that figure!) and can be easily lifted up and down stairs into a car or something like that.
I hope (I really do) that QB becomes (if not hugely popular) at least commercial successful. Or at the very least, commercially not a total failure. Big, expensive, commercial robots that don’t build stuff haven’t really found a market niche, and this is not the greatest economic climate to introduce something like QB (although I’m sure Anybots would argue that QB will save you lots of money in the long run, and they might be right). In any case, there are several other telepresence robots who will be watching QB closely, and for the sake of this whole industry, I hope this launch goes well.
Check out a FAQ full of tasty info here.
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