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Personalizing telepresence in service robots

Michael Savoie 26 Jan 2016

In our previous post we looked at socially engaging robots and how they are helping to break down barriers to remote presence. Another area on the fringe of telepresence is service robots. These rob...

Shopping via telepresence makes for good PR; how long before it’s mainstream?

Michael Savoie 29 Sep 2015

Robots are great for doing dull, dirty, and dangerous jobs, and few jobs are more dangerous and downright dull (at times) than waiting in line to buy the latest tech gadget. Last week in Palo Alto,...

Beaming-in to RoboBusiness 2013

Frank Tobe 27 Oct 2013

RoboBusiness 2013, held last week at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, was a revitalized example of previous RoboBusiness events. Throughout the three-day event, there was renewed e...

Willow Garage changes direction

Frank Tobe 12 Feb 2013

For many years now Willow Garage has invested in open source and open platform robotics. Their goal has been a reflection of the vision of it's founder (and chief funder) to advance the state of robot...

Life telepresent: working vicariously through the Beam robot

Andra Keay 07 Nov 2012

Last week I took a trip to Willow Garage in the heart of Silicon Valley. It's not a hard place to find, and I was on time for my 11AM appointment. Just one problem: I was supposed to be at Suitable......