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TERESA project adds a vital component to human-robot interaction: social intelligence
Shimon Whiteson
02 Feb 2017
TERESA is a 3-year research project funded by the European Union and carried out by six institutions from four European countries. Its goal is to develop a new socially intelligent semi-autonomous te...
Telepresence robots help chronically ill kids maintain social, academic ties at school
University of California, Irvine
09 Sep 2016
Chronically ill, homebound children who use robotic surrogates to “attend” school feel more socially connected with their peers and more involved academically, according to a first-of-its-kind stu...
Robotics narratives: Here, there, and everywhere
UW-Madison Science Narratives
25 May 2016
UW-Madison Science Narratives and partners have joined together to create a 5-month video and audio adventure, exploring the work of Dr Bilge Mutlu and colleagues as they craft robots from a human per...
Telepresence has come a long way, where do we go from here?
Michael Savoie
03 Mar 2016
In our final post for this series, we'll talk about the future of telepresence. For most robots telepresence is just the beginning, a means to an end. Many of the robots in this series are meant ...
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...
Telepresence, or tele-existence? 4 devices seeking to break down barriers to remote presence
Michael Savoie
29 Dec 2015
This telepresence series wouldn't be complete without covering the fringe territory of the unique and unusual. These robots push the boundaries of telepresence to push social engagement and cross i...
Telepresence toys
Michael Savoie
15 Dec 2015
A number of telepresence toys came onto the market between 2011 and 2013 and crashed a few years later. While most of the products in this category marketed themselves as toys first, and telepresenc...
Tabletop telepresence finding its niche
Michael Savoie
08 Dec 2015
Tabletop telepresence devices began to pop up on the market about two years ago. Though its a small slice of the telepresence market, it's differentiated enough from other categories to be mention...
Personal telepresence relatively affordable, but expect to pay extra for the tablet
Michael Savoie
03 Dec 2015
Personal telepresence robots have exploded onto the market thanks to the help of tablets, smartphones, and crowdfunding sites. Geared toward the economics of personal use, these robots typically cos...
The state of telepresence: Healthcare and telemedicine
Michael Savoie
20 Nov 2015
Telemedicine is a rapidly growing field and, with the aid of telepresence robots, is quickly gaining traction in hospitals and homes around the world....
The state of telepresence: Business enterprise class
Michael Savoie
21 Oct 2015
Business class telepresence is where high tech meets high price. Typically starting at $3,000 USD, often with a monthly service fee, these robots are a lot more than just tablets on a stick....
The state of telepresence
Michael Savoie
09 Oct 2015
Telepresence robots have been around since the early 2000s, with a research project called PEBBLES out of Ryerson University in Toronto. When I first started covering this area a little over three yea...
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,...
Another robot company acquired: Vecna acquires VGo
Frank Tobe
19 Jul 2015
Vecna, a growing robotic mobility provider for hospitals and warehouses, acquired VGo, a provider of mobile telepresence devices, for an undisclosed amount....
Towards independence: A shared control BCI telepresence robot
NCCR Robotics
29 Jun 2015
For those with extreme mobility problems, such as paralysis following spinal cord injury or neurological disease, telepresence can greatly help to offset social isolation. However, controlling a mobil...
iPetCompanion lets you play with your pets via telepresence
Michael Savoie
22 May 2015
iPetCompanion have developed telepresence technology that allows you to manipulate toys so you can play with your pets while you're away. The team has installed the system in hospitals and animal sh...
Kubi telemedicine device gets HIPAA clearance for streaming medical data
Michael Savoie
20 May 2015
Revolve Robotics and Swymed have collaborated to create a HIPAA compliant telepresence device called Kubi that can stream medical data. This compliance is a big deal: no longer do MDs have to rel...
ORIGIBOT: An affordable telepresence robotic test platform with arm and gripper
Richard Laboris and Origin Robotics
17 Feb 2015
UPDATE 30/27/15 Thanks to all our supporters - especially our partner, Robohub! We surpassed our funding goal with time to spare! Now with just days remaining, we are hoping to reach our stretch goal...
The People’s Bot: Robotic telepresence for the public good
Kate Darling
26 Apr 2014
Have you ever wanted to attend a conference that was too far away, expensive, or sold out? Whether you're a penniless researcher, interested youth, or a group of elderly people who want to live in oth...
Snowden BEAMs into TED: How robotic telepresence disrupts borders
Hallie Siegel and Andra Keay
19 Mar 2014
Chris Anderson interviews Edward Snowden, who appears at TED 2014 in Vancouver via BEAM telepresence robot from an unknown location in Russia.
Travel in some parts of the world, or for some people, c...
Are telepresence robots really robots? Part II
Frank Tobe
19 Mar 2014
Edward Snowden BEAMed into a TED Talk earlier this week with attention-grabbing headlines. With much less fanfare, this writer participated in a panel in Lyon, France while...
Are telepresence robots really robots?
Frank Tobe
14 Mar 2014
Are telepresence robots really robotic? Is the da Vinci robotic surgical system robotic? Is a car with adaptive cruise control acting robotically? Well … no to all three questions.
All thre...
Robonaut doctor to practice in space
Daniel Faggella and TechEmergence
12 Mar 2014
Astronauts all know how important it is to stay healthy in space. Weightlessness alone can cause a number of physiological changes including muscle atrophy, loss of blood volume and bone loss. Most as...
Beam+ remote presence robots becoming affordable
Frank Tobe
21 Jan 2014
Suitable Technologies just announced their new Beam+ remote presence robot and is offering the first 1,000 units at a price of $995 (thereafter it will be $1,995). First shipments are scheduled for Su...
Astronaut on International Space Station successfully controls K10 rover on Earth, supporting use of telerobotics in future deep space missions
Terry Fong
02 Jul 2013
On June 17, 2013, Astronaut Chris Cassidy successfully drove a K10 rover on earth, via remote connection from the Surface Telerobotics Workbench on the International Space Station, showing that robo...
Augmented realty interface for telepresence robots
Wolfgang Heller
22 Feb 2013
Telepresence robots are remote controlled cameras on wheels that are connected via Wi-Fi to a user's computer, mobile phone or tablet. The user can communicate via a "human-scale" robot with other peo...
First autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance
Wolfgang Heller
24 Jan 2013
Based on the following press release, iRobot, a leader in delivering robotic solutions, announced that the RP-VITA Remote Presence Robot has received 510(k) clearance by the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis...
CES Robotics 2013
Wolfgang Heller
04 Jan 2013
The annual CES - Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, is always a great opportunity for trendspotting and innovation hunting in consumer electronics including consumer robotics. CES 2013 ...
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......
FIU’s Discovery Lab developing telepresence patrol robots for disabled police officers
John Payne
01 Oct 2012
It isn't quite the sensory immersion of the movie Surrogates, but these telepresence robots being developed at Florida International University can help put disabled police officers and military vets ...
Suitable Technologies introduces Beam Remote Presence System | IEEE Spectrum
Andra Keay
26 Sep 2012
Suitable unveils their new telepresence platform...
This article opens discussion on the difference between the growing number of telepresence platforms and their varied price points.
See on spectru...
Grishin’s first investment: Double Robotics
Andra Keay
21 Sep 2012
It was announced today that Grishin Robotics was investing $250,000 into Y Combinator startup Double Robotics. Double Robotics have already sold out their first order of affordable telepresence rob...
Double Robotics: Crossing the chasm?
Andra Keay
12 Sep 2012
Double Robotics, the Ycombinator company behind 'wheels for the ipad' is a fantastic showcase of the new breed of affordable consumer robotics. But can they cross the chasm? These guys know how to cre...
InTouch Health & iRobot announce RP-VITA
John Payne
27 Jul 2012
http://youtu.be/hoAPTpwkFtw
In a joint press release, US companies InTouch Health and iRobot have announced a new telepresence robot for hospitals. The robot called "RP-VITA" builds on iRobot's AVA p...
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Telepresence, with Jean-Christophe Baillie and Trevor Blackwell
Podcast team
25 Feb 2011
Link to audio file (37:08)In today’s show we’ll have a look at the next killer application in robotics, telepresence. The idea is simple, instead of planning a bothersome phone or video co...
