Double Robotics Set To Use Your iPad For Telerobotics

 Telepresence Robots

Double Robotics has built a robotic mobile iPad teleprescence robot that looks to seriously disrupt the newly emerging teleprescence technology marketplace. Setting up Double on your iPad is as easy as downloading an app, and the same app is used for the driver's iPad and the robot's iPad.

Anew player has entered the teleprescence robot marketspace: Double Robotics' Double uses iPads for control and navigationh.

The $2,499 telepresence robot uses a pair of iPads: one sits in the self-balancing base, the other serves as a remote control. Double Robotics' app will let you control the robot — rolling it about and adjusting its height — while the iPads' front-facing cameras stream everything the robot sees, and allow you to interact with passersby.

Started last year by designer David Cann and engineer Marc DeVidts, Double Robotics, is a Mountain-View-based firm that aims to pair robotics with a "rich user experience that is seldomly found in the field."
 According to the Double website:

Double is the simplest, most elegant way to be somewhere else in the world without flying there. The minimalist design and intuitive touchscreen controls allow you to freely move around without inconveniencing others. You can stay at eye level, whether sitting or standing, by adjusting your height remotely, which makes conversations fluid and real. Retractable kickstands will automatically deploy to conserve power when you are not moving around. Efficient motors and lightweight design give Double the ability to last all day without recharging the battery.

Telepresence robots is a newly emerging market. iRobot's iPad-controlled Ava prototype was introduced earlier this year and Anybots has been selling their $10,000 QB robot for years — but the Double is  priced much lower.  Shipments set to begin this December and if you pre-order now you'll pay a discounted price of $1,999 — iPadsare not included.—


SOURCE  The Verge

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