Bad at directions? This robot can navigate a building on its own. Massachusetts-based iRobot (the company that makes the Roomba!) announced today that it's planning to sell a "telepresence" robot starting early next year. The Ava 500 will show video feed from its user on a screen held atop a fat, 5'5" column that rolls. At the same time, of course, the user sees everything the robot does through a webcam at the top of the screen. Anybody who needs to call into a remote meeting uses an iPad app t...
Bad at directions? This robot can navigate a building on its own. Massachusetts-based iRobot (the company that makes the Roomba!) announced today that it's planning to sell a "telepresence" robot starting early next year. The Ava 500 will show video feed from its user on a screen held atop a fat, 5'5" column that rolls. At the same time, of course, the user sees everything the robot does through a webcam at the top of the screen. Anybody who needs to call into a remote meeting uses an iPad app t...
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