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August 24, 2011

Telepresence Robots Seek Office Work

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By Tom Simonite, Technology Review

Building on the trend toward remote work, two companies started shipping wheeled telepresence robots to customers this year, and other versions are launching soon. While prices are steep and sales tepid, some early adopters find that the robots offer advantages over technologies such as videoconferencing. Telepresence robots are wheeled machines steered by a person sitting at a remote computer; the bots take the person’s place around the conference table or, say, on a facility inspection.

http://www.technologyreview.com/business/38183/?p1=BI

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