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This Week In Bots: Nothing's Gonna Stop Them Now--The Robot Revolution Is Everywhere

BY Kit Eaton | 02-03-2012 | 6:26 AM | INNOVATION

From real estate to medicine to retail, practically every industry is seeing a rise in machines entering the futuristic field. Here's why that's a good thing (for the most part).READ MORE›

$500 iRobot Hack Lets You Be Two Places at Once

BY Kit Eaton | 02-10-2011 | 10:06 AM | INNOVATION

A hacker has put together a viable home-brew telepresence robot using easily available components that's good enough to rival much more expensive peers like Anybot's QB. More than anything, this suggests telepresence virtual working is an imminent phenomenon.READ MORE›

Anybots Releases Segway-Style Telepresence Robot

BY Ariel Schwartz | 02-02-2011 | 12:57 AM | ETHONOMICS

Robot fanatics, listen up: The company is now shipping its $15,000, friendly faced QB. (Wireless roaming, two-way streaming video, and high-definition zoom included.)READ MORE›

Virtual Holiday Dinner Brings Families Together via Robot Proxies

BY Ariel Schwartz | 12-22-2010 | 1:20 PM | ETHONOMICS

Sometimes it's just not possible to get your whole family together for the holidays. So why not bring avatars of family members together instead?READ MORE›

The Future of Personal Robotics: Open Source

BY Ariel Schwartz | 11-09-2010 | 7:35 AM | ETHONOMICS

This week marks the third anniversary of ROS, an open-source software platform for the robotics industry developed by Stanford and Silicon Valley robotics research lab Willow Garage.READ MORE›

Robots Are Changing the Future of Telecommuting

BY Ariel Schwartz | 10-22-2010 | 2:00 PM | MAGAZINE

What does the $15,000 Anybot tell us about the future of telecommuting?READ MORE›

Test Drive: Working Remotely With Anybots Telepresence Robot

BY Ariel Schwartz | 06-28-2010 | 8:58 PM | ETHONOMICS

Telepresence robots aren't much more than Skype bots on wheels, right? That's what we thought before taking part in a scavenger hunt this week using the Anybots QB telepresence robot--an attractive bot set to go on sale this fall ...READ MORE›

In the Future, We Will All Be Replaced by Telepresence Robots

BY Ariel Schwartz | 05-19-2010 | 11:33 AM | ETHONOMICS

Ever wish you could attend a meeting without getting out of bed or chat with participants at a conference 2,000 miles away? You could always videochat, sure, but it's just not as meaningful as having a physical presence. Enter the ...READ MORE›