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Technology: iRobot Has Made Sci-Fi Video Conferencing a Reality (Video)

June 24, 2013

Futuristic videoconference from the movie ‘Demolition Man’ (so last century).

‘iRobot (IRBT) adds another product to its league of extraordinarily practical machines, the Ava 500. It’s a far cry from the Roomba vacuum, its corporate cousin. The Ava—short for Avatar—is a pricey, wheeled robot designed to navigate corporate offices autonomously and facilitate videoconference calls between workers and their remote colleagues. It comes with a high-definition video screen, some onboard mapping smarts, and Cisco’s TelePresence, a high-quality videoconferencing system meant to create the illusion that far-flung collaborators are sitting across a table from one another. The idea is to “turn an entire office into a high-quality videoconferencing room,” says Colin Angle, iRobot’s chief executive.’

– Businessweek

How about that. The CEO is across the country, but she’ll meet you at your desk in 30 seconds (thanks to AVA 500)! Now, straighten up your desk!

WATCH: IROBOT CEO COLIN ANGLE DISCUSSES INTRODUCTION OF AVA 500 (VIDEO)
READ: MEET THE AVA 500: THE ROOMBA’S CORPORATE COUSIN (BUSINESSWEEK)

– @ojones1


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