Re:A Robot for Timo – cheap telepresence for remote teams
by cjbprime on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @11:32AM
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Hi HN -- I'm the blog post author and one of the people who built this, am happy to answer any questions about the hardware/software behind it!
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Re:A Robot for Timo – cheap telepresence for remote teams
by akosednar on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @12:08PM
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Any plans on making one that can move around on wheels?
Re:A Robot for Timo – cheap telepresence for remote teams
by cjbprime on Wednesday March 19, 2014 @12:14PM
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Haven't thought about it much -- my first thought would be that the solution in the blog post could be the right one for a small office where movement of the base isn't necessary, and for one on wheels you should just go buy from Double Robotics. Their product looks really nice.
If I had to build one that moves around, I'd start with investigating the Roomba API, with an aim to mount the iPad on a Roomba and expose remote control of the Roomba to the chatter. You wouldn't get as high off the ground as a Double robot without making the mount unstable, though!