Double Robotics Explained
Double Robotics is a technology startup company that produces iPad-based telepresence robots called Double and Double2.[1] [2] [3] Double, which resembles a Segway PT,[4] has a price of $2,499.
The robot uses gyroscope and accelerometer sensors in its base, and can be controlled with a desktop, tablet, or smartphone.[5]
Double Robotics received seed funding from Y Combinator. Johnson & Johnson and The Coca-Cola Company are testing Double and seven Fortune 500 companies have preordered. Preorders total over $500,000.[1] Customer deliveries began February 2013.[6]
As of January 2017, the company claims about 8000 robots being sold since 2013.[7]
In August 2019, the company debuted the Double 3, a robot intended to increase productivity of remote workers and distance learners.[8]
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- Web site: Alyson Shontell . A Robotics Startup Is Putting An iPad On A Segway And Selling It For $2,499 . Business Insider . Aug 22, 2012. 2012-08-22.
- Web site: Mack . Eric . Double Robotics builds 'body' for iPad videoconferencing | Crave - CNET . News.cnet.com . 2011-10-17 . 2012-08-22.
- Web site: Bilton . Nick . 'Double' Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot - NYTimes.com . Mountain View (Calif) . Bits.blogs.nytimes.com . 2012-08-18 . 2012-08-22.
- Web site: Chris O'Brien . Macworld: Double Robotics + iPad = Never leave your house again - Los Angeles Times . Articles.latimes.com . 2013-02-01 . 2013-04-02.
- Web site: This Selfie-Robot Could Be the Next War Correspondent. 2016-08-19.
- Web site: Telepresence robots: Your alter ego on wheels . The Economist . 2013-03-09 . 2013-04-02.
- Web site: Double Robotics says it has sold 8,000 robots and generated $20 million in sales since 2013 VentureBeat Mobile by Ken Yeung. venturebeat.com. 16 January 2017 . en-US. 2017-09-15.
- Web site: Double 3 telepresence robot debuts from Double Robotics. 2019-08-27. The Robot Report. en-US. 2020-02-21.
