In our third video from CTIA (and quite possibly the funniest), Brian Fling talks to VGo, a telepresence robot designed to help in the healthcare and those in remote working situations.
It's a pretty amazing robot and I can think of hundreds of useful applications for it. The VGo is a mobile device equipped with camera, screen and microphone, and it's controlled by a user with a computer and wifi/internet access. It's being touted as perfect for "executives who don't want the hassle of travelling between distant offices" but I think this is short-changing the VGo. Think of the opportunities for doctors in remote areas - if a country hospital had a VGo and a roster of specialty doctors around the world, think of how helpful that could be. Or a bomb disposal squad (although I'm sure they have their own robots).
It's really reasonably priced too - US$5000 plus a service contract that works out about $1200 a year.
