Double Robotics is a technology startup company that produces iPad-based telepresence robots called Double and Double2.[3][4][5] Double, which resembles a Segway PT,[6] 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.[7]
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.[3] Customer deliveries began February 2013.[8]
As of January 2017, the company claims about 8000 robots being sold since 2013.[9]
In August 2019, the company debuted the Double 3, a robot intended to increase productivity of remote workers and distance learners.[10]
See also
- 3D printing
External links
References
- Double Robotics (YC S12) Y Combinator^
- Double Robotics moves HQ to Burlingame Silicon Valley Business Journal, 27 July 2015^
- Alyson Shontell. A Robotics Startup Is Putting An iPad On A Segway And Selling It For $2,499 Business Insider, Aug 22, 2012, retrieved 2012-08-22^
- Eric Mack. Double Robotics builds 'body' for iPad videoconferencing | Crave - CNET News.cnet.com, 2011-10-17, retrieved 2012-08-22^
- Nick Bilton. 'Double' Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot - NYTimes.com Bits.blogs.nytimes.com, 2012-08-18, retrieved 2012-08-22^
- Chris O'Brien. Macworld: Double Robotics + iPad = Never leave your house again - Los Angeles Times Articles.latimes.com, 2013-02-01, retrieved 2013-04-02^
- This Selfie-Robot Could Be the Next War Correspondent 22 July 2016, retrieved 2016-08-19^
- Telepresence robots: Your alter ego on wheels The Economist, 2013-03-09, retrieved 2013-04-02^
- Double Robotics says it has sold 8,000 robots and generated $20 million in sales since 2013 venturebeat.com, 16 January 2017, retrieved 2017-09-15^
- Double 3 telepresence robot debuts from Double Robotics The Robot Report, 2019-08-27, retrieved 2020-02-21^