http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26770 Robots who are fun to be with! Sun, 31 Mar 2013 20:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26770&cpage=1#comment-11132 The R.Bot 100 lets your kids learn from home « TechGeer Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:38:33 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26770#comment-11132 [...] a laptop or a smartphone with an installed app or simple web browser interface. The R.Bot 100 is a telepresence robot that can act as a stand in for someone who can’t be [...]

]]> http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26770&cpage=1#comment-11109 alex Mon, 24 Jan 2011 09:43:41 +0000 http://www.plasticpals.com/?p=26770#comment-11109 I guess they gave the robot to the boy as a sort of advertising, he could just use a netbook with a webcam too or use a Rovio.
As for the price $3,000 USD considering it’s a notebook with a webcam on wheels the manufacturing costs are much lower. The wheels and motors can be taken from electric wheelchairs for children.

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