"We've begun shipping production units," cofounder David Cann told VentureBeat via email today. "In fact, we've already shipped the first 100. We'll ship another 1,000 units by September."
Everyone, it seems, wants to build a telepresence robot that moves. Revolve Robotics, however, wants to build a telepresence robot that doesn't break the bank.
Romo 1 earned Kickstarter pledges of $114,796. But the newest Romo is just getting started.
Suddenly, telepresence robots are the hottest gadgets that don't fit in your hand. Double Robotics blew the lid of the category just a month or so ago, I'll be checking out a Vancouver startup's new product next week, and a number of other pitches are hitting my inbox.
Double Robotics, the Y Combinator grad which created probably the best-looking telepresence robots on the planet, announced a $250,000 investment from Grishin Robotics today -- and the fact that Double has already sold 600 units of its first model for $1.2 million in pre-sales to 24 universities and 17 Fortune 500 companies.
oubleRobotics has just released a telepresence solution that isn't ugly, awkward, or the apparent product of a Junkyard Wars amateur hour competition.
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