Linux-powered telepresence robot gets personal

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Jan 16, 2014 3:14 AM EDT
LinuxGizmos; By Rick Lehrbaum
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The remotely-piloted Beam+ bot, which can be controlled via a WiFi, runs low-latency Skype-like video conferencing software on top of a Ubuntu-based embedded Linux OS. The original Beam model was introduced about two years ago, and currently starts at $16,000 (not including charging dock). The new Beam+ consumer model will be sold for about $2,000 (including charging dock) after all the 1,000 specially priced pre-order units have been sold.

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