Botiful - a miniature telepresence robot

Now in most regions of our planet there is no problem in contacting a person thousands of kilometers away in a couple of seconds. This is facilitated by the development of network technologies, and the miniaturization of gadgets. Now, most entry-level smartphones can even be used as a means of video communication, provided that there is a high-speed wireless network, of course. As a result of this rapid development of network technologies, various kinds of devices began to appear that provide a telepresence mode.

Some of these devices are very expensive, others are more or less accessible. But soon the smallest telepresence robot in the world - Botiful bot may appear on the market of such devices. This bot is a new project on Kickstarter.. As a "brain" is used a regular smartphone based on the Android OS.

The device is focused on the ordinary consumer market, and not on the corporate market. Such a device can be used well at home, including communicating with children. Botiful can be used to communicate with children, the device allows you to constantly be with your child, if parents are constantly at work, on trips.

The first 150 copies of Botiful will cost $ 199. In addition, buying a bot with access to the SDK will cost $ 245. The total cost of the project on Kickstarter is 90 thousand US dollars. If the project collects 100 thousand, Botiful will be released for iOS.

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