Double Robotics is a technology startup company that produces iPad-based telepresence robots called Double and Double2.[1][2][3] Double, which resembles a Segway PT,[4] has a price of $2,499.
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The robot uses gyroscope and accelerometer sensors in its base, and can be controlled with a desktop, tablet, or smartphone.[5]
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.[1] Customer deliveries began February 2013.[6]
As of January 2017, the company claims about 8000 robots being sold since 2013.[7]
In August 2019, the company debuted the Double 3, a robot intended to increase productivity of remote workers and distance learners.[8]
In September 2024, the company removed the Buy button and their phone number from their website and laid off the sales team.
In October 2024, the company stopped replying to their support email.
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edit- ^ a b Alyson Shontell (Aug 22, 2012). "A Robotics Startup Is Putting An iPad On A Segway And Selling It For $2,499". Business Insider. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ Mack, Eric (2011-10-17). "Double Robotics builds 'body' for iPad videoconferencing | Crave - CNET". News.cnet.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ Bilton, Nick (2012-08-18). "'Double' Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot - NYTimes.com". Mountain View (Calif): Bits.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2012-08-22.
- ^ Chris O'Brien (2013-02-01). "Macworld: Double Robotics + iPad = Never leave your house again - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
- ^ "This Selfie-Robot Could Be the Next War Correspondent". 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 | Mobile | by Ken Yeung". 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.
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