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Anybots Inc.
Company type	Private
Industry	Robotics
Founded	2001; 23 years ago
Founder	Trevor Blackwell
Headquarters	Santa Clara, California
Key people	David Rogan (CEO)
Website	anybots.com

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Anybots Inc. is an American robotics company based in Santa Clara, California. It was founded in 2001 by Trevor Blackwell.

History

The company was incorporated as Anybots Inc. by Trevor Blackwell in 2001.^{[citation needed]} David Rogan later became CEO in July 2012.^[1]

Robotic Products

Q(X)

Q(X) (also known as the QX) was a 2013 virtual presence robot from Anybots. It supported a 21-inch display, or 1 or 2x 15.6-inch screens. It provided 1080p60 High Definition video conferencing, 64x zoom camera, and audio. It was the first product from Anybots that did not feature its laser pointer as a standard. ^[2]^[3]

However, its modular design allowed for customer-specified payloads and alternate conferencing systems to be included.

QB

QB was a two-wheeled, gyroscopically stabilized remote telepresence unit driven via web browser. The user could select one of a range of bots located around the world, and drive it from the Anybots website. All that was needed onsite was power, Wi-Fi or 3G/4G. It featuted a touch screen display, speaker and microphone and a laser pointer.

Intended applications included marketing,^[4] and various telepresance tasks, such as for remote experts, remote lobby receptionists, museum guides, education, translation services, remote property tours by real estate agents, exhibition attendants and security patrols, as well as the more general business meeting presence.

It could also have become useful for the handicapped, severely disabled,^[5]^[6] and sick children, according to marketing material.^[7]^[8]

Anybots could be purchased in the United States, Japan, and Europe.

QA

QA, which debuted at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show, was the first of Anybots' two telepresence Robots.^[9] 5-foot-tall (1.5 m), 35-pound (16 kg) ^[10] It balanced on two wheels, like a Segway,^[11] had 5-megapixel cameras, two-way audio and a laser pointer for gesturing.^[12] The user could connect to QA via Wi-Fi.^[13]

The robot was never produced commercially.^[14]

Dexter

Dexter was a dynamically balancing bipedal humanoid robot research project.^[15] it was made to learn walking and jumping, with its feet clearing the ground for a third of a second.^[16] Because it uses pneumatics as actuators, its joints were compliant and provided a springy restoring force, much like a human's tendons, allowing it much greater capability to deal with obstacles.^[17]^[18]

Monty

Monty was a telemanipulation prototype. It could pick things up with an 18 degree of freedom hand^[19] and was operated remotely through the use of a suit that included a special glove.

References

^ Anybots Names David Rogan as Chief Executive Officer Archived November 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ VideoTechnology: Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc.
^ Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc. Archived October 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Coca-Cola presents: The Social Robot Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Disabled Gain Freedom Archived October 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
^ Creative Communication: Using iPads, iPods, and even Robots as communication devices via Mac OS X.
^ NBC: Bay Area Boy Makes a "Wish," Gets Robotic Tour
^ BBC: Boy 'lived as a robot' for two months
^ Engadget: Anybots rolls out the QA Telegenic Telepresence Robot
^ Pocket Lint: Anybots unveils QA telepresence robot CES 2009: Be anywhere in the world, without actually being there
^ "Live From CES: Will Physically Going to CES Become Obsolete?". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
^ Business robot debuts at CES
^ SF Engadget: Anybots rolls out QA, the telegenic telepresence robot
^ Las Vegas Sun: Teleconferencing robot
^ none BBC: Walking robot steps up the pace^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids Archived January 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
^ Tech Digest: Anybots: the world's first dynamically balancing robot
^ YouTube: Anybots' Dexter Jumps (March 2008)
^ Engaget: Robot walks independently with dynamic balancing

External links

Media related to Anybots at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
What is an Anybot? (video)
Jeri Ellsworth trying a demo of Dexter operating over immersive telepresence on YouTube

[1] Anybots Names David Rogan as Chief Executive Officer Archived November 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[2] VideoTechnology: Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc.

[3] Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc. Archived October 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[4] Coca-Cola presents: The Social Robot Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[5] Disabled Gain Freedom Archived October 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine

[6] Creative Communication: Using iPads, iPods, and even Robots as communication devices via Mac OS X.

[7] NBC: Bay Area Boy Makes a "Wish," Gets Robotic Tour

[8] BBC: Boy 'lived as a robot' for two months

[9] Engadget: Anybots rolls out the QA Telegenic Telepresence Robot

[10] Pocket Lint: Anybots unveils QA telepresence robot CES 2009: Be anywhere in the world, without actually being there

[11] "Live From CES: Will Physically Going to CES Become Obsolete?". Archived from the original on 2017-06-02. Retrieved 2009-01-13.

[12] Business robot debuts at CES

[13] SF Engadget: Anybots rolls out QA, the telegenic telepresence robot

[14] Las Vegas Sun: Teleconferencing robot

[15] BBC: Walking robot steps up the pace^{[permanent dead link]}

[16] Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids Archived January 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

[17] Tech Digest: Anybots: the world's first dynamically balancing robot

[18] YouTube: Anybots' Dexter Jumps (March 2008)

[19] Engaget: Robot walks independently with dynamic balancing

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 === Q(X) ===
 [[File:Anybots QX.png|thumb|right| Anybots QX Prototype 4]]
-Q(X) (also known as the QX) is the latest robot from Anybots. It supports a 21-inch display, or 1 or 2x  15.6-inch screens. It provides 1080p60 High Definition video conferencing, 64x zoom camera, and crystal clear audio. Q(X) works with a [[Polycom]] Group 500 video conferencing system as supporting standard H.323 and SIP video conferencing.<ref>[http://videotechnology.blogspot.com/2013/07/anybots-creates-new-virtual-presence.html VideoTechnology: Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc.]</ref><ref>[https://www.anybots.com/anybots-creates-new-virtual-presence-robot-in-partnership-with-polycom-inc/ Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007232828/https://www.anybots.com/anybots-creates-new-virtual-presence-robot-in-partnership-with-polycom-inc/ |date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref>
+Q(X) (also known as the QX) was a 2013 virtual presence robot from Anybots. It supported a 21-inch display, or 1 or 2x  15.6-inch screens. It provided 1080p60 High Definition video conferencing, 64x zoom camera, and audio. It was the first product from Anybots that did not feature its laser pointer as a standard.
+<ref>[http://videotechnology.blogspot.com/2013/07/anybots-creates-new-virtual-presence.html VideoTechnology: Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc.]</ref><ref>[https://www.anybots.com/anybots-creates-new-virtual-presence-robot-in-partnership-with-polycom-inc/ Anybots creates new virtual presence robot in partnership with Polycom Inc.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007232828/https://www.anybots.com/anybots-creates-new-virtual-presence-robot-in-partnership-with-polycom-inc/ |date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref>
-Its modular design allows for customer-specified payloads and alternate conferencing systems to be included.
+However, its modular design allowed for customer-specified payloads and alternate conferencing systems to be included.
 === QB ===
 [[File:Anybots.jpg|thumb|right| Anybots QB]]
-QB is a two-wheeled, gyroscopically stabilized remote [[telepresence]] unit driven via web browser. The user can select one of a range of bots located around the world, and drive it off from the Anybots website. All that is needed onsite is power, Wi-Fi or 3G/4G. On board is a touch screen display, speaker and microphone plus a laser for pointing at objects.
+QB was a two-wheeled, gyroscopically stabilized remote [[telepresence]] unit driven via web browser. The user could select one of a range of bots located around the world, and drive it from the Anybots website. All that was needed onsite was power, Wi-Fi or 3G/4G. It featuted a touch screen display, speaker and microphone and a laser pointer.
-Applications include marketing,<ref>[https://www.anybots.com/coca-cola-presents-the-social-robot/ Coca-Cola presents: The Social Robot] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017003426/https://www.anybots.com/coca-cola-presents-the-social-robot/ |date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> remote experts, a remote lobby service (where receptionists can remotely ‘bot in’ to greet and guide clients), museum guides, education, and translation services in airports and public spaces, remote property tours provided to foreign clients by real estate agents (engendering trust in that the client can drive them-self around), mobile exhibition attendants and security patrols, as well as the more mundane business meeting presence.
+Intended applications included marketing,<ref>[https://www.anybots.com/coca-cola-presents-the-social-robot/ Coca-Cola presents: The Social Robot] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017003426/https://www.anybots.com/coca-cola-presents-the-social-robot/ |date=October 17, 2013 }}</ref> and various telepresance tasks, such as for remote experts, remote lobby receptionists, museum guides, education, translation services, remote property tours by real estate agents, exhibition attendants and security patrols, as well as the more general business meeting presence.
-It may also be useful for the handicapped, severely disabled,<ref>[https://www.anybots.com/disabled-gain-freedom/ Disabled Gain Freedom] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007232300/https://www.anybots.com/disabled-gain-freedom/ |date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://vimeo.com/59296527 Creative Communication: Using iPads, iPods, and even Robots as communication devices via Mac OS X.]</ref> and sick children.<ref>[http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bay-Area-Boy-Makes-a-Wish-Gets-Robotic-Tour-211421161.html NBC: Bay Area Boy Makes a "Wish," Gets Robotic Tour]</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130416-boy-lived-as-a-robot BBC: Boy 'lived as a robot' for two months]</ref>
+It could also have become useful for the handicapped, severely disabled,<ref>[https://www.anybots.com/disabled-gain-freedom/ Disabled Gain Freedom] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131007232300/https://www.anybots.com/disabled-gain-freedom/ |date=October 7, 2013 }}</ref><ref>[http://vimeo.com/59296527 Creative Communication: Using iPads, iPods, and even Robots as communication devices via Mac OS X.]</ref> and sick children, according to marketing material.<ref>[http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/Bay-Area-Boy-Makes-a-Wish-Gets-Robotic-Tour-211421161.html NBC: Bay Area Boy Makes a "Wish," Gets Robotic Tour]</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20130416-boy-lived-as-a-robot BBC: Boy 'lived as a robot' for two months]</ref>
-Anybots can be purchased in the United States, Japan, and Europe.
+Anybots could be purchased in the United States, Japan, and Europe.
 === QA ===
-QA, which debuted at the 2009 [[Consumer Electronics Show]], is the first of Anybots' two telepresence Robots.<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/anybots-rolls-out-qa-the-telegenic-telepresence-robot/ Engadget: Anybots rolls out the QA Telegenic Telepresence Robot]</ref> QA, a {{convert|5|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}, {{convert|35|lb|adj=on}} robot,<ref>[http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/20331/21355/Anybots-unveils-QA-telepresence-robot.phtml Pocket Lint:  Anybots unveils QA telepresence robot CES 2009: Be anywhere in the world, without actually being there]</ref> balances on two wheels, like a [[Segway PT|Segway]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/12/live-from-ces-will-physically-going-to-ces-become-obsolete/ |title=Live From CES: Will Physically Going to CES Become Obsolete? |access-date=2009-01-13 |archive-date=2017-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602084714/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/12/live-from-ces-will-physically-going-to-ces-become-obsolete/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> has 5-megapixel cameras, two-way audio and a laser pointer for gesturing.<ref>[http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212701523 Business robot debuts at CES]</ref> The user connects to QA via Wi-Fi.<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/anybots-rolls-out-qa-the-telegenic-telepresence-robot/ SF Engadget: Anybots rolls out QA, the telegenic telepresence robot]</ref>
+QA, which debuted at the 2009 [[Consumer Electronics Show]], was the first of Anybots' two telepresence Robots.<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/anybots-rolls-out-qa-the-telegenic-telepresence-robot/ Engadget: Anybots rolls out the QA Telegenic Telepresence Robot]</ref> {{convert|5|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}}, {{convert|35|lb|adj=on}} <ref>[http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/20331/21355/Anybots-unveils-QA-telepresence-robot.phtml Pocket Lint:  Anybots unveils QA telepresence robot CES 2009: Be anywhere in the world, without actually being there]</ref> It balanced on two wheels, like a [[Segway PT|Segway]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/12/live-from-ces-will-physically-going-to-ces-become-obsolete/ |title=Live From CES: Will Physically Going to CES Become Obsolete? |access-date=2009-01-13 |archive-date=2017-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602084714/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/01/12/live-from-ces-will-physically-going-to-ces-become-obsolete/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> had 5-megapixel cameras, two-way audio and a laser pointer for gesturing.<ref>[http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212701523 Business robot debuts at CES]</ref> The user could connect to QA via Wi-Fi.<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2009/01/09/anybots-rolls-out-qa-the-telegenic-telepresence-robot/ SF Engadget: Anybots rolls out QA, the telegenic telepresence robot]</ref>
 The robot was never produced commercially.<ref>[http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ces-2009/2009/jan/10/teleconferencing-robot/ Las Vegas Sun: Teleconferencing robot]</ref>
 === Dexter ===
-Dexter is a dynamically balancing bipedal humanoid robot research project.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_6408000/6408727.stm? none BBC: Walking robot steps up the pace]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is learning to walk and can jump, with its feet clearing the ground for a third of a second.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/nextgen_robots Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102100654/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/nextgen_robots |date=January 2, 2009 }}</ref> Because it uses pneumatics as actuators, its joints are compliant and provide a springy restoring force, much like a human's tendons, allowing it much greater capability to deal with obstacles.<ref>[http://www.techdigest.tv/2007/03/anybots_the_wor.html Tech Digest: Anybots: the world's first dynamically balancing robot]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWGX5F19oJg YouTube: Anybots' Dexter Jumps (March 2008)]</ref>
+Dexter was a dynamically balancing bipedal humanoid robot research project.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_6408000/6408727.stm? none BBC: Walking robot steps up the pace]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> it was made to learn walking and jumping, with its feet clearing the ground for a third of a second.<ref>[https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/nextgen_robots Researchers Dream of Humanizing Androids] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102100654/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/07/nextgen_robots |date=January 2, 2009 }}</ref> Because it uses pneumatics as actuators, its joints were compliant and provided a springy restoring force, much like a human's tendons, allowing it much greater capability to deal with obstacles.<ref>[http://www.techdigest.tv/2007/03/anybots_the_wor.html Tech Digest: Anybots: the world's first dynamically balancing robot]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWGX5F19oJg YouTube: Anybots' Dexter Jumps (March 2008)]</ref>
 === Monty ===
 [[File:Anybots robot monty.jpg|thumb|A Monty prototype]]
-Monty is a telemanipulation prototype. It picks things up with an 18 [[degree of freedom (mechanics)|degree of freedom]] hand<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2007/02/28/robot-walks-independently-with-dynamic-balancing/ Engaget: Robot walks independently with dynamic balancing]</ref> and is operated remotely through the use of a suit that includes a special glove.
+Monty was a telemanipulation prototype. It could pick things up with an 18 [[degree of freedom (mechanics)|degree of freedom]] hand<ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2007/02/28/robot-walks-independently-with-dynamic-balancing/ Engaget: Robot walks independently with dynamic balancing]</ref> and was operated remotely through the use of a suit that included a special glove.
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