Gostai, the creators of Urbi, the popular Open Source control software for robots, just released their new robot: Jazz.
Jazz from Transformer (winstonltl.blogspot.com)
Transformers fans, don't get too exited, because this is not a transforming robot from outer-space, it is a telepresence robot that can be accessed trough a web interface in order to "teleport" the user to a different location. It rolls on two wheels and has a camera on its rotating head.
Gostai Jazz Telepresence Robot
The video below demonstrates some of its features.
Jazz from Transformer (winstonltl.blogspot.com)
Gostai Jazz Telepresence Robot
Via IEEE Spectrum.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/gostai-jazz-telepresence-robot-unveiled