Botiful is an Android powered robot revolutionizing the way you communicate with distant people.
The telepresence robot was created by Claire Delaunay, an engineer working for SRI, a non-profit research and development company in southern California.
Botiful Lets You Remotely Keep Your Skype Pal’s Face in Frame.
Delaunay plans to release a software development kit to expand the applications of the robot even further once it hits the consumer market. The Skype remote control interface already features applications that allow users to make pre-set gestures, including dancing and affirmative/negative head nods. Into the future, users will be able to download new applications and gestures as the Botiful community creates them.
Just plug in your smartphone to Botiful, the robot, and you can move it anywhere and communicate with any human using the minimalistic Skype interface. What’s even more fun here is that you can also explore everywhere that your big human body cannot reach with this feet-sized robot.
Developed by Claire Delaunay Botiful is a Skype based telepresence robot. Though small, this pint size robot gives you some abilities those full-sized one can’t. Need to take a look under the car or chase your cat out from under the furniture, just let Botiful handle the work.
The Skype app allows you to not only drive Botiful around and tilt it’s head, but also includes some fun features like dance movements and quirky cartoon sounds that can add some entertainment to your conversations. This takes emoticons to a whole new level. Botiful is currently available only for Android, but I’m told they are working on an iPhone version.