Ava
Ava is a telepresence robot that combines autonomous mobility with high-definition video conferencing. It enable workers to move around a remote location as if they are physically there.
- Creator
- Year
- 2018
- Country
- United States 🇺🇸
- Categories
- Features
More videos
Did you know?
Ava has attended seminars, business meetings, executive trainings, and even weddings.
History
Founded by former iRobot engineers Youssef Saleh and Marcio Macedo, Ava Robotics introduced its autonomous telepresence robot in 2018. The goal was launching the Ava platform as a "new video collaboration solution that offers users 'practical teleportation' with the ability to transform remote work and site visits." What sets Ava apart from other telepresence robots is autonomy. The company, based in Cambridge, Mass., equipped Ava with sophisticated sensors and autonomous navigation capability. The robot was based on a previous "tech demonstrator" project, also called Ava, that iRobot showed off in 2011.
Specs
- Overview
Autonomous point-to-point navigation, auto charge docking, intuitive touch-screen interface, 3D mapping, obstacle avoidance, peripheral views, and HD video conferencing (up to 1080p30) via Cisco codec.
- Status
Ongoing
- Year
2018
- Website
- Width
- 57.5 cm
- Height
- 165 cm
- Length
- 57.5 cm
- Weight
- 60 kg
- Speed
- 3.6 km/h (max)
- Sensors
Lidar, three 3D imagers, four cliff sensors, inertial measurement unit
- Actuators
DC motors
- Degrees of Freedom (DoF)
- 5
- Software
Ava Linux/Ubuntu OS, Ava cloud service, Ava iOS and web apps
- Power
Up to four lithium-ion batteries, 7300 mAh each, up to 7 hours of operation
