17 December 2024
End of the Formula 1 Season: Inclusion Took the Lead
The 2024 Formula 1 season has come to an end in Abu Dhabi. Like the competition's cars, the two telepresence robots of the #F1FanConnect team…
End of the Formula 1 Season: Inclusion Took the Lead
The 2024 Formula 1 season has come to an end in Abu Dhabi. Like the competition's cars, the two telepresence…
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30 September 2024
Flexi’ Beam®: telepresence robots are finally available for rent!
There are different health reasons that can force a student or an employee to stay at home and not being able to be physically at…
22 February 2023
3 Societal Issues that Telepresence can Address
When we talk about using robots, many people are skeptical at first, for fear that the machines will replace humans for example. At Awabot, this…
13 February 2023
After Soccer, Telepresence Makes its NBA Debut!
Awabot, partner of Rudy's Kid Foundation, connects hospitalized children with telepresence robots during two games and a practice of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA team in…
31 January 2023
Robotics: what is ROS2?
ROS is the essential middleware in robotics software development. Constantly improving, a new version named ROS2 Humble, has recently been released by the OSRF foundation.…
24 January 2023
Beam® Telepresence Robots: A Responsible Production
Since the production of telepresence robots was relocated to France at the end of 2020, Awabot has been striving to apply eco-responsible practices in the…
12 January 2023
Telepresence robotics: an answer to employability issues?
Inclusion is a major challenge of our time. Today, according to the French Ministry of Labor, Full Employment and Integration, more than two million people…
20 December 2022
A Telepresence Robot at the World Cup Final
Geronimo and Wassim will not forget this Sunday, December 18, 2022. Indeed, it's not every day that you are invited by the Presidency of the…
20 December 2022
A Robot at the Galeries Lafayette and the NRJ Music Awards
Cold weather, illuminations, chocolates... there is no doubt that December is here. At the Galeries Lafayette on Haussmann Boulevard in Paris, Christmas magic has been…
13 December 2022
Telepresence Robots at the FIA Prize Giving
This weekend in Bologna, Italy, one of the most awaited events of the year in the automotive community took place: the FIA (International Automobile Federation)…
18 November 2022
Telepresence Robot : a solution for employees with disabilities
Cantin Dumay, 22 years old, is in his second year of a Master's degree in Strategic Management at the University of Paris-Saclay, in distance learning.…
7 November 2022
Paris Rolex Masters: telepresence to connect sick children
On the occasion of the Rolex Paris Masters held at the Accor Arena in Paris, the French Tennis Federation allowed more than fourteen sick children…
28 October 2022
2022 Ballon d’Or: telepresence on the red carpet
On October 17, 2022, Karim Benzema became the 5th French player to win the supreme title: the Ballon d'Or. A pride for France, but more…
27 October 2022
Telepresence enters the dance
"To recreate on stage a world with renewed norms, a form of ecology of new relationships in which the public will be able to wander,…
26 October 2022
Social telepresence: unusual places to make sick children dream
"Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage" thanks to the French association Décrochons la lune. Its founders and their team have…
30 September 2022
Industry: Respond to Supply Chain Challenges with AMR
Automation is growing by leaps and bounds in warehouses. Operators now see AMRs and other AGVs circulating in the aisles. Supply chain logistics is constantly…
29 September 2022
Blended Learning: More Inclusive Learning with Telepresence
The pandemic has disrupted previously well-established practices in many sectors. Corporate training is one of the areas where changes are most visible, as it now…
29 September 2022
Blended Learning: More Inclusive Learning with Telepresence
The pandemic has disrupted previously well-established practices in many sectors. Corporate training is one of the areas where changes are most visible, as it now…
12 September 2022
“Big Quit”: Does Telepresence Meet Employees’ Expectations?
TV reports, LinkedIn posts, newspaper articles... You could hardly miss it: the "big resignation" is the phenomenon of the moment. And for good reason, after…
29 August 2022
Back to Work: 10 New Good Habits for this Year
Back to school is fast approaching! Vacations are over, the alarm will start ringing again. All the Awabot team hopes you had a great summer…
29 June 2022
Remote event: 3 ways to use the telepresence robot
The COVID19 epidemic is heating up as the trade show and seminar season gets into full swing. Find out how telepresence robots can allow participants…
5 May 2022
From visual slam to feature extraction
Like SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping), visual SLAM is a camera-based technology that allows a mobile robot to build a map of its environment and…
18 March 2022
WebRTC: how does it work?
As an expert in telepresence and robotic teleoperation, the Awabot Intelligence team has been using WebRTC technology for many years, in the context of projects…
11 February 2022
Videoconferencing, immersive telepresence and telepresence robot: from communication to presence
Overcome the distance and restore an interaction as close as possible to reality, these are the challenges that videoconferencing, immersive telepresence and telepresence robots are…
20 January 2022
Chronology of tele-education in France
A few weeks ago, the Ministry of National Education officially launched the TED-i program. More than 4,000 telepresence robots are currently deployed to ensure academic…
7 January 2022
Awabot Smile Story: the telepresence robot for pediatric well-being thanks to the FC Barcelona Foundation
FC Barcelona is historically one of the most prestigious football teams, holding the largest community of supporters globally. Today it is "More than a club"…
28 December 2021
Health and environmental crisis: telepresence VS videoconferencing
Since 2020, COVID-19 has been part of our daily lives, deeply questioning all of our social interactions. A favorable context for videoconferencing tools and more…
3 December 2021
1750 BEAM® telepresence robots deployed for the TED-i program
The Ministry of National Education, Youth and Sports has unveiled the national TED-i program providing for the provision of robotic telepresence systems, available to educational…
21 October 2021
Internship offer : R&D ENGINEER / Social path planning in dynamic human environments
About us For ten years, Awabot has been fostering the field of service robotics with human-robot interactions in mind. Awabot Intelligence, the internal entity of…
12 October 2021
Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR): frontier exploration algorithm
Last article of our series dedicated to autonomous exploration using mobile robots. This final episode describes the implementation of the autonomous frontier-based exploration method, as…
30 September 2021
BEAM customization: personalize your telepresence robot!
BEAM customization: what is the process? Partial personalization for Beam or total customization for BeamPro, for an event or for a long time, the customization…
10 September 2021
Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR): focus on autonomous exploration
Our article series on Autonomous Exploration for Mobile Robots is back! For this third episode, the Awabot Intelligence team dissects frontier-based exploration, which has established…
30 August 2021
Hybrid work: 5 reasons to invest in a telepresence robot
Discover 5 reasons why the BEAM telepresence robot is the essential tool for your organization in hybrid model. Pioneer and leader in mobile telepresence, Awabot…
17 August 2021
Service robots: a market with great potential
For several years now, service robotics has seen its market share increase sharply. Service robots are thus gaining ground, in particular taking advantage of the…
15 November 2018
Remote Collaboration: why is BEAM a disruptive innovation?
We’re not going to lie, often times when we show someone BEAM for the first time, they skeptically respond “so it’s mobile, but why is…
26 October 2018
BEAM remote collaboration tool: a “great experience” for L’Oréal
At a seminar organized by the L'Oréal Group for international employees in Paris, a manager based in New York participated remotely via the BEAM mobile telepresence robot. …
28 May 2018
In a phygital world..
The term "Phygital" was invented by the Australian agency Momentum, which claimed the copyright for the word in 2013, and uses it in its motto:…
28 May 2018
Happy 2018: 365 chances to reinvent ourselves!
We strive to nurture this spirit all year long, like a good resolution that we intend to keep. In order to reinvent ourselves right from…
28 May 2018
The remote telepresence robot and remote teaching: three benefits demonstrated by the “Robot Lycéen” project
After a 3-year experiment, the time has come to take stock of the "Robot Lycéen" project managed by the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes regional council and a…
28 May 2018
Innorobo 2017 in three words!
Innorobo is over! This event on the theme of innovation provided an opportunity to discover the latest advances in robotics in Europe. A summary of…
28 May 2018
The future of work: mobile telepresence robots will be one of the tools of the “augmented employee”
In 2017, the globally renowned Deloitte audit and consulting firm published its annual "“Deloitte Global Human Capital trends" report. The future of work and augmented…
28 May 2018
[I beamed with…] Xavier Niel!
To start this new year under the banner of innovation, the first Digital Summit in Lyon was held on January 30th at the Hotel de…
28 May 2018
[RETAIL] Visit a remote sales outlet with BEAM: the example of Boulanger Paris Rosa Parks
BEAM mobile telepresence robots are becoming increasingly common in retailing, and are used to manage customer relations by companies like Lick, where they enable cyber-coaches…
28 May 2018
The VIK-e project: when mobile telepresence connects hospitalised children to the world outside
Hubble, Be-Hope, and RB22 are the nicknames of the three BEAM+ mobile telepresence robots that children and youngsters hospitalised in the Lyon Institute of Paediatric Haematology…
28 May 2018
Olympic Games : operation #RiOBOT at Club France
The BEAM mobile telepresence robot set sail for Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympic Games. Put up at Club France, it was available for all supporters…
28 May 2018
[I beamed with…] Barack OBAMA
Some encounters simply cannot be forgotten… And even more so when you are using BEAM and your contact just happens to be one of the world’s…
28 May 2018
OL-NANTES football match : children from the IHOP de Lyon at the controls of BEAM robots
Rendez-vous at the Parc OL on 19th March for a new « #RobotSupporter » operation brought to you by the OL Foundation with Awabot : to mark…
28 May 2018
[VIDEO] EDUCATEC EDUCATICE Trophies: the Ecole Centrale de Lyon rewarded for its « Robot Campus » project
As is the case every year, the Trophées des Technologies Éducatives awards ceremony took place at the EDUCATEC EDUCATICE fair : our partner, l’Ecole Centrale…
28 May 2018
The CES 2016 in 3 hashtags
BEAM mobile telepresence robots made a splash at the Consumer Electronics Show 2016. Here are 3 hashtags to sum up the event! #Snowden: "Can't arrest…
28 May 2018
Edward Snowden uses BEAM at CES 2016
Edward Snowden, the former NSA computer, spoke via BeamPro this January 7, 2016 at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), the largest high-tech world event held in moment…
28 May 2018
NEW : BEAM steering application now available for tablets and smartphones (iOS & Androïd)
- EDIT of January 2021: the BEAM application for tablets and smartphones is currently unavailable on the App Store and Google Play due to redesign.…
28 May 2018
The Silver Economy: using telepresence robots in the fight against solitude for the elderly
Using mobile telepresence systems in health care establishments is a foregone conclusion: RoboCare Lab, who has developed innovative services for the functionally dependent elderly is…
28 May 2018
STUDY: who uses BEAM technology?
Robots used in mobile videoconferencing are becoming part of digital transformation as they meet the needs of mobility and immediate communication. Which sectors have today…
28 May 2018
IFA 2015 : things you really had to see !
Awabot took part in the IFA in Berlin in order to present its Beam telepresence systems and officially announce the distribution of Beam+, the most…
28 May 2018
BeamPro & Beam+ take you to the IFA in Berlin
Awabot will be at the IFA, Hall 6.2 – Booth 119, where it will be presenting its BEAM telepresence robots. And what if you were…
28 May 2018
Telepresence at SUEZ Environnement: testimonial
Alexandre Brouzes is the director of France water customer care and individual customer BU at SUEZ. He describes the advantages of the innovation implemented by…
