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One of the 1st things I did @molecularfndry after COVID shutdown was to look into telepresence robots, from @DoubleRobotics & @OhmniLabs. Basically iPads on wheels; via web browser, you roll up to someone in lab and talk! Who won the battle of the telepresence bots? Read on! 
We looked at the @DoubleRobotics Double 3 & @OhmniLabs Supercam (old name). We couldn't find any other reasonable competitors. All other options were, out of stock, DIY kits not fit for deployment, or expensive stuff for hospitals. (2/6)
In March 2020, the Ohmni was $2000 (the cost of a laptop). Double3 was 2x the price, fittingly. We wanted to use these telepresence robots initially for remote monitoring (when no one was in lab) and later for hybrid/remote work, like User training. (3/6)
