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Ask HN: Do you work remotely? Would you use a robot?
Hey HN, I'm doing a little market research on a project I've been kicking around: using telepresence robots for working remotely in office environments. I put together a short survey that should take 2 mins to complete:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/P2V5V5Q
I'm hoping to learn about your pain points and get some high-level feedback on the concept to decide whether or not to pursue this project.
Appreciate your candid feedback, cheers!
- sharemywin 11y agowho would pay? that's probably the person you should asking first. Would an office pay extra for a tele-presense robot?
- avr 11y agoAt least initially, I'm thinking it would be the offices. The value proposition would be, 'Hey here is a tool to make your remote workers more productive, which is better for their experience and your bottom-line. Plus with better remote work options you open up a larger applicant pool of employees.' The purpose of this survey to figure out from the employee-side where the value prop is exactly, and how beneficial it could be.
- hobolord 11y agothese things? http://www.doublerobotics.com/ http://www.doublerobotics.com/
- jon-wood 11y agoNo, at least not without them being drastically cheaper. I don't really see what they offer that I can't get with Slack and Google Hangouts, other than very occasionally not having to ask someone to move the laptop I'm on in a meeting.
- mod 11y agoI think you really softballed the 1 question you care about, which will lead to more favorable responses.
- saluki 11y agoUsing slack, skype and live video/screen sharing sessions are more than enough for me to feel connected with the remote teams I work with. I think the problem is already solved. (So there is no pain point) A robot roaming the office is cool, but if I interact with the office it's faster initiating a chat or video call than roaming around the office with a robot to get to the person I need to talk to. (waves hand) This isn't the project you're looking for. Move along, move along.
- avr 11y agoThanks for your response. Do you work in software? Perhaps all the digital tools and lack of verbal communication makes this not an ideal target market for the issues the robot would try and solve.