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It's awesome to see a second Anybots product - hopefully there will be a long line of them! TLB, can you share anything you learned from the QA? Were there an

• tlb 16y ago
  QA had two big problems. First, it looked too much like a sci-fi robot and people wanted to interact with it rather than the guy controlling it. Second, it was heavy (65 lbs) and fragile. After a couple of smashups we found ourselves just picking up the phone instead of using it. We redesigned QB to look more abstract, so it doesn't seem like a 3rd party in the conversation, and it's light (35 lbs) and padded so we just drive it full tilt all over the office without worrying about the robot or furniture. We originally thought the main use case would be avoiding trips overseas, but we find ourselves using it to ask questions of people in the next office. Email and IM went through the same trend, so I guess that shouldn't be surprising.
  • jasongullickson 16y ago
    The ring around the head evokes the hat-wearing look of a 1940's businessman; was this the intention of the designer?
    • robobenjie 16y ago
      when asked he replies, "hmmmm.... uh. Of Course!"