Ohmni® Telepresence Robot

The telepresence robots stand in the classrooms of sick kids and connect them. By putting robots in their classrooms, we are enabling sick students to see and hear their teachers and classmates, in real-time, and be seen and heard.

I regularly travel all over the world but if I need to check in with my team at our Tokyo office, I can connect with one click to Ohmni. This enables me to easily visit team members and attend meetings even when I’m not physically there. It is exciting to experience a glimpse of office mobility technology of the future, particularly relevant given the COVID-19 global situation.

The new Modular Robotics Platform from OhmniLabs makes developing specialized robots easier and faster than we could have ever imagined. The modularity allows us to experiment with different applications and functionalities that allow us to better serve our customers, employees, facilities and communities.

Before the robot, students who were out of sight, were out of mind. The Ohmni Robot really gives students agency like nothing else.

When I made the decision to move hundreds of miles away, luckily my work let me go remote. They purchased Ohmni. There’s a big difference between asking a colleague to pick up the phone and simply rolling into their office with a question. The latter used to only be possible in person. Now, it’s also possible remotely. When OhmniLabs added screen-sharing functionality, it changed the way we communicated. I no longer had to read out page and line numbers. I could show my coworkers exactly what I was talking about.

Thanks to Ohmni’s support, we are able to monitor and observe a patient’s progress from Ohmni’s audio and display system. In addition, medical equipment and drugs can be delivered to patient [using an attached] tray.”

This has become a big avenue for us to help customers all over the country. This has taken our ability to connect with customers to a different level.

I bet so many people wish they had one with all this social distancing going on. I can imagine that once the pandemic is over, a lot of people will think about access to their grandparents and start to rethink how they do things.

Our Benjamin is 7 years old now and he has spinal muscular atrophy which makes him unable to move around but it doesn’t affect his cognitive ability. So interaction with other kids at school is a critical thing for him to feel like a normal kid.

We always love watching TV together… it was the first thing we did when we received our robot. The smile on my mom’s face was priceless! With Ohmni, mom doesn’t have to touch anything.

The (Ohmni) Robot is a godsend, it’s like I am there with her. I can’t praise the product with enough– it’s so simple, so incredibly simple.

We are using OhmniLabs’ developer edition to augment the interactivity of telepresence calls with custom hardware and software. Ohmnilabs’ open platform allows us to conduct specialized telepresence research at a lower cost than competing systems.

I got my Ohmni in December 2017, because I live 11,000 miles from my mother. It has helped us spend hours together. While FaceTime worked, Ohmni has been amazing. I was supposed to have traveled last week to visit her, but with COVID-19 I have had to postpone the trip. With Ohmni, we are still able to spend time together and it’s even more important, as she lives in a retirement village that has imposed very strict visit rules to protect the residents. The support team has been incredibly helpful over the years and it is the best thing I have EVER spent money on.

The team at OhmniLabs has an amazing and low-cost 3d printing infrastructure, which allows them to quickly iterate their designs. We have enjoyed using their telepresence platforms around our office and look forward to running ROS on their latest product.