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with two eyes two wheels a sphere shaped head in a long neck any bots QB robot is strikingly human-like and is designed to go where people go so here is this is the QB right correct this is the QB it's a ultra mobile telepresence unit that you control via browser hi good to see you and it allows you to be present without having to physically be someplace so you can be working at home while the QB is your eyes and ears at an office miles or even continents away he walks in attends a meeting for a little bit can hear what's going on can speak can see who's there he controls his own movements while any BOTS $10,000 QB might be well suited for businesses smaller cheaper bots are also being developed for consumers there's motors galileo row motives Romo and Clare Delaney's bottle Dolan a is bringing her idea to reality in her Silicon Valley garage so I even invention into small telepresence robots works with your cell phone and its use skype as a way to call the robots and to move in the other environment Dolan a says her bought argit's families with small children who can't stand still long enough for a conversation with a grandparent in front of a computer webcam I really designed what a fool to be like a cute animal that you can have into your house Dolan a is seeking funding to bring her idea to reality through the entrepreneurial website Kickstarter eventually she plans on pricing robots at three hundred dollars or less we finally reached a technological point where the hardware is finally like cheap to do this kind of gadget concede in the not-too-distant future robots like these could be rolling up to the boardroom or the dining room in Silicon Valley I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News you