Double Robotics

{{Infobox company

| name = Double Robotics, Inc.

| logo = Double Robotics logo.png

| caption =

| type = Private

| foundation = {{start date and age|2011}}{{cite web |title=Double Robotics (YC S12) |url=https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/double-robotics |website=Y Combinator}}

| founder =

| location_city = Burlingame, California{{cite news |title=Double Robotics moves HQ to Burlingame |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/07/27/double-robotics-moves-hq-to-burlingame.html |work=Silicon Valley Business Journal |date=27 July 2015}}

| location_country = United States

| industry = Robotics, Telepresence

| products = Telepresence robots:
• Double
• Double 2
• Double 3

| revenue =

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| homepage = {{URL|https://www.doublerobotics.com}}

| footnotes =

}}

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Double Robotics is a technology startup company that produces iPad-based telepresence robots called Double and Double2.{{cite web|author=Alyson Shontell |url=http://www.businessinsider.com/double-robotics-2012-8 |title=A Robotics Startup Is Putting An iPad On A Segway And Selling It For $2,499 |publisher=Business Insider |date= Aug 22, 2012|accessdate=2012-08-22}}{{cite web|last=Mack |first=Eric |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57496328-1/double-robotics-builds-body-for-ipad-videoconferencing/ |title=Double Robotics builds 'body' for iPad videoconferencing | Crave - CNET |publisher=News.cnet.com |date=2011-10-17 |accessdate=2012-08-22}}{{cite web|last=Bilton |first=Nick |url=http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/double-turns-the-ipad-into-a-telepresence-robot/ |title='Double' Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot - NYTimes.com |location=Mountain View (Calif) |publisher=Bits.blogs.nytimes.com |date=2012-08-18 |accessdate=2012-08-22}} Double, which resembles a Segway PT,{{cite web|author= Chris O'Brien |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/la-xpm-2013-feb-01-la-fi-tn-macworld-double-robotics-ipad-never-leave-your-house-again-20130201-story.html |title=Macworld: Double Robotics + iPad = Never leave your house again - Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=2013-02-01 |access-date=2013-04-02}} has a price of $2,499.

The robot uses gyroscope and accelerometer sensors in its base, and can be controlled with a desktop, tablet, or smartphone.{{Cite web|url=https://www.inverse.com/article/18648-selfie-robot-journalists|title=This Selfie-Robot Could Be the Next War Correspondent|date=22 July 2016 |access-date=2016-08-19}}

Double Robotics received seed funding from Y Combinator. Johnson & Johnson and The Coca-Cola Company are testing Double and seven Fortune 500 companies have preordered. Preorders total over $500,000. Customer deliveries began February 2013.{{cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/news/technology-quarterly/21572916-robotics-remotely-controlled-telepresence-robots-let-people-be-two-places |title=Telepresence robots: Your alter ego on wheels |publisher=The Economist |date=2013-03-09 |accessdate=2013-04-02}}

As of January 2017, the company claims about 8000 robots being sold since 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2017/01/16/double-robotics-says-it-has-sold-8000-robots-and-generated-20-million-in-sales-since-2013/|title=Double Robotics says it has sold 8,000 robots and generated $20 million in sales since 2013 {{!}} VentureBeat {{!}} Mobile {{!}} by Ken Yeung|website=venturebeat.com|date=16 January 2017 |language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-15}}

In August 2019, the company debuted the Double 3, a robot intended to increase productivity of remote workers and distance learners.{{Cite web|url=https://www.therobotreport.com/double-3-telepresence-robot-debuts-double-robotics/|title=Double 3 telepresence robot debuts from Double Robotics|date=2019-08-27|website=The Robot Report|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-21}}