Update: Ooops. Originally thought this was an Apple patent.
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Patently Apple today publishes some interesting new patents from developers including what appears to be an “iRobot” (oops, name taken) built around an iPad head.
Subsequent drawings include navigation and obstacle avoidance (below) which seems to indicate that this is a “mobile” device in every sense of the word. Most of the perceived applications appear to be in the medical setting…
We saw one embodiment of an iPad-headed robot at WWDC 2011 from Taptic Toys.
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