Telepresence robots let employees 'beam' into work

UPDATED 13:13 PM EST, December 23, 2012

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — More employees are working remotely with computers, smartphones and video-conferencing. But those technologies are still no substitute for actually being in the office.

A growing number of tech companies are trying to address that problem with so-called telepresence robots.

These mobile video-conferencing systems are designed to give remote employees a physical presence in the workplace.

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