The 6 Best Telepresence Robots
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Office telepresence robots cost thousands and sell by quote, so we compared six home robots you drive from a phone. The Enabot EBO SE 2 leads. When users buy our independently chosen editorial picks, we may earn commissions to help fund the Wiki.
A true telepresence robot, a tablet-size screen on a rolling stand, is priced like office equipment and sold through dealers. In a home, a palm-size camera robot does most of the job: you steer it from room to room with a phone, watch live video and talk through its speaker. It suits pet owners, travelers and adult children checking on parents.
Editor's Notes
November 1, 2026, by Ezvid Wiki Admin:
No true telepresence robot belongs on a home shopping list right now, so this page ranks the robots that come closest: small camera robots you drive around the house from a phone. The Enabot EBO SE 2 leads because it docks itself, records to a card in the box and has the deepest pool of owner experience in this small field. The Enabot EBO Air 2S is the pick if you want to be seen as well as heard.
The office models people search for, like the Double 3, Ohmni and temi, sell through dealers at office prices, and the Double 3 is no longer made, so they sit in Special Honors instead. Evidence was thin: the only independent reviews we found cover the original EBO SE, so we leaned on Enabot's, Crigge's and AIONIOS's own feature claims, dealer pages for office robots, and owner reports about robots getting stuck, losing Wi-Fi or missing their docks. We left out desk companions like Vector and Loona, which can't carry a call.
Special Honors
temi A personal robot with a 10-inch screen on a stand about a meter tall, so the person at home sees your face at a natural height, with a battery rated for about eight hours. It sells through dealers and costs far more than a home camera robot. robotemi.com
OhmniLabs Ohmni An office telepresence robot with a tablet-size screen that shows your face as you drive it down hallways. OhmniLabs sells it with optional cloud plans, and it has been on the market since the late 2010s. ohmnilabs.com
Office Robots Versus Home Camera Robots
They're built for offices, schools and hospitals, and they sell through dealers, often by quote.
The robots most people picture when they hear "telepresence" carry a tablet-size screen with your face on it, on a stand tall enough to look a seated person in the eye. They're built for offices, schools and hospitals, and they sell through dealers, often by quote. The Double 3, long the best-known one, is now listed as discontinued, and the dealer points buyers to a PadBot model instead. A temi stands about a meter tall with a 10-inch screen and a battery rated for about eight hours, and OhmniLabs sells its Ohmni with optional cloud plans on top of the robot. The big hospital models cost as much as a car, and a buying guide from Robozaps, a reseller, suggests budgeting several percent of the price each year for upkeep.
For a home, that's a lot of machine. A palm-size camera robot does most of the job for a small fraction of the cost: you drive it from a phone, see the room live and talk through its speaker. The trade-off is the screen. On most of these, the person at home hears your voice but sees a cartoon face, not you. Enabot says its EBO Air 2S adds two-way video, the closest a home robot gets to a real visit.
Wi-Fi, Floors And Charging
Every one of these robots lives on your home Wi-Fi, so the signal has to reach every room you plan to drive into. Robozaps tells office buyers to plan on 5 to 10 megabits per second for each robot; the Double 3 needs only about 1, per its dealer. A home robot streaming 2K video sits somewhere in that range. If video stutters at the far end of the house, a mesh Wi-Fi system will help more than a new robot. Some EBO models set up more smoothly when the router's 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands have separate names.
Floors matter as much as Wi-Fi. None of these robots can climb stairs, and small ones stall at thick rug edges and raised door sills. A four-wheel-drive rover like the AIONIOS ata05 is rated for lips of about 3 centimeters. Charging is the other daily chore. Robots that dock themselves are the ones you can leave alone for weeks, but Enabot notes that its infrared docking can fail when the robot is in another room, so put the dock in an open spot it can see from the main living area. A robot without a dock, like the EBO ROLA Mini, needs someone at home to plug it in.
Privacy, Recording And Safety
A camera robot is an internet camera with a microphone that can wander into any room, so treat it like one. Use a strong, unique password for the app, turn on two-factor sign-in if the app offers it, and install firmware updates. Robots that record to a memory card, such as the EBO models and the ata05, keep clips in the house and avoid monthly cloud fees. Office robots work differently: OhmniLabs, for one, sells cloud plans, which Robozaps prices at a few hundred a year.
Tell the people in the home that the robot can see and hear them, and agree on when it's on. In some U.S. states, recording a conversation needs everyone's consent, so check your state's rules before saving audio of a visitor or a caregiver. Reviewers of the original EBO SE, including TechRadar and The Gadgeteer, found it fun but basic, with some lag in the live view, which is worth knowing before you count on one for a real conversation. We checked every brand here against the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall database and found no recalls.
How we researched this
We compared 14 home robots, including every current EBO model, read the makers' feature claims for the six finalists, dealer and maker pages for five office telepresence robots, and independent reviews of the original EBO SE, analyzed owner feedback, and checked every brand against U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall data.
Frequently asked questions
What is a telepresence robot?
A camera, microphone, speaker and often a screen on a motorized base that you drive from far away, so you can look around a room and talk to the people in it. Office models show your face on a tablet-size screen; home models are smaller and usually carry only your voice.
Can the person at home see my face?
On most home camera robots, no. They hear you and see a cartoon face. Enabot says the EBO Air 2S supports two-way video. For a full face on a screen, look at office models like temi or Ohmni.
Can these robots climb stairs?
No. They work on one floor at a time and can stall at thick rug edges and raised door sills. A four-wheel-drive rover clears small lips best.
Do they need a monthly subscription?
Not the picks here. The EBO models and the AIONIOS ata05 record to a memory card. Some apps sell optional cloud storage, and office robots often come with paid service plans.
Why isn't the Double 3 on the list?
Its dealer lists it as discontinued, and office telepresence robots sell through dealers, not as everyday retail items. The list sticks to robots you can buy and set up at home.
Will it work away from home Wi-Fi?
The robot needs your home Wi-Fi to stream. You can drive it from anywhere with a phone signal, but it can't follow you outdoors or to another building.
