Telepresence robots are coming

http://m.cnet.com/Article.rbml?nid=20005219&cid=null&bcid=&bid=-52

Not sure about the above, but my experience is that talking on Skype, audio only, is no different to talking on a telephone, but a Skype video call is more like chatting across the dinner table.  YMMV.  More in the videos below:

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=oN1lQcJHpO8 

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=mZ22wi-nyfg