Quick picks
Full comparison
Scroll the table sideways for all columns. Filters combine. “Fit” is our own rating for this use case (indoor, remote over the internet, high-res live video, ready to use) and is not a manufacturer spec.
A · Human-height robots (camera ≈1 m or higher)
Tall telepresence-style robots that see a room from roughly eye level: over desks, into shelves, along walls. These match the survey brief best.
B · Small robots with low cameras (floor level, <0.6 m: EBO-style home robots and RC-car rovers)
Cheaper and often better cameras, but the view is from the floor. They're fine for checking floors, under equipment and corridors, and poor for seeing tabletops, shelves or faces.
Things to know before buying
1 · How “remote from anywhere” works
All the human-height robots have remote access built in: the maker's cloud connects you to the robot, so there's nothing to set up on the site network. Double 3, temi, BotEyes and Ubbo can be driven from a web browser on any computer; PadBot and SIFROBOT need their phone/tablet app. Among the small robots, Enabot and Loona use a cloud app and FrodoBots uses a browser platform. The developer rovers (Waveshare, Hiwonder, Yahboom, Elephant, TurtleBot) work only on the local network until you add a VPN such as Tailscale.
2 · No Wi-Fi at the site?
These have cellular built in: temi V3 5G, PadBot P2 / P1, SIFROBOT-4.1 and FrodoBots. BotEyes, Ubbo and SIFROBOT-4.0 get 4G if the tablet you mount has it. For any Wi-Fi robot, including Double 3, leave a US LTE travel router at the site, e.g. a GL.iNet Mudi (≈$130–170) with a data SIM (≈$25–65 a month). The router needs power, and it should sit somewhere central so the robot keeps a signal everywhere it drives.
3 · Leaving the robot unattended
If no one will be on site to plug the robot in, auto-docking matters most. Double 3, temi and BotEyes (dock included) return to their chargers; SIFROBOT finds its charger when the battery is low; PadBot P2's seller calls its docking beta. Ubbo has no dock. Battery life ranges from ≈4 h (Double 3, Ubbo) to ≈8–10 h (temi, BotEyes, PadBot, SIFROBOT).
4 · Camera quality (human-height robots)
Double 3: two 13 MP cameras (wide + zoom) with pan/tilt/zoom, the best for inspecting details. temi: 13 MP autofocus, 1080p30, 120° FOV. BotEyes / Ubbo / SIFROBOT-4.0: as good as the tablet you mount; a recent iPad or Galaxy Tab gives 1080p or better. PadBot P2 / P1: 720p. SIFROBOT-4.1: resolution not disclosed. Remote video is usually compressed below the sensor's maximum when upload bandwidth is limited.
5 · Used and refurbished
Used Double 3 units appear on eBay for roughly $900–1,200 (up to ≈$3,900 open-box with case). Used temi units sell for about $1,100. We couldn't verify these listings (eBay blocks automated checks), and they come and go. Before buying used, make sure the seller has removed the robot from their account; Double 3 units can be locked to the previous owner. Avoid used Beam / GoBe (maker bankrupt) and Ohmni (discontinued), because their cloud service may stop.
Considered and rejected
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Method
Four searches ran in parallel: consumer camera robots, telepresence robots, developer/ROS platforms and 4G rovers. Every price and stock status in the table was then re-read from the seller's live product page on 24 Sep 2026: Shopify product JSON for Enabot, Hiwonder, Yahboom, Elephant Robotics and FrodoBots; WooCommerce product data for telepresencerobots.com and SIFSOF; and the product page for KEYi (Loona) and Waveshare. Amazon and RobotShop block automated checks, so we link to official stores instead. Images are the makers' own product photos, stored on this site. Prices and stock change often, so re-check them before you order. Import duty may apply to anything shipped from China (Waveshare, Yahboom, Hiwonder, PadBot). Human-height robots were added in a second search round: new, used/refurbished, premium ($3–5k) and tall developer platforms. We checked Double 3 on doublerobotics.com, temi on useabot.com (Shopify) and RobotLAB, and BotEyes on boteyes.com.