<p>The Bedford robot maker iRobot Corp. will launch its latest product on Monday: a 5-foot, 5-inch autonomous machine with a video monitor that will allow executives to remotely beam themselves into an office or to a factory floor from just about anywhere and interact with employees in real time.</p><p>The Ava 500, which iRobot will unveil at the InfoComm technology conference in Florida, is a so-called telepresence robot that has a 21.5-inch screen for a "head" a bit like Skype on a rolling pedestal.</p><p>The person controlling Ava from a remote location can communicate directly over the screen, interacting with people at their offices, in meetings, even in the hallway.</p><p>And if iRobot and other robot makers are successful at selling these kinds of office machines, workers could soon be taking orders from a new kind of one-dimensional robot boss.</p><p><a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/06/09/robo-boss-irobot-unveils-new-talking-robot-with-boss-screen/BQeY9jlBTKt8XYHZIQgaiM/story.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://bostonherald.com/business/technology/technology_news/2013/06/bedford_co_to_unveil_your_virtual_business_partner">Bedford co. to unveil your virtual business partner</a> (Boston Herald)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=drLTVFy894Ty3IMd1wm9RuJKp9gPM&ned=us">2 additional articles.</a></p>