Nokia has come up with a video conferencing robot concept named Jeppe. The robot is meant to explore how people react to different forms of video conferencing hardware to traditional PC webcams.

There isn't much information of where this video conferencing robot is heading, and there are few simple and useful features on Jeppe: two-way video camera, sound sensor, and digital compass. There is also Bluetooth and the in the inside, it's the core of the Lego NXT robot.

The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet can be used to control the robot, and one of the uses that Register Hardware gives it is to "remotely check that your house hasn’t been invaded while you're away on holiday".

The N800 can control six different gestures, besides controlling the direction and conducting video calls with Google Talk. At the moment the N800 can't control it via the internet, but Nokia Research Centre Smart Spaces Lab is working on it.

[via Register Hardware]