"They did hire an industrial designer. From their Indiegogo (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/origibot2-telepresence-robot-platform-with-gripper#/) "We then hired an industrial designer to add finesse and manufacture-ability to our purely functional design." Well, so much for that. I guess the title did say "probably" but there are times where the designer's recommendations are not implemented. Oh well."