1. A telepresence system comprising a telepresence device and a user station for conducting video conferencing between a remote user at a first location and a local subject at a second location, wherein the user station is at the first location and the telepresence device is at the second location, the telepresence device comprising: a display unit having an adjustable height to display to the local subject a video image of the first location; a processing unit tracking characteristics of the remote user in the image displayed on the display unit, wherein the characteristics of the remote user identify an eye level of the remote user in the image displayed on the display unit; at least one sensor unit to sense characteristics of the local subject at the second location, wherein the characteristics of the local subject identify an eye level of the local subject; and a motorized support unit that automatically adjusts the height of the display unit to match the eye level of the remote user identified in the image displayed on the display unit with the identified eye level of the local subject.