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do you know if there are any successful bootstrapped startups in field robotics? for instance, 1 or 2 guys in a garage who succeed into designing and selling t
by mtw 16y ago
do you know if there are any successful bootstrapped startups in field robotics? for instance, 1 or 2 guys in a garage who succeed into designing and selling their own UAV? or maybe design a new wheeled robot toy?
- seiji 16y agoDIY Drones is pretty successful at selling parts to make your own UAV: http://diydrones.com/ http://diydrones.com/
- jarek 16y agoI don't know about a garage, but university spin-offs are pretty common. Couple from my university off the top of my head: http://www.aeryon.com/ http://www.aeryon.com/ http://www.clearpathrobotics.com/ http://www.clearpathrobotics.com/
- tpanzarella 16y agoSure. There are quite a few. Here is a non-comprehensive list: http://www.bnrobotics.com/ http://www.bnrobotics.com/ http://www.resquared.com/ http://www.resquared.com/ http://www.aethon.com/ http://www.aethon.com/ http://www.redzone.com/ http://www.redzone.com/ http://www.seegrid.com/ http://www.seegrid.com/ http://www.bostondynamics.com/ http://www.bostondynamics.com/ http://www.irobot.com/ http://www.irobot.com/ http://www.cyphyworks.com/ http://www.cyphyworks.com/ <-- started by some of the original iRobot folks http://www.mobilerobots.com/ http://www.mobilerobots.com/ http://www.willowgarage.com/ http://www.willowgarage.com/ http://www.evolution.com/ http://www.evolution.com/ http://www.sensiblemachines.com/ http://www.sensiblemachines.com/ http://astrobotictechnology.com/ http://astrobotictechnology.com/ ... etc ... NOTE: Some of the companies are further along than others but all of them (to the best of my knowledge) started as startups and/or university spin-outs (which is a subset of startups). You can normally find startup robotics companies near/around the schools with the best robotics programs (i.e. CMU, UPenn, Stanford, MIT, etc.)