Algoryx Simulation AB was formed in 2007 in

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as a spin-off company from

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. Algoryx currently has three products:

Algodoo Algodoo () is a physics-based 2D sandbox freeware from Algoryx Simulation AB (known simply as Algoryx) as the successor to the popular physics application Phun. It was released on September 1, 2009 and is presented as a learning tool, an open e ...

(formerly Phun), Dynamics for SpaceClaim, and AGX Multiphysics, a professional

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for engineering and real-time simulations.

Awards

In February 2011, Algoryx was selected for the list of Top-20 companies to represent Swedish Innovation, by the

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, a Swedish government agency. In March 2011, Algoryx was ranked as one of Sweden's most promising young high tech companies by business magazine ''

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'' and tech news paper

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. Algoryx again won this award in March 2012. In May 2011, Algoryx was selected by

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for the Top 100 list of the most innovative companies in

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. In 2012, Algoryx was named to represent Sweden in the European Business Awards. Later that year, Algoryx was also listed on the Deloitte Sweden Fast Technology 50 list. In the spring of 2015, an office was also opened in

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, after the company entered into an agreement with German Rheinmetall on simulators for cranes and vehicles. In the autumn of 2017, Algoryx began a collaboration with the Japanese research institute National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology to develop simulation technology for robots to be used in the cleanup work around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake.

References

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External links

Algoryx homepageAlgodoo website
Swedish companies established in 2007 Computer physics engines Software companies of Sweden Companies based in Västerbotten County Umeå University