Meka Robotics was a San Francisco based company that made

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systems.

History

Founded in 2006 by Aaron Edsinger and Jeff Weber, it was originally a spin-off of the

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before the founders relocated to San Francisco. In 2007, the company provided a forearm and hand for

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's new robot, Nexi. In 2008, the company teamed with the Socially Intelligent Machines Lab at the

Georgia Institute of Technology The Georgia Institute of Technology, commonly referred to as Georgia Tech or, in the state of Georgia, as Tech or The Institute, is a public research university and institute of technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Established in 1885, it is part of ...

to develop Simon, an upper torso humanoid platform for human robot interaction. In 2012, the company teamed with the Human Centered Robotics Group at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

to develop HUME, a "bipedal robot for human-centered hyper-agility." In 2012, the company entered into a

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with

Willow Garage Willow Garage was a robotics research lab and technology incubator devoted to developing hardware and open source software for personal robotics applications. The company was most likely best known for its open source software suite ROS (Robot ...

and

SRI International SRI International (SRI) is an American nonprofit scientific research institute and organization headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The trustees of Stanford University established SRI in 1946 as a center of innovation to support economic d ...

to found

Redwood Robotics Redwood Robotics was a joint venture, announced in July 2012, between Meka Robotics, Willow Garage, and SRI International, all of which have strong presences in the field of robotics. Redwood specializes in robotic arms "that are simple to program ...

, a company specializing in robotic arms. On December 5, 2013,

Google X X Development LLC (formerly Google X) is an American semi-secret research and development facility and organization founded by Google in January 2010, which now operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. X has its headquarters about a mile and a ...

acquired Meka Robotics.

Products

* M1 Mobile Manipulator * S2 Humanoid Head

References

External links

* Defunct robotics companies of the United States Companies based in San Francisco Technology companies based in the San Francisco Bay Area 2006 establishments in California Google acquisitions {{Google-stub

History

Products

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