branfont Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 Agility Robotics, maker of the Cassie bipedal robot, raised $8 million in Series A funding to continue its development of legged robots. Playground Global led the round, with participation from Sony Innovation Fund and existing investor Robotics Hub. Bruce Leak, a founder of Playground Global, will join Agility’s board of directors. Agility has now raised a total of $8.792 million in funding. Agility Robotics co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton will deliver a keynote at our Robotics Summit and Showcase, taking place May 23-24 in Boston. The Robotic Summit will help robotics developers overcome some of the issues involved with designing, developing, and manufacturing robots. Register today and take advantage of a 20 percent early bird discount. Shelton’s keynote, “Bipedal Locomotion and Autonomous Mobility,” will describe the advantages of bipedal locomotion for autonomous mobility in unstructured, human-populated environments. Use cases for bipedal robots, as well as specific design, development and testing requirements for bipedal robots, will be discussed. Shelton will also provide an update on the latest developments with Cassie. Full article @ The Robot Report Unobscured Vision 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Reminds me of ED-209 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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