robotics
Mysterious Seattle Robotics Startup Launched by Serial Entrepreneur Paul Mikesell Raises $8.9M
The company indicates only that it will be designing intelligent robots to handle common chores
A former Uber executive who also co-founded two successful tech startups has just raised a bunch of cash for a mysterious robotics startup located on Western Avenue in downtown Seattle, federal filings show. Maka Autonomous Robotic Systems Inc., founded and headed by serial entrepreneur Paul Mikesell, who most recently worked at Uber as director of…
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Agrees to Test Alien Technology
Shipyard is partnering with robotics firm to evaluate exoskeleton suit designed to augment human performance
Sarcos’ Guardian XO full-body exoskeleton suit enables human operators to lift loads of up to 200 pounds over an extended period of time.
The Long Arm of Robotics
The Seattle region's automation industry reaches into every imaginable sector -- from airplanes to apple picking.
Robots in the workplace are nothing new. General Motors deployed whats considered to be the first mechanical-arm robot on an assembly line in 1959. Painting and welding robots are now standard features of auto assembly plants, and conjecture on a workerless, robot-filled workplace has been the stuff of think pieces and cartoons for decades. But…