Evolution Robotics Partners to Bring New Technology to Consumer Robots
10/25/07 – Pasadena-based Evolution Robotics, the provider of robotic technologies for consumer products, and Hong Kong’s Wowwee Limited, a manufacturer of high-tech consumer robotic and entertainment products, today announced a joint agreement to launch a new category of entertainment robots, functional robots and robotic toys. The companies say that at least three products are planned for release in 2009, with additional products under development.
The new products will be powered by Evolution Robotics’ latest NorthStar 2.0 robotic localization and direction technology. The companies say the new devices will deliver breakthrough robotic capabilities that have never before been available to the robot and robotic toy mass market.
The product initiatives are the result of a strategic partnership between Evolution and Wowee, according to the companies, involving 18 months of research and development to design an innovative positioning and tracking system that will enable a robot to autonomously interact with people, environments, other robots and objects with pinpoint accuracy and control.
Under the latest agreement, Wowwee will manage the product manufacturing, marketing, and sales, and Evolution will provide the key enabling technologies and apply their expertise in robotics to integrate the products’ functions, the companies say.
Evolution Robotics is an IdeaLab startup.
Evolution Robotics – www.evolution.com
