Cohorts of 2017

Manufacturer of computer numerical control machines designed to provide automated cutting and engraving of wooden and marble works. The company's machines are of different features to satisfy the customer's needs, which can reduce waste, frequency of errors, and the time the finished product takes to get to market, enabling clients to save time and increase productivity of their business.

Developer of cooking robots designed to solve the shortage of labor faced by the Japanese restaurant industry. The company uses artificial intelligence image processing and robot control technologies to bring back happiness to workers by using deep learning to make intelligent robots in the kitchen, enabling clients in restaurants, shopping malls, stations, service areas, amusement centers, and large-scale events to provide fun and healthy meals to consumers and contribute to creating a better society.

Operator of a space robotics startup intended to conduct tasks in all realms of space development. The company's remote-controlled robots feature low-latency communication and NAT traversal system as well as provide an alternative to human astronauts for long-time work in low earth orbit space stations, enabling space development organizations to reduce the burden on astronauts, shorten the time it takes to perform work in space and reduce costs.

Developer of autonomous robotics systems designed to automate commercial floor cleaning. The company's systems cooperate to clean department stores, auto dealerships, education facilities, airports, and other commercial cleaning spaces and thus automates the most labor and time-intensive part of commercial cleaning, enabling the cleaning crew to focus on higher-value cleaning tasks and leaving repetitive and tedious floor scrubbing to robots.

Operator of a digital educational platform intended to offer robotics and programming language lessons for children. The company's platform provides online training courses to coach students on robotics programming and projects using practical engineering workshops and a robotics designing toolkit, enabling children and young people to learn programming in an easy and fun way.

Developer of a waste management technology designed to offer connected garbage collection for municipalities. The company's technology uses a hardware-enabled garbage waste tracking device that is installed on all garbage trucks which collects real-time data on the waste pickup process, without any need for manual activation, enabling garbage collection vendors, system integrators, and municipalities to weigh incoming waste and predict the garbage production rate as well as reduce expenses and emissions while also providing improved services to their citizens.

Developer and manufacturer of paper water filter products designed to reduce waterborne pathogens. The company's product uses large-scale paper machinery to manufacture low-cost nano-metal materials which are chemically functionalized fiber, enabling clients to help customers drink purified water at a low cost.

Developer of VR enterprise software and hardware designed to improve driver training. The company's platform provides ultra-realistic virtual reality driver training systems to companies in the public, commercial, and private sectors for logistics controlling, enabling transportation and distribution industry clients to reduce the cost and risk to hire and retain employees.

Developer of an unmanned aerial navigation platform designed to control the communication and navigation of robots and drones. The company's platform is comprised of air traffic control software, drone built-in hardware components, and an integration API that automatically regulates traffic for all UAVs connected to it, enabling aerial industries to manage any number of drones with business applications ranging from entertainment to enterprise logistics.

Provider of a fleet management system created to evaluate driving performance and control fuel consumption. The company's system offers total monitoring of operator management behaviors, real-time geolocation of vehicles, intelligent routes and itineraries tracking, and fuel control and maintenance, enabling customers to radically improve the management of commercial and private vehicle fleets.

Developer of smart retail tags designed to help retailers manage inventory, customer behavior and employee efficiency. The company's tags are equipped with multiple sensors and machine-learning Al to provide detailed inventory information in real-time, accurately anticipate stock moves, and log in and track stores remotely, enabling retailers to spend time on selling instead of managing inventory, shelves, and other daily store activities.