Former San Francisco–based robotic systems company
Meka Robotics was a San Francisco–based company that maderobotic systems.
Founded in 2006 by Aaron Edsinger and Jeff Weber, it was originally a spin-off of theMIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory [ 1] [ 2]
In 2007, the company provided a forearm and hand forMIT Media Lab 's new robot, Nexi.
In 2008, the company teamed with the Socially Intelligent Machines Lab at theGeorgia Institute of Technology to develop Simon, an upper torso humanoid platform for human robot interaction.
In 2012, the company teamed with the Human Centered Robotics Group at theUniversity of Texas at Austin to develop HUME, a "bipedal robot for human-centered hyper-agility."[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
In 2012, the company entered into ajoint venture withWillow Garage andSRI International to found Redwood Robotics, a company specializing in robotic arms.[ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10]
On December 5, 2013,Google X acquired Meka Robotics.[ 11]
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