CoroWare
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| CoroWare, Inc. | |
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| Type | Public OTCBB:INRA |
| Genre | MicroCap |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | David Hyams and Lloyd Spencer |
| Headquarters | Redmond, Washington |
| Key people | David Hyams Founder/CTO Lloyd Spencer, Founder/President and CEO |
| Industry | Robotics, Computer Software, Business Process Automation |
| Employees | 38 (2008) |
| Parent | Innova Robotics & Automation, Inc. |
| Website | www.coroware.com |
Redmond, Washington based CoroWare, Inc. is a software and software professional services provider and mobile robotics integrator and developer. The company offers a variety of services including Enterprise Business Solutions, Near-shore Outsourcing, Customer Care Practice, and Microsoft Practice. CoroWare’s Robotics and Automation group provides robotic software development, integration services, and the CoroBot product line, a four-wheeled robotic development platform geared towards university, military, and corporate research and development teams.[1]
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[edit] HISTORY
CoroWare was founded in 2003 by David Hyams and Lloyd Spencer. Knowing robotics would not be an easy industry in which to build a business, the founders relied on their expertise in the computer and networking industries to begin generating revenue through Enterprise Business Solutions. CoroWare joined the Technology Collaborative of Pittsburgh, PA in 2005. In 2006 CoroWare became a subsidiary of the public corporation Innova Holdings, later named Innova Robotics & Automation.[2][3]
[edit] IT SERVICES
[edit] Enterprise Business Solutions
Customizes commercial off-the-shelf applications and tools such as Microsoft Windows Workflow Foundation (WWF), SharePoint, InfoPath, and Office 12 to automate business processes and integrate business flows at a fraction of the cost, time, and risk associated with specialized code development.
[edit] Near-shore Outsourcing
Implements strategic partnerships with companies in South America.
[edit] Customer Care Practice
Integrates the Microsoft Customer Care Framework.
[edit] Microsoft Practice
Provides release and project management, technology adoption lab management, solution delivery, and product release testing and packaging services.
[edit] ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION
CoroWare's Robotics and Automation group provides services and products that include the CoroBot product line.
[edit] Experience
- Embedded, real-time, and desktop operating systems
- All phases of project management
- Vision, mapping, navigation and obstacle avoidance
- Machine learning
- Motion control
- Arm and manipulator control
- Sensor interpretation/sensor fusion
- Simulation
- 3-D Model design and construction
- System design, implementation, and testing
- Multi-robot systems
- Integration to back end systems
[edit] Products
- CoroBot - A four-wheeled development platform released in March 2007. CoroWare partnered with re2 to develop the CoroBot JAUS for use in the military.[4]
[edit] Partnerships
Microsoft Certified Partner[5]
Windows Embedded Partner
Microsoft Partner Services Center[6]
Intel
RoadNarrows (authorized distributor)
RobotShop (authorized distributor)
[edit] References
- ^ CoroWare CoroBot Gains Momentum Within Research and Development Community
- ^ Innova Holdings Completes Acquisition of CoroWare
- ^ Innova Holdings Effects 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split3
- ^ CoroWare's CoroBot JAUS Brings Affordability to Military Robotics Research
- ^ CoroWare Achieves Microsoft Certified Partner Status
- ^ CoroWare Joins Microsoft Partner Solutions Center
