Robotics

Stanford’s Doggo is a petite robotic quadruped you can (maybe) build yourself

Eric Computing

Got a few thousand bucks and a good deal of engineering expertise? You’re in luck: Stanford students have created a quadrupedal robot platform called Doggo that you can build with off-the-shelf parts and a considerable amount of elbow grease. That’s better than the alternatives, which generally require a hundred grand and a government-sponsored lab. Due … Continue reading Stanford’s Doggo is a petite robotic quadruped you can (maybe) build yourself

The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million

Eric Entrepreneurship , ,

Anki, the robotics company that has raised over $200 million in venture capital, is laying off its entire staff and the startup is shuttering, Recode has learned. In a teary all-hands meeting on Monday morning, CEO Boris Sofman told his staff they would be terminated on Wednesday and that close to 200 employees would be … Continue reading The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million