Category: anki

Waymo hires former Anki staff to lead its self-driving trucks

Post author By Randall
Post date June 27, 2019
Categories In alphabet, anki, autonomous, gear, Google, Robots, self-driving, self-driving truck, semi truck, Tech, Transportation, truck, waymo

[ad_1] It sounds like an odd move to jump from tiny bots like Vector to big rigs, but it’s a logical extension for at least some Anki workers. Sofman, for instance, worked alongside Waymo staff in Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous vehicle labs. And many of the team’s core skills can translate. After all, navigation is a […]

Anki is closing the doors on its toy robot business

Post author By Randall
Post date April 29, 2019
Categories In anki, boris sofman, business, closing, cosmo, gadgetry, Gadgets, gear, robotics, Robots, startup, Tech, vector, venture capital

[ad_1] The news comes as a surprise, given that things seemed to be going well for Anki. Since its launch in 2010, the startup has raised more than $200 million in venture capital. Its main products Cozmo and Vector seemed to be successes. Vector launched last fall after a $2 million Kickstarter campaign, and most […]