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Academy of Robotics is a robotics company founded 2016, based in United Kingdom, developing 1 robot primarily in the Research category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
Academy of Robotics has no confirmed funding round on file and has 1 cited customer but no deployment on record.
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1customer cited
named in a public source · no deployment on record
- Small local businesses in Surrey· 2020pressreleases.responsesource.com ↗
A deployment is recorded when a public source names both the customer and the robot, or the maker confirms it. Nothing here counts against Academy of Robotics.
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Add a deployment →British-made personal mobility and autonomous delivery robot
Kar-go is a UK robotics company behind the Kar-go Road-BOT, a custom-built electric autonomous delivery vehicle designed for last-mile delivery and trials in medical and small-business logistics. Public materials describe it as a British-made platform developed by Academy of Robotics, with deployments and road-approval activity in the UK.
Active products
1
RoboIndex
27.56
RoboScore 27.56 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- HQ
- Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs
- Website
- www.kar-go.co.uk
RoboScore
27.56 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Weak evidence
Products, Range, Traction set the number — the three factors present for every company. Activity, Attention, Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
4 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
Milestones
DVSA inspected and approved the core Kar-go vehicle as roadworthy, pending refit of autonomous functions.
Kar-go began a Surrey trial supporting local business deliveries.
Press coverage
- Kar-go Delivery Bot approved for use on British roads
Highways Today · Oct 2020
- Kar-go Delivery Bot Begins Small Business Deliveries in Surrey
ResponseSource
- the kar-go self-driving robot delivers straight to your door
Designboom · Jun 2016
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