Phoenix, AZ — (press release excerpt) — startup Evolution Robotics, Inc. was launched today at DEMO 2002 in Phoenix, Arizona. Additionally, Evolution Robotics unveiled what it hopes will soon become the dominant open software platform for the personal robotics industry. Available initially on Linux, the Evolution Robotics Software Platform is intended to provide fundamental building blocks for a… variety of personal robotics products and applications, and create a standard upon which a wide range of future developments can be built.

The Evolution Robotics Software Platform offers a comprehensive development toolset consisting of its proprietary software architecture, core software modules, rich developer tools, and hardware kit. The platform will be available to academic, corporate, and developer markets beginning in March. The software architecture is an open platform that enables developers to seamlessly integrate software, hardware, and advanced applications to program robots that come alive, act autonomously, and complete complex tasks.

The Evolution Robots Hardware Kit, which is bundled with the software platform, allows developers to rapidly design and build custom personal robots that showcase their applications to various industries. Evolution Robotics also will provide professional services capabilities through its talented team of roboticists, software engineers, consultants and developers.

“This company is poised to advance the robotics industry dramatically by building the universal software upon which all personal robots are built,” said Bill Gross, Executive Chairman and leader of Evolution Robotics and founder of Idealab. “Our team of engineers has developed the roots of an industry that will result in personal robots in every home and workplace.”

Formed in March 2001, Evolution Robotics has raised $3 million to date from Idealab and Ben Rosen, founding investor of Compaq and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology. The company is comprised of a team of entrepreneurs, roboticists, software engineers, and commercial developers, and has forged technology partnerships with leading roboticists and research centers such as the California Institute of Technology and Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The company will pursue product development partnerships with leading consumer electronics, appliance, automotive, and toy manufacturers, as well as medical, retail, security and office equipment companies.

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