INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Back in August, we flagged a filing for you that we found interesting, one for a now 2.5-year-old, 40-person Redwood City, Calif.,-based
The filing listed a $35.8 million target; Bear Robotics founder and CEO John Ha now tells us the final close, being announced today, was $32
million in Series A funding.The round was led by SoftBank Group, whose other recent robotics bets include the currently beleaguered food
truck company Zume and, as we reported yesterday, Berkshire Grey, a seven-year-old, Lexington, Mass.-based company that makes pick, pack and
sorting robots for fulfillment centers and that just raised a whopping $263 million in Series B funding led by SoftBank.Because we know
I wanted to remove the hard work and the repetitive tasks so that humans can focus on the truly human side, the hospitality
We also focused on the right capacity
A server puts the food on Penny, and it finds a way to get to the table
It has a two-wheel differential drive, plus casters
Penny robots going to be? Are there different tiers of service?JH: Penny can be configured into several modes
The default is [for it to hold] three trays, so it can carry food to a table or a server can use it for busing help.TC: Will it address the
