White Box Robotics

White Box Robotics today, works with companies and researchers who need to put robots to work. In 2005, White Box was acquired by Frontline Robotics of Ottawa, Canada and, in working together, the company designed, developed, manufactured and launched the 914 PC-BOT – the first of the 9-series robots – a general service robot designed for digital life in the home, at work and at play. Released to early market adopters and pioneer purchasers in December, 2006 and shown as part of the Digital Life Show in New York – the 914 PC-BOT won "Best of Show: Future Technology" award. White Box Robotics was founded to give the mobile robotics industry a leap forward. As a company, we want to give enthusiasts, teachers, researchers and technologists a radical tool that breaks down walls and allows people to build advanced mobile robots. Our mission is to develop mobile robotic platforms that empower people by eliminating the difficult learning curve associated with the building of these machines. Our focus is to create and develop PC-BOTs – plug-and-play robots created almost entirely from off-the-shelf industry-standard computer parts in a framework that is open to extension, creativity and continuing innovation. This technology allows people with a rudimentary understanding of assembling or upgrading devices such as PCs to build onto this new species of robot.