John Sosoka Of Ugobe Interviewed
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 1 of September , 2009 at 12:02 am
GetRobo has an excellent interview with John Sosoka, previously the CTO of Ugobe. Since Ugobe folded, John has moved on to two other robotics companies: Vita Robotica, which builds platforms and tools for development of social robots, and Pulse-Robotics, which will create robots based on the tools that Vita Robotica comes up with.
I am fascinated in this life-in-robotics thing. And what I’m currently most interested in is in developing robots for special needs such as medical applications and companionship in institutions. For example, there are so many interesting things that have come up in the use of therapy dogs, and I think there are a lot of areas where medications don’t work well and where you can make use of robotics. Automated diagnostics at home is another area. Companion robots could help people keep track of their health everyday so that they can identify problems before they become real problems. There are not enough products that address those areas, and I think the market is pretty wide open.
The full interview has lots more, including another take on why Ugobe failed and John’s thoughts on the consumer robotics market. Check it out over at GetRobo.
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Thanks Norri!
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