Gecko robotics
"Eliminating death and injury in heavy industries."
Industry verticals
Power and Robotics
Problem
Expensive, unreliable and dangerous infrastructure inspections result in numerous avoidable deaths and injuries every year.
Solution
The Gecko Robotics semi-autonomous robot performs infrastructure inspections in the the power and related industries.
TEam
Jake Loosararian: CEO
Troy Demmer: COO
Ian Miller: CTO
Josh Moore: Mechanical Engineer
Yizhu Gu: Mechanical Engineer
website
Business Model
Develop robots and use them to provide inspections as a service
Stage of development
TRL 3: Proof of Concept
awards and grants to date
- $10K Ben Franklin Institute
- $10K Cisco IoE Innovation Challenge Prize
- $50K DOE Clean Energy Prize
- $10K Wells Fargo Clean Tech Prize
- $10K Shell Technology Ventures Energy Prize
3-6 month milestones
- Complete 3rd generation robot for wide scale commercial deployment
- Secure IP and file provisional patents
- Line up customer jobs
contact
Troy Demmer at tdemmer@tepper.cmu.edu