Helen Greiner tells Scott Kirsner her previously stealthy and bootstrapped startup, The Droid Works, has nabbed almost $100,000 from the NSF to develop “An Indoor/Outdoor Robotic Air Vehicle for Emergency Response.”
The iRobot co-founder’s startup is developing a flying first responder robot for emergency situations — the grant says the main challenges are “indoor flight control and safety around people.”
Posted by Brendan Lynch
Tags: Helen Greiner, iRobot, NSF, robotics, robots, Scott Kirsner, The Droid Works
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