MetraLabs GmbH

MetraLabs GmbH, develops and produces Mobile Robotic Platforms for the industrial and the commercial market. MetraLabs was founded in 2001 in Ilmenau, Germany.

MetraLabs
TypeGmbH
IndustryService Robotics
Founded2001
HeadquartersWeimarer Str. 28, 98693 Ilmenau, Germany
Area served
Europe
ProductsSCITOS G5, SCITOS A5, CogniDrive
Websitehttp://www.metralabs.com

MetraLabs has served companies throughout Germany in all different types of field: TOOMAS a customer service robot within toom BauMarkt Home Improvement stores, Roger and Ally in the Real (Handelskette) supermarket consulting customers about products,[1] AMOR testing contamination levels within clean rooms for Infineon Technologies, and an autonomous tray transporter for one of the Franchises of KFC(Kentucky Fried Chicken) fast-food chain. For the project with Infineon Technologies the two robots AMOR received the "it-innovation prize".[2][3] MetraLabs, which was reviewed and published in the Gartner "Cool Vendors in Retail 2010",[4] have developed and implemented the SCITOS A5, a mobile service-guide, to helps customers find products within a store and deliver overall information about products. The SCITOS A5 was also decorated with the Thuringia State Research Award (Thüringer Forschungs Preis im Bereich Transfer).[5] The MetraLabs SCITOS G5, is an autonomous mobile platform which is compatible with a multitude of additional instruments and devices to carry out specified tasks, ranging from logistical tasks, moving objects from one place to another, as well as measurements within laboratories.

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MetraLabs is one of the developers of MIRA (Middleware for Robotic Applications), which is a cross-platform, open-source software framework for robotic applications.

Research

MetraLabs was founded by graduates of the Ilmenau University of Technology, and has a strong connection with the University Neuroinformatics and Cognitive Robotics Lab headed by Professor Groß. Together they have worked on multiple projects. One of such projects is the development of a senior citizen assistant robot.[6][7]

References
  1. http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/zukunft-des-shoppens-mit-roger-durch-den-supermarkt-1.81865
  2. Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, 6/7 March 2010, Page 6
  3. Bild Dresden, 6 March 2010, Page 6
  4. Gartner Cool Vendors of Retail 2010, 5 April 2010, page 4
  5. http://www.ixtenso.com/portal/de/news/3588
  6. http://pflegen-online.de/suche/index.htm?d_id=26161352&text=assistenzroboter
  7. http://www.abendblatt.de/politik/deutschland/article145709/Pflegeroboter-hilft-Demenzkranken.html
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