Tombot, a robotics company established in California that makes a robot-like puppy that serves as a companion animal for people who cannot provide a living animal, announced that it has closed an oversubs described $ 6.1 million Serie A-financing round.
The round was led by Caduceus Capital Partners with participation by new and existing investors.
What it does
The aim of the robot -like puppy from Tombot, Jennie, who designed Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, is to offer the health benefits attributed to living animal property, including stress reduction and combating loneliness.
The robot -like puppy is for people with dementia and mild cognitive disorders living in private houses, assisted living facilities and memory care communities.
The puppy comes with sensors that respond to contact, speech assignments, movement and other sensory inputs.
It is rechargeable and equipped with an optional care provider with which the end user can call the puppy, adjust the functionality and adjust user interactions.
The funds will be used to grow the Tombot team, engineering and complete legal and safety certifications.
The company is preparing to send its first robot -like pet to more than 16,000 customers who ordered the product and customers on a waiting list.
“Tombot goes into a much-sought after, disadvantaged market at the intersection of mental health and auxiliary technology,” said Tombot CEO and co-founder Tom Stevens in a statement.
“More than 300 million seniors around the world with dementia and mild cognitive disorders are unable to provide a living animal at a time when they need the company of a pet more than ever.
Market Snapshot
A 2019 Meta-analysis revealed that olding adults who live in care houses are given and are in conversation with robot -like pets, often experience benefits of health and quality of life.
The findings were mainly based on qualitative reactions collected during the studies. Although most quantitative data that were obtained in the assessment generally supported this trend, the analysis of agitation reduction was not statistically significant.
The researchers also emphasized that not all seniors deal with the simulated pets and warned that “some older adults, families and nurses cannot actively like them.”
Other companies in the robotics space include Tdiligent Robotics, which produces the autonomous clinical support Robot Moxi. In 2023 the company scored $ 25 million in new financing.
The Moxi robot performs liver tasks for hospital workers who are not patient-oriented, including the supply of lab samples, bringing supplies from central storage, supplying medicines, collecting articles from patients, distributing personal protective equipment and moving lightweight equipment between units.
In 2020, Brain Navi developed a robot to carry out autonomously nasal cotton buds, aimed at preventing cross infections, protecting health care employees and reducing tension on health care systems.
The robot helps to reduce personnel patient contact with highly infectious diseases at the time of testing by autonomous navigate and securely collecting for collecting patient samples.
It automatically recognizes the facial structure of the patient and the location of the nostrils, where the samples are used gently to prevent close contact with patients.
Omron Asia-Pacific was launched in the same year The UVC-LD robot. It was their first step in the UVC disinfection market.
The robot was a co-creation with TechMetics Robotics, an autonomous mobile robot solution company for service sectors such as hospitality, health care and assisted life.
Omron LD-UVC navigates autonomously and disinfects buildings, including a high touch, by eliminating 99.90% of the bacteria and viruses, both in the air and the drop by delivering the precise dose of UVC energy.
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