Stuttgart, Germany / Redwood City, United States – She can read children goodnight stories, play their parents’ favorite songs, and knows who is in front of her thanks to facial recognition capabilities. Kuri, the home robot developed by the Bosch start-up Mayfield Robotics, is more than a gadget. She engages with the people around her on an emotive level through interaction. As a result, a personal relationship develops between humans and robot, turning Kuri into another member of the family. Home robots represent a market with potential. The Tractica market research institute expects global market volume to amount to 9 billion dollars in 2020. “For generations, people have dreamed of having their own home robot. We have worked hard to make this dream more of a reality,” said Mike Beebe, co-founder of Mayfield Robotics.
Mayfield Robotics is the maker of Kuri, a new kind of intelligent home robot. Born out of the Bosch Startup Platform, the company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Bosch North America Corporation. Founded in 2015 by Sarah Osentoski, Kaijen Hsiao and Mike Beebe, the company is based out of Redwood City, California. For more information, visit www.mayfieldrobotics.com , and to pre-order Kuri, visit www.heykuri.com .
The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 429,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2023). The company generated sales of 91.6 billion euros in 2023. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 90,000 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.
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