The Russian Promobot sells to the Swiss company of robots for 18.5 million euros

On September 23, 2019 about one thousand Promobot robots of the Swiss company Advanced Robotics became known of sale. Order cost is $18.5 million.

According to Vedomosti with reference to the cofounder and the development director of Promobot Oleg Kivokurtsev, the company will increase deliveries of robots for the Swiss partner. In 2019 27 devices, and in the 2024th — 270 pieces will be imported. In total Advanced Robotics will buy 999 promobot.

About one thousand Promobot robots of the Swiss company Advanced Robotics became known of sale

We selected Promobot as most perfect service robot from available in the market — the CEO of Advanced Robotics Gabriel Gantner says. — While the most part of analogs is represented no more than gadgets, Promobot has the potential for bringing of real advantage to business. Are developed artificial intelligence of the robot, features of the building and functionality often exceed similar products in the market of robotics.

According to Gantner, Advanced Robotics intends to start interactive applications which will partially work in a standalone mode, and to be controlled partially the person through service of telepresence. Application programming for the robot concierge, the employee of an exhibition and other service positions is planned, he told.

The chairman of the board of directors of Promobot Alexey Yuzhakov said that the company considers the possibility of transfer of a part of production processes to Europe. It will allow to customize more quickly robots for local clients.

By September, 2019 all Promobot robots gather in Perm based on technopark of Morion Digital. The equipment for 80% consists of the Russian component parts. The company itself develops the systems of speech recognition, navigation, linguistic base, mechatronics, electronics and artificial intelligence.^[1]

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