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Promobot
Manufacturer of robots
We carry out developments in the fields of mechatronics, electronics, artificial intelligence and neural networks, autonomous navigation, speech recognition, development of artificial skin and muscles, and human-machine interaction.
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Aleksei Iuzhakov
A serial entrepreneur, who is the founder of several technology companies that are engaged in building maintenance, agriculture, and robotics.
Responsible for the strategic development of the company with a degree in the technical sciences.
It was Aleksei Iuzhakov that the first Robo-C droid was modelled after
Aleksei Iuzhakov
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Oleg Kivokurtsev
Co-founder of the company. Responsible for product promotion, marketing, PR, and international development tasks.
Member of the European "Forbes 30 under 30" list among entrepreneurs under 30.
Oleg Kivokurtsev
Co-founder
Maxim Chugunov
Engaged in the operational management of the company. Under the management of Maxim Chugunov, the industrial chain, manufacturing departments, assembly units, and supply chains, were built.
Co-author of the "Promobot" question-answer system algorithm.
Maxim Chugunov
CEO
Andrey Vaskov
Andrey oversees the entire technical department, which includes developing and designing the product.
Andrey Vaskov
CTO
Alexander Nemtinov
Alexander oversees and manages the sales team, develops sales strategies, and works to achieve revenue targets by fostering client relationships and identifying new business opportunities.
Alexander Nemtinov
Director of Sales
How it all began
Company history
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First steps
Oleg Kivokurtsev first became interested in robotics in 2013, during his fifth year at the university where he studied Civil Engineering. Together with Maxim Utev, his classmate, and Igor Yeremeev, then a graduate student at the electrical engineering faculty, they developed their first snow plowing robot. They recorded a video of its work and uploaded it to YouTube ― after that the robot was sold for $3000 to a robot aficionado in Czech Republic.
First investments
During a student startup competition the three met Alexey Yuzhakov, an angel investor. Alexey proposed the first areas of use for the robot (i.e. consultants, promoters, guides) and made the first capital investment of $10 000.Promobot V.1
The software for the very first Promobot robot was developed by Igor, Maxim and Oleg. The only software that was purchased was licensing for speech and face recognition system that were developed by another company. Most of the components were purchased at Alibaba. That includes accumulators, head motors, wheels and hand manipulators, as well as obstruction sensors, processors and other electronic components.
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Promobot V.2
The second generation of Promobot got the new body design, lower energy consumption and more reliable mechanics. It became better at face recognition and now could recognize a crowd of people and approach them. Before that, the robot only moved in random directions.Skolkovo Residents
Promobot became a resident of IT-cluster at Skolkovo Foundation.
Slush Startup Superstar 2015
In 2015, Promobot participated in Shush 2015, the largest European startup and technology conference & expo. The event took place in Helsinki, Finland. Promobot received the audience award and was named Slush Startup Superstar.2015
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Forbes 30 Under 30
At 24 years old, the cofounder of Promobot Oleg Kivokurtsev appeared in the top-30 most outstanding entrepreneurs from Europe in ‘Industry’Promobot escapes!
During the navigation system tests one of Promobot V.2 robots ‘escaped’ the testing area. One of engineers left the door open while leaving the robot on autopilot mode. The robot escaped the premises, drove several dozens meters down the street and stopped the traffic at a nearby road. The police quickly arrived and while they couldn’t arrest the robot they fined the engineer for carelessness.Promobot V.3
Promobot V.3 was different from the previous model not just in its appearance, but also in its functionality: robot now can find the charging station by itself, it got more degrees of freedom in its hands and body. It also received a lot of improvements for linguistic database.
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Promobot V.4
The new Promobot model was presented at CES in Las Vegas. Most of its design and functionality was revamped: it can now integrate with third-party software and additional services. As a result, it became possible to involve robot in more complicated business tasks, such as building management, clinic administrator, police force assistant.
Spanish language implementation
One of the biggest company milestones was the implementation of Spanish language into the robot. It is one of the most widespread languages that is used by entire continents of people. After that, Promobot robots became available in Chile, Spain and Mexico. Besides, Spanish language became very popular in the United States as the robot’s secondary language.17 robots sold to Astana Expo
Astana Expo is one of the largest convention centers in Asia. They broke the record for the largest single purchase of Promobots ― 17 robots were bought and now are operating within Astana Expo, which makes it the building with the largest amount of service robot employees in the world.Arabic language implementation
Promobot is now the only service robot that speaks Arabic. This was a tremendous feat that made the Middle East market fully available to the company.2018
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Promobot & Tesla accident
In 2019, Promobot got into a car accident with Tesla Model S during CES in Las Vegas. Promobot engineers were offloading robots before bringing them to the event, while one of the robots got off-route and got to a parking area, where a Tesla car collided with it. After the incident Promobot fell and shut down, Tesla car stopped shortly afterwards. The incident was covered in media all around the world, appearing in news articles from the USA to Australia.First glance at Robo-C
The first concept of Promobot’s humanoid robot by the name of Alex was presented during Skolkovo Robotics conference in Moscow.
Mass production of Robo-C
In September 2019 Promobot launched mass production of Robo-C ― robots with humanoid appearance. Now, anybody can order a robot with the appearance of any person on Earth.
Promobot LLC signs with FN Holdings from China
Promobot and the Chinese company FN Holdings will collaborate to develop a service robot for healthcare. The agreement describes collaboration between the companies in order to bring products to the markets of China and arrange qualitative localization of the robot, as well as organize joint development of technologies in service robotics.Promobot office in Hong Kong
A Hong Kong office became the very first Promobot office in Asia. Promobot HK Limited is now a resident of HKSTP ― the largest technology park in Hong Kong region.2019
2021
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Promobot Education
Creation of the educational robotic platform
Promobot Rooky and Promobot Robox
Creation of new educational products
Nested Chat
Starting to develop Nested Chat – the first version of a context-sensitive dialogue systemJoining the IFR
Promobot becomes a member of the International Federation of Robotics (IFR)2021
2023
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Circus robotic show WOW
12 full-size service robots of Promobot V.4 model take part in the dance and circus show with robots. During the show the robots move around the stage, dance and interact with the audience. The main goal of the show is to entertain circus visitors and to promote technology and innovation for schoolchildren and students.
2023
Accolades
VentureOut alumni
Promobot is the alumni of VentureOut accelerator in New York from January to March 2020.
Startup Village winner in “Robotics” nomination
StartupVillage is the international innovative startups competition. In 2015 Promobot won at Startup Village-2015 in the “Robotics” category, competing against 2,500 companies.
Slush Startup Superstar
Promobot participated in Slush 2015, the largest European startup and technology conference & expo. Promobot received the audience award and was named Slush Startup Superstar.
Forbes 30 under 30
Promobot founders are included in the European "Forbes 30 under 30" list among entrepreneurs under 30.
HKTSP resident
Promobot has been the resident of HKTSP technology park in Hong Kong since January 2020.
Skolkovo resident
Promobot is the resident of Skolkovo IT-cluster since 2015.
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What have been said about Promobot
In 2015, when we began to work with robots it was a new, interesting and, in our opinion, a promising direction. We wanted to find our place in the developing, innovative direction of service robots.
The robot is pleasant to visitors, it inspires confidence in itself and the company. It cheers people up with its jokes and compliments. People, after communicating with it, expect that we offer a good, modern product, and we, in turn, justify these expectations.
It is much easier to work with the robot: it combines the functions of a promoter and administrator. As a result, we save on hiring two human employees. The robot does not get tired and does not stutter. People approach it, and people are much more loyal to its ads than to flyers, which have to be taken from the hands of the promoter.
The robot has the appeal of innovation, it attracts attention, and the materials that it demonstrates, do not cause the usual rejection of advertising. Promobot talks, jokes, compliments, and embeds promo-conversations in a casual conversation with a person.
There were no difficulties, partnership with the company “Promobot” is always on top, all disputable situations are always solved promptly through negotiations. We do not have any issues with the robot. It is easy to use, in technical settings, aesthetically it is very pleasant, which is important when dealing with people.
In August 2017 the first robot concierge in Russia appeared in the design of the TeslaDom apartment house. This has become a bright newsbreak in the Russian and international media space. Hundreds of media have written about us, we received a lot of calls from journalists. The TeslaDom project became the finalist of the Urban Awards 2017 in the “Innovation” nomination. All this naturally led to interest from buyers.
Robots attracts attention and leaves no one indifferent. Sweet, sociable, it jokes and compliments people. Everyone wants to be photographed with it: both children and adults, old and young.
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In 2015, when we began to work with robots it was a new, interesting and, in our opinion, a promising direction. We wanted to find our place in the developing, innovative direction of service robots.
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The robot is pleasant to visitors, it inspires confidence in itself and the company. It cheers people up with its jokes and compliments. People, after communicating with it, expect that we offer a good, modern product, and we, in turn, justify these expectations.
Read More
It is much easier to work with the robot: it combines the functions of a promoter and administrator. As a result, we save on hiring two human employees. The robot does not get tired and does not stutter. People approach it, and people are much more loyal to its ads than to flyers, which have to be taken from the hands of the promoter.
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The robot has the appeal of innovation, it attracts attention, and the materials that it demonstrates, do not cause the usual rejection of advertising. Promobot talks, jokes, compliments, and embeds promo-conversations in a casual conversation with a person.
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There were no difficulties, partnership with the company “Promobot” is always on top, all disputable situations are always solved promptly through negotiations. We do not have any issues with the robot. It is easy to use, in technical settings, aesthetically it is very pleasant, which is important when dealing with people.
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In August 2017 the first robot concierge in Russia appeared in the design of the TeslaDom apartment house. This has become a bright newsbreak in the Russian and international media space. Hundreds of media have written about us, we received a lot of calls from journalists. The TeslaDom project became the finalist of the Urban Awards 2017 in the “Innovation” nomination. All this naturally led to interest from buyers.
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Robots attracts attention and leaves no one indifferent. Sweet, sociable, it jokes and compliments people. Everyone wants to be photographed with it: both children and adults, old and young.
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