Attabotics

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Attabotics Inc.
TypePrivately held company
IndustryRobotics design and manufacturing
Founded2016; 5 years ago (2016)
FounderScott Gravelle, Rob Cowley, Tony Woolf
Headquarters
Calgary, Alberta
,
Canada
Key people
Scott Gravelle (CEO, CTO)
Revenue~$30 million (2018)[1]
Number of employees
>230 (2019)
Websiteattabotics.com

Attabotics is a Calgary-based robotics company which specializes in inventory management systems. Attabotics was named one of CNBC's 100 most promising startups in 2019,[2] a special mention on Time's Best Inventions of 2019,[3] and Fast Company's 32nd most innovative company in 2020.[4]

Attabotics designs and produces a robotic inventory storage and retrieval system,[5] which uses three dimensions of travel and is said to reduce warehouse footprint needed compared to a conventional fulfillment centre,[6][7] and has a modular design allowing it to be easily scaled up or down.[8]

Attabotics had a total of $32.7 million in funding by 2019; investors included Coatue Management, Comcast Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, , and .[1] It has also received government investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada[9] and the City of Calgary.[10]

In 2019, Attabotics announced a new headquarters building in Northeast Calgary.[5] The building, designed by Calgary-based , is designed like a wedge to conform with nearby Calgary Airport height restrictions,[11] and won a number of architectural awards in 2019.[12][13][14]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Smith, Jennifer (June 30, 2019). "Logistics Automation Provider Attabotics Raises $25 Million in New Funding". Wall Street Journal. Reuters. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. ^ Sheng, Ellen (November 12, 2019). "Amazon's ant-size competition in designing the warehouse of the future". CNBC. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  3. ^ Price, Emily (November 21, 2019). "Making Fulfillment More Efficient". Time. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Sorokanich, Lara (March 10, 2020). "The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies: How a nature documentary inspired a cutting-edge design that shrinks massive warehouses into the space of an office building". Fast Company. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  5. ^ a b Parker, David (June 17, 2019). "Parker: ATTAbotics hires local company to design new building". Calgary Herald. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  6. ^ Livingstone, Barb (January 2, 2020). "Compelling Calgarians: Scott Gravelle". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on January 7, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  7. ^ Thomas, Lauren (December 5, 2019). "How Nordstrom uses robots and shelves inspired by ants to deliver lipstick faster". CNBC. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  8. ^ Demaitre, Eugene (August 16, 2019). "Attabotics brings vision of ant-like efficiency to supply chains". The Robot Report. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  9. ^ "$14.1 M for industrial clean tech investment". Industrial Process Products & Technology (IPP&T). April 12, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  10. ^ Stephenson, Amanda (December 12, 2018). "Robotic logistics company ATTAbotics awarded $4.5M from city's $100M fund". Calgary Herald. Archived from the original on November 12, 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  11. ^ Cao, Lilly (October 6, 2019). "MoDA's Attabotics Headquarters is Inspired by Ant Colonies". ArchDaily. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  12. ^ "Attabotics HQ". Modern Office of Design + Architecture. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  13. ^ "ATTAbotics Headquarters". Canadian Architect. 64 (12): 24. December 2019. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  14. ^ "WAF 2019: Day 1 Winners Announced". ArchDaily. December 4, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2020.

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