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Sandwiched between rows of storage warehouse in the South Boston Waterfront , MassRobotics serves as both an brooder and import hub for the city ’s vibrant robotics community . shortly , it will add together accelerator to that lean . This morn the nonprofit announced the forthcoming arrival of its simply named MassRobotics Accelerator .
Applications are now open for the 13 - week program , which focuses on other - stage robotics startups — particularly those operating in hardware , components and applications . company accepted into the incubator will received $ 100,000 in non - dilutive backing . The funding comes by way of MassTech , an organization develop to foster technology in the DoS .
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Ten companies will be include in the round . MassRobotics points out that that it wo n’t be getting an fairness post in the company . “ We feel it ’s the first equity - free robotics accelerator in the U.S. , ” the catalyst ’s director , Marita McGinn , tells TechCrunch .
team will have access to MassRobotics ’ facilities , which include tools like CNC machines , optical maser and waterjet pinnace and 3D printer for hardware prototyping . The web site also have Industrial Automation and Human Robot Interaction ( HRI ) research lab , and a slew of different automatonlike hardware platform . Human mentors will also be available , for both the technical and business sides .
The software program outgrowth “ soft launched ” October 16 . It closes at the end of November . The four - month broadcast flush off February 5 , climax in a May 2 demonstration day , held as part of Boston ’s Robotics Summit & Expo .
McGinn says there ’s a “ solid preference ” for companies already base in Massachusetts , but the program does n’t have any sort of quota to that effect .
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“ We ’re really reckon for the most interesting troupe , ” she say . “ One of the thing we really worked on with MassTech is how to draw companies to descend to Massachusetts . In the end , I guess it will be a decent collecting of Mass - based company and maybe companies from other parts of the state or international . Companies that are out of state need to have some sort of allegiance to Massachusetts , one year mail - throttle . ”
McGinn bestow that diversity — something too often lacking in the industriousness — will also be a focal point for applications . “ We will absolutely make certain that it looks and feel various from every standpoint . ”
