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SWIVL finds it’s niche

By Frank Tobe | May 23, 2013

IndieGoGo-funded swiveling personal camera and follow-me device has sold 10,000 units thus far; 1,250 to schools and universities.

Now they are scaling up with upgraded capabilities and a new round of funding including $500,000 from Grishin Robotics.

New SWIVL can handle iPads and tablets, cloud services and SDKs from Apple and Android.

Educators and business people are finding it helpful for capturing classroom and meeting content.

About The Author

Frank Tobe

Frank Tobe is the founder of The Robot Report and co-founder of ROBO Global which has developed a tracking index for the robotics industry, the ROBO Global™ Robotics & Automation Index. The index of ~90 companies in 13 sub-sectors tracks and captures the entire economic value of this global opportunity in robotics, automation and enabling technologies.