RobotShop
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| Private | |
| Industry | Service Robotic Market |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Mario Tremblay, Sandra Fradet |
| Headquarters | Mirabel, Quebec |
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Area served
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Canada, America, Europe, Japan, International |
| Products |
Domestic robots Professional Robots Robot Toys Robot Development Platforms Robot Kits Robot Parts |
| Services | Technical Support |
| Website | www.robotshop.com |
RobotShop Inc. RobotShop is a robot store for personal and professional robot technology. It provides personal, domestic and professional robots, development platforms, kits, and specialized robotic parts. RobotShop is also an important source for robotics education and research. RobotShop sells worldwide.
On 3 May 2002 Mario Tremblay, president and founder of RobotShop, spearheaded a project with two of his university colleagues to build a robotic lawn mower named "RoboR" and created RobotShop - Robotics at your Service - as a general/unlimited partnership. With the financial backing of the Centre de Développement Technique de l'École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) de Montréal (Centech) they began building a prototype of the robotic lawn mower. In order to further finance research and development, RobotShop took on consultation and development work in general robotics for industrial and university clients.
Sandra Fradet joined Mario Tremblay end of 2003 to create RobotShop Distribution, and the previous unlimited partnership was dissolved. RobotShop was founded to distribute and sell robot parts and domestic robots. It was incorporated as RobotShop Distribution, Inc. and was renamed as RobotShop Inc. on January 4, 2016, to reflect the expansion of its activities in the service robotic market. Shortly after the deployment of the website, the first sales started to come in. In order to expand RobotShop they obtain encouragement from the Fond de Jeunesse Québec (FJQ), the Soutien aux Jeunes Entrepreneurs (SAJE) and also from the Fondation du Maire pour la Jeunesse de Montréal (FMMJ).
After months of working out of their homes, RobotShop relocated in October 2005 to an 1,800-square-foot (170 m2) space in Boisbriand, Quebec and soon they hired their first employees. The company continues to grow rapidly following the strong growth of the domestic robotics market. The facilities were enlarged up to 6,000 square feet (560 m2) in 2008 to respond to the increasing demand and the need for additional employee space.
In July 2010, RobotShop acquired Gorobotics.net, a popular blog bloging about robots since 2000.
In July 2011, RobotShop moved in their new Headquarters in Mirabel offering 15,000 square feet (1,400 m2) of space. RobotShop now has a global logistic with warehouses in Canada, United-States and Europe.
In June 2012, RobotShop has been named one of PROFIT 200's Fastest-Growing Companies in Canada. Coming in at number 63, RobotShop has grown 843% in five years.
In August 2012, RobotShop acquires Lynxmotion inc. Lynxmotion design and manufacture a variety of hobby and research level robot kits and parts, and specialize in a modular robotics building system known as the Servo Erector Set. Lynxmotion also hosts an active online community forum of hobby roboticists at Lynxmotion.net where projects, code, and technology is shared and support is provided for products.
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