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Gecko Robotics – Company Profile
City: | Pittsburgh | State: |
Pennsylvania |
Country: | USA | # of Employees: |
? |
URL: | www.geckorobotics.com/ | Founded: |
2013 |
Management – Jake Loosararian (CEO/CTO & Cofounder), Troy Demmer (COO & Cofounder), Ed Bryner (Director of Engineering), Mike Currie (VP of Marketing & RevOps), and David Wolpa (VP of Sales)
Funding Status – Gecko Robotics has raised a total of $122.3M in funding over 4 rounds. Their latest funding was a Series C round in March 2022.
Compared to traditional – often manual – methods, industrial inspections using Geko Robotics’ solution are more effective and efficient, as well as safer.
Gecko Robotics – Offerings Profile
Primary Target Markets – 1) Manufacturing, 2) Oil / Gas / Energy, and 3) Utilities.
Technology / Product / Service(s) – Gecko Robotics offers the TOKA family of wall scaling, mobile robots and predictive maintenance software as a service for the non-destructive inspection of pipelines, boilers, ships and other industrial structures in the power generation, heavy manufacturing, and oil and gas industries.
Value Proposition – Through the use of skilled NDT inspectors, utilizing advanced robotics systems and supported by cloud-based software, Gecko Robotics offers a comprehensive inspection solution that provides for deep understanding of industrial asset health so that their performance and safety can be optimized.
Demand Drivers – Inspection and maintenance of industrial structures, critical work and undertaken to meet safety, quality control, regulatory requirements, is time-consuming, and typically very difficult and demanding. Gecko’s robotics and software solution automates inspection tasks. Compared to traditional – often manual – methods, industrial inspections using Geko Robotics’ solution are more effective and efficient, as well as safer.
Compared to traditional – often manual – methods, industrial inspections using Geko’s solution are more effective and efficient, as well as safer.
Gecko Robotics – Business Model(s) and Competition
Business Model – Gecko Robotics makes its robots and software platform for industrial inspection available to its customers via a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) business model.
Partners – Gecko Robotics’ partners include Sumitomo Foster Wheeler and Premium Inspection and Testing.
Customers – Gecko Robotics customers includes BP, Dow, Marathon, Duke Energy, and International Paper.
Competitors – Gecko Robotics competes with companies such as Eddyfi Technologies, Mistras, IrisNDT, Acuren, and PinnacleART.
Gecko Robotics – Recent News
- $73M Series C Funding Will Bring3 Infrastructure into the 21st Century
- Sumitomo SHI FW Partners With Gecko Robotics to Provide Improved Asset Health for CFB/BFB Boilers Owners and Operators Globally
- Gecko Robotics Unveils Tri-Lateral Phased Array: New Tool for Wet H2S Damage
- How Robotic Navigation Can Assist Inspection in GPS Denied Environments
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