Van Robotics
About
About Van Robotics
ABii begins lessons with a short assessment and adjusts the pace, question sequence and level of support around each learner's performance. The robot provides step-by-step guidance after mistakes and uses gaze, speech and animated social behaviour to redirect attention or reinforce progress.
The curriculum covers K-5 maths, reading and life skills, including phonics, comprehension and social-emotional topics. Teachers use the surrounding software to assign lessons and review progress, allowing ABii to provide individual practice within a classroom while a teacher manages the wider group.
Funding
- 2019-05-30 - SC Launch investment - $200K - Van Robotics receives USD 200,000 SC Launch investment
SC Launch invested USD 200,000 in Van Robotics to prepare its ABii tutoring robot for commercial production. - source: scra.org
Investors
- SC Launch - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-05-30
Timeline
Events
- 2020-11-19 - Award - TIME names Van Robotics ABii a Best Invention of 2020
ABii was recognised in TIME's education category as a high-tech tutor. The robot adapts math and reading instruction using student performance and attention signals. TIME highlighted school and home editions designed to make personalised tutoring more accessible.
Source - 2019-05-30 - Funding - Van Robotics receives USD 200,000 SC Launch investment
The investment followed Van Robotics' acceptance into the SC Launch programme in January 2017. Van Robotics planned to redesign the system for manufacturing and produce its first 700 consumer robots. The company had previously used three SCRA grants to prototype and test its educational-robotics technology.
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