GROOVE X
About
About GROOVE X
GROOVE X develops LOVOT through coordinated work on hardware, software and animation. Touch sensors and the robot’s head-mounted sensor unit inform its responses, while movement and body warmth shape the physical interaction. The system is designed around repeated contact with people, using sensing and learned behaviour to make those encounters responsive.
Cloud-delivered updates extend the robot’s software over time. A companion app provides a diary of daily interactions and a monitoring mode for use when the owner is away. These services connect the physical robot with an ongoing software experience, making the company’s work encompass both the machine’s expressive behaviour and the tools through which users follow its activity.
Supply
Funding
- 2021-01-20 - Strategic investment - $2.6M - NTT DOCOMO invests JPY 400 million in GROOVE X
NTT DOCOMO invested JPY 400 million in GROOVE X through a third-party share allotment. - source: docomo.ne.jp
Investors
- NTT DOCOMO - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2021-01-20
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-06 - Partnership - GROOVE X partners with KarteCo on LOVOT-based KarBo care service
With consent, KarteCo plans to analyse LOVOT camera footage for measures such as heart and breathing rates alongside health and medical records. Results are intended to inform users, family members and care staff through LOVOT, smartphones and PCs. KarBo is designed for health awareness and monitoring; the service is not intended for medical diagnosis.
Source - 2021-01-20 - Funding - NTT DOCOMO invests JPY 400 million in GROOVE X
NTT DOCOMO subscribed for newly issued GROOVE X shares worth JPY 400 million. The investment accompanied the companies' capital and business alliance. GROOVE X separately reported that its wider financing round reached JPY 2.7 billion, including other equity and debt financing.
Source - 2021-01-13 - Partnership - GROOVE X and NTT DOCOMO sign capital and business alliance
The companies signed the capital and business alliance agreement on January 13, 2021. The collaboration targets new communication services and healthcare or medical-care applications. The parties also planned to study 5G connectivity for a future LOVOT generation.
Source - 2018-12-18 - Product Launch - GROOVE X launches LOVOT companion robot
GROOVE X announced LOVOT on December 18, 2018 after more than three years of development. The robot combines body-wide touch sensing, expressive eye displays and the company's Emotional Robotics technology. Web reservations opened at launch, with first shipments then planned for late 2019.
Source - 2015-11-02 - Company Formation - GROOVE X established in Tokyo
GROOVE X records November 2, 2015 as its official establishment date. The company is headquartered in Chuo, Tokyo and led by Kaname Hayashi. Its stated business is developing LOVOT, a family-style companion robot.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- 株式会社カルテ庫 (KarteCo)
Technology Partner - GROOVE X and KarteCo are developing KarBo, combining LOVOT interaction with health records and sensing for eldercare.
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