Draft:OLogic, Inc.

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OLogic, Inc.
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryRobotics, Consumer Electronics
Founded2005
FounderTed Larson, Bob Allen
HeadquartersSanta Clara, CA
Number of locations
1
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesEngineering
Number of employees
> 30
Websiteologicinc.com

OLogic, Inc. (also known as OLogic) is a specialist robotics and engineering consulting agency based in Santa Clara, California. Founded by Ted Larson and Bob Allen in 2005, OLogic is best known for their engineering services in the electrical, mechanical, firmware, hardware, and software specialties stretching over the Consumer Electronics, Robotics and IoT sectors. OLogic has since worked with many customers and partners, most notably; Hasbro, NVIDIA, MediaTek, Intel, onsemi, and Google.

A photo of the electronics lab at OLogic.

History (2005-2018)[edit]

OLogic was founded in 2005 by Ted Larson and Bob Allen after the two met at the Silicon Valley Home Brew Robotics Club.[1]

A photo of some AMPBots playing cards.

OLogic's early robots focused on the ‘balancing robot’ technology and the software that went along with it. With this technology, Larson and Allen attended the first RobotNexus trade show held in San Jose in 2004. There, they met a few engineers from Hasbro, which was a critical milestone in the history of the company as it directly led Larson and Allen to officially launch their company, OLogic.[2]

In 2007, OLogic partnered with Neurosky[3] for product development of their very early brainwave reading technologies. Later that year, OLogic produced their first toy product in 2009. This product, the Force Trainer, was made for toy maker Uncle Milton Industries.

OLogic continued to grow rapidly as Larson and Allen secured other consulting jobs in the emerging robotics market in Silicon Valley. Securing high profile projects such as an Android Robot for Google.[4]

In 2011 OLogic expanded their operations with their first employees joining from the HomeBrew Robotics Club, a club dedicated to supporting the robotics community in the valley with regular meetups. OLogic's employee headcount expansion helped them to increase the number of projects in the consumer electronics space.[5]

In 2012, Bob Allen retired from the company and Ted Larson became sole leader of the company. To this day, Larson continued to focus the company on engineering consultancy services as he increased the number of projects.[2]

In 2014, OLogic was contracted as one of the original 17 partners supporting Google’s Project Tango.[6] This project was a significant milestone in the growth of the company, extending their core engineering capabilities with lidar Indoor Navigation.

In 2015, Knightscope contracted OLogic to provide engineering development support for the launch of their security robot. Knightscope has raised further crowdsource funding with StartEngine.[7]

In 2018, OLogic was contracted by Google for Project Bloks,[8] an educational research program aimed at developing an open hardware platform to help developers, designers, and researchers build the next generation of tangible programming experiences for kids.[9]

History (2019-Present)[edit]

In 2019, OLogic formalized their product development strategy. This strategy, called Guerilla Product Development, quickly rose to popularity through word of mouth. Larson has given multiple presentations at RoboBusiness in 2021 and 2022[10]

In late 2019 and early 2020, OLogic entered in a partnership with MediaTek and BayLibre as a part of their IoT ecosystem.[11][12][13] Having experienced the limitations of RaspberryPi for commercial scale products, OLogic, with MediaTek, designed a new platform called the Pumpkin. The first Pumpkin, the Pumpkin i500 was released in 2020.[14] It was built on MediaTek’s Genio 500 and 350 chipsets[14][15] and certified AWS Greengrass, in 2020 and 2022.[16][17] The i350 was released shortly after in 2021, as a lower cost version to expand the applications and use cases, such as the Snorble robot[18]

In 2020, OLogic formalized their partnership with Intel as they became a recognized Development Service Vendor for Intel RealSense technology.[19][20] OLogic’s strategic partnerships expanded with onsemi as OLogic became an Ecosystem Partner.[21]

In 2022, OLogic entered into a partnership with Cadence.[22][23] OLogic has presented at multiple Cadence Live Conferences as experts in the use of the design tools as OLogic is a power user of the tools due to the large volume of designs they create each year[24]

OLogic has been designing robots since 2015 with Vicor Corporation, putting their power technology in various products such as Knightscope’s K5 security robot. Since then, OLogic has brought Vicor to life in multiple robotic projects and became an official partner in 2022.[25][26]

In Recent Media[edit]

  • RoboBusiness 2021[27]
  • RoboBusiness 2022[28]
  • Whipsaw[29]
  • Robot Industry Podcast[30]
  • Robot Report Podcast[31]
  • Vicor Corporation Podcast[32]
  • Robotics Summit and Expo[33]

See Also[edit]

MediaTek

Cadence Design Systems

References[edit]

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  2. ^ a b Kirkpatrick, Scott (2022-10-24), "What Makes a Project Worth Pitching?", Mastering the Pitch, New York: Routledge, pp. 1–15, doi:10.4324/9781003146728-1, ISBN 9781003146728, retrieved 2023-04-13
  3. ^ "CES 2007: Neurosky and Ologic". Gadgets Page. 2007-01-08. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  4. ^ O'Dell, Jolie (2011-05-10). "Robots, Androids & Geeks at Google I/O [PICS]". Mashable. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  5. ^ "Must-have robots come nearer with software explosion". New Scientist. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  6. ^ Ackerman, Evan (21 Feb 2014). "Video Friday: Google's Project Tango, Visual Servoing, and Valkyrie at Work".
  7. ^ Demaitre, Eugene. "OLogic, Vicor Help Dusty Robotics Optimize Power for Construction Robots". Robotics 24/7. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  8. ^ "Project Bloks - About". Project Bloks. 27 June 2016. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  9. ^ "OET List Exhibits Report". apps.fcc.gov. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  10. ^ "Ted Larson". RoboBusiness. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  11. ^ Wright, Simon. "New Aiot Edge Based Use Cases Emerging with OLogic & MediaTek".
  12. ^ "MediaTek's Rich IOT SDK V20.0 Release Available Now for I300 and I500..."
  13. ^ "News". ElectronicsB2B. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  14. ^ a b "OLogic & MediaTek collaborate to create the Pumpkin i500 EVK". MediaTek. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  15. ^ "OLogic and MediaTek introduce the Pumpkin i350 Edge AI EVK". MediaTek. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  16. ^ Fattah, Hossam (2021-04-28), "Amazon Web Services for IoT Devices (AWS IoT)", LTE™ Cellular Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT), CRC Press, pp. 87–118, doi:10.1201/9781003120018-7, ISBN 9781003120018, S2CID 235580693, retrieved 2023-04-13
  17. ^ "Discover qualified IoT hardware and devices | Build and deliver successful IoT solutions on AWS". devices.amazonaws.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  18. ^ Fustini, Drew (9 January 2022). "Pumpkin i350 Edge Ai EVK Now Available".
  19. ^ "Intel® RealSense™ Computer Vision Solutions".
  20. ^ Leibrick, Suzanne (4 May 2021). "3D At the Edge." Intel® RealSense™ Depth and Tracking Cameras".
  21. ^ "AIoT Edge Computing". ON Semiconductor. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  22. ^ "OLogic Drives Next Generation Robotics with EMA Design Automation and Allegro® SigrityTM Technology". EMA Design Automation. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  23. ^ "OLogic Drives Next Generation Robotics with EMA Design Automation and Allegro® SigrityTM Technology". PRWeb. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  24. ^ "Cadence Extends Cloud Leadership with Transformational Cadence OnCloud SaaS and e‑Commerce Platform". www.businesswire.com. 2022-06-08. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  25. ^ "OLogic and Vicor drive mobile robotics growth and innovation". www.vicorpower.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  26. ^ "OLogic extols high-density power modules to drive today's robotic revolution - TipRanks.com". TipRanks Financial. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  27. ^ "Services Solutions for Robotics Companies: Design, Engineering and Manufacturing – RoboBusiness Direct Session". Robotics Business Review. 2021-04-05. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  28. ^ "Agenda". RoboBusiness. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  29. ^ Whelan, Gabrielle (31 August 2021). "When AI Meets the Internet of Things".
  30. ^ "Robotics from Concept to Reality with OLogic's Ted Larson - The Robot Industry Podcast". Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  31. ^ Oitzman, Mike (2023-02-25). "OLogic's Ted Larson advises robot makers". The Robot Report. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  32. ^ "OLogic extols high-density power modules". www.vicorpower.com. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
  33. ^ "Ted Larson". Robotics Summit & Expo. Retrieved 2023-04-19.
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