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Oregon State spinoff raises $8 million for robots that walk and run like people

A robotics company that grew out of research at Oregon State University said Thursday it has raised $8 million to advance its work.

Agility Robotics develops machines that walk and run like people do. The company, headquartered in Albany, hopes to change the economy with robots that perform tasks inside homes and to do cumbersome or dangerous tasks in the real world – delivering packages, scouting ahead in war zones, and assisting in fighting forest fires.

"Our technology captures the same fundamental principles underlying legged locomotion in animals," said Jonathan Hurst, Agility’s founder and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Oregon State.

By Mike Rogoway

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The Oregonian/OregonLive

http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/03/oregon_state_spinoff_raises_8.html

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