RoboCluster Competitors

VEX Robotics is a leading provider of educational and competitive robotics products to schools, universities and robotics teams around the world. The company’s product lines are backed by years of experience supporting educational robotics programs and are designed to be affordable, accessible and scalable. The company also partners with the non-profit Robotics Education & Competition Foundation to support the world’s largest and fastest-growing competitive robotics program for elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges around the world. The VEX IQ Challenge, the VEX Robotics Competition, and VEX U were designed to give a diverse group of students the chance to celebrate their accomplishments and share their passion for robotics with each other. Learn more about VEX at www.vexrobotics.com For more information about VEX competitions, please visit RobotEvents.com.

Adafruit was founded in 2005 by MIT engineer, Limor "Ladyada" Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels. In the last 15 years, Adafruit has grown to over 100+ employees. Adafruit has expanded offerings to include tools, equipment, and electronics that Limor personally selects, tests, and approves before going in to the Adafruit store. Adafruit is a 100% woman owned manufacturing company, a certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE), a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), and WOSB. During the COVID-19 outbreak Adafruit Industries is operating as an essential service and manufacturing business: NYC – Executive Order 202.6 making PPE and medical device components. Adafruit was appointed to the Small Business Sector Advisory Council by the City of New York to help restart the NYC economy. Post pandemic New York City launched a new Industrial Working Group which Adafruit is Co-Chairing, bringing together leaders from across the city’s industrial and manufacturing sectors with academics and policy experts to redefine the sectors’ needs and opportunities. In 2024 Adafruit moved to Industry City! Brooklyn, New York! Industry City is a six-million-square-foot ecosystem in Brooklyn, NY - a bustling workplace for professionals across multiple disciplines including USA advanced electronics manufacturer Adafruit Industries! After hours and on weekends, Industry City becomes Brooklyn’s unofficial backyard, offering live music, festivals, dining, and tons of retail.

Boston-based company Piaggio Fast Forward Inc. (PFF) was founded in 2015 by the Piaggio Group (the Italian manufacturer that created the iconic Vespa scooter). Our vision is to bring intuitive and efficient technology solutions into the entire human-built environment, supporting the local mobility needs of businesses, communities, and individuals. Our cargo carrying following robots, gitamini and gitaplus, were first designed for consumers to use in everyday built environments. We have since expanded our following technology to mobile solutions that businesses use to augment their labor force in select industries including hospitality, manufacturing, indoor agriculture, construction, and more. In order to bring products to market today, we are solving the problem of robotic interaction with people in dynamically changing environments. We pride ourselves on building in public, designing first-of-their-kind technology products that become more inventive in the hands of our early users. For more information, please visit www.piaggiofastforward.com, follow us on Instagram at @piaggiofastforward, or check out life as an employee @lifeatpff.