Squishy Robotics will be featured at Operation Convergence Response 2018 , to demonstrate our life-saving innovations. In addition to participation in the Solutions Showcase, Squishy Robotics will be featured at the Earthquake Scenario. Visual and chemical data gathered and transmitted from Squishy Robots enables disaster response teams to make better decisions, save lives, reduce costs and risks, and increase the effectiveness of the response, all while increasing safety of team members.
Alice M. Agogino, Co-Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer of Squishy Robotics and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley , was honored with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Established in 1995, the award honors is the highest US award for teachers and mentors.
Berkeley, CA, Squishy Robotics, Inc. at SkyDeck, June 2018 – has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $225,000 to conduct research and development (R&D) work on Shape-Shifting Robots for Disaster Rescue, Monitoring and Education.