Rocos enables robotics companies to connect, monitor and control their robot fleets—globally.
Tell us about the business—what’s your elevator pitch?
Rocos provides a platform to automate robot workforces—globally. The world is investing heavily in automating the physical world with autonomous robotics, we are the platform to manage and automate those robots.
Through the integration of our technology, robotics companies get an immediate backend to connect, monitor and control their robotics from anywhere in the world. This allows them to commercialise their products significantly faster, access new global markets, and focus on what they do best—build robots.
We’re inspired by a globally connected future, where autonomous robots accelerate change for good—and we’re proud to be providing some of the important technology that will get us there.
What was the inspiration for the business?
Richard Stinear (co-founder) and I saw a need in the market—a market where robotics companies are producing robots that can carry out a useful function but lack the technology to scale fleets of robots to make it viable to scale. The platforms and tools are missing to be able to centrally manage and coordinate their fleets.
How has technology helped?
We’ve built a platform that will help robotics companies commercialise their products—quickly, removing the need for them to build a centralised operations platform. And enterprise to connect, monitor, and control their various robot fleets—scaling at pace.
What’s been key to the business success so far?
We’ve connected with a number of partners who are aligned with our vision of a globally connected future—through the power of robotic technology.
What’s been the most exciting part of the journey so far?
We are seeing a glimpse of being able to solve global challenges at scale using robotics. Global challenges like significantly increasing agricultural output while reducing harmful pollutants. Our technology can make an impact on helping bring forward the timeframe to make scaling these robotic fleets both viable and practical.
How Important has the Icehouse Ventures Showcase been to your business?
One of the most important things the IceHouse Ventures Showcase has enabled, is brand exposure to investors, technologists, and potential clients. Invaluable for a company like Rocos.
How has the Icehouse Ventures Showcase helped you as a founder?
They have been a key support in potential customer networks, fundraising and access to specialists when we have needed help. Not much more a startup could ask for!
What drives you personally?
I’m an optimist, innovation and technology leaps such as we will see with robotics can help undo some of the damage we’ve done to the planet and societal work habits. I thrive on both the technical challenge and the results that can help give more people more options in life through productivity.
What is your vision of the future?
I see the real challenge people are talking about with large sections of the workforce being replaced with autonomous robotics. Some talk about universal income as a potential solution to this. A lot of the societal mechanics has to still be figured out but there is no doubt a huge revolution in productivity is coming, and I’m hoping we have all learned how to not just let the top 1% of society benefit from this but to share the benefits to give people more time to do what they are passionate about—whatever that is.
