Reach Robotics

Reach Robotics is closing up shop

2/14/23 Update: This article refers to a STEM company that closed in 2019; in 2022 another company (formerly Blueprint Lab) acquired the trademark and domain and began operating under the Reach Roboti

The AR-powered fighting MekaMon robot goes on sale at Apple Stores

After selling out of its initial run of 500, U.K.-based Reach Robotics scored a $7.5 million funding round to help it produce a more consumer-ready version of its battling robotics platform. Turns out

Reach Robotics closes $7.5M Series A for its augmented reality bots

After years of research and development, Reach Robotics has closed a $7.5 million Series A, co-led by Korea Investment Partners (KiP) and IGlobe, to bring its augmented reality bots to market in a b

Toymakers are the early adopters pushing AR into the mainstream

One indicator of how the market is apparently more comfortable with AR than it is with its immersive sibling, VR, is that one of its earliest adopters are toymakers.

Reach Robotics’ MekaMon is now ready to rumble in augmented reality

Though not quite as destructive as MegaBots, or as humbling as Boston Dynamics, Reach Robotics’ MekaMon might just be the most fun and accessible robot on the market. Leveraging augmented reali