We are really excited about the introduction of our new CareBot™ MSR 3.4.  It represents over eight years of development by many talented and tenacious engineers, programmers and other enthusiasts.   In many ways, we consider this new personal robot to be the "Model T" of MSRs.  (I have teased our R&D folks on occasion, that unlike the original Model T, we don't have wooden spokes on our wheels, or friction and leather shock absorbers...)

This past year has been spent primarily in cost reduction and manufacturability issues, as well as improving overall performance.  We have succeeded beyond our original expectations and goals.   All our software has been rewritten and improved for more graceful and lifelike movements, interactions, and behavior.  Even our CPU utilization is more efficient for longer battery life.

Those of you that have followed our journey the last few years understand that we have paid our dues.  We are not an academic spin-off, nor are we a project emerging from corporate skunk works.  We started with a small group of visionaries that defined the architecture you now see realized in the pictures and videos on this website.   (Some of our co-founders had been working on personal robots for ten to fifteen years, eight years ago!)  We spent our early years in spare bedrooms, garages, and on kitchen tables.   We made our first shrouds from plastic Rubbermaid trashcans with hours and hours of labor-intensive customization.  Family and friends have frequently given us their support both financially and emotionally.

I am exceedingly grateful to all the folks who have assisted us in the last few years.   Most are stockholders in GeckoSystems, and I sincerely hope their "sweat equity" appreciates far beyond the time they have invested.

Please feel free to send comments and questions to us about our extraordinarily advanced personal robot.  We have named our first CareBot™ MSR 3.4 prototype, "Kelly," who replaces the 3.0 prototype we call "Eve."  We are working very hard to revise our website to fairly portray our newest version, so please bookmark our home page.

So what does it do?   Our CareBots help you take better care of your family, whether you are adult children wanting to keep your parents out of a nursing home for a while longer, or working adults needing help to watch your sometimes "latchkey" children.

I hope this gives you some idea of what we mean by "mobile robot solutions for safety, security, and service.™"

Cordially yours,
Martin Spencer
Founder/President/CEO
GeckoSystems, Inc.