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BionicM Inc.

  • CEO:
    Xiaojun Sun

URL:https://www.bionicm.com/en/

COMPANY PROFILE

Powering Mobility for All.

BionicM combines robotics, ergonomics, and bionics to advance mobility for all.

COMPANY STORY

Origin

Founder Sun Xiaojun, himself a prosthetic leg user, started BionicM in December 2018 based on his engineering experience at Sony and doctoral research at Masayuki Inaba's Lab at Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, which is renowned for its robotics research. For three years prior to the incorporation, Sun and UTEC conducted R&D through the START Program by JST (the Japan Science and Technology Agency).

Strength

Based on his advanced research in humanoid robotics at The University of Tokyo, BionicM’s founder Sun, Ph.D. in Information Science and Technology, created a highly efficient powered bionic prosthetic. The product has been FDA registered in the United States, the biggest market for prosthesis.

UTEC’s value add

As a lead investor since the seed stage, UTEC supports BionicM in its team building, business development, fundraising and governance.
  • Robotic Prosthesis

  • Safety Features

  • Founder at SXSW award