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2022 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Starting Up a Surgical Robotics Company: The Case of Kirubotics
Authors : Arantxa Renteria-Bilbao, Fernando Mateo, Leire Martínez
Published in: Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
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Abstract
This paper presents the steps followed by the Spanish start-up company Kirubotics, whose aim is to develop and market an innovative concept of surgical robot. It covers the phases of design, development of a functional protype, tests in laboratory, market research, analysis of regulatory requirements and contacts and agreements with future potential providers of components. In parallel, different types of funding sources have been achieved, while others are still being looked for. The process is still open. Preliminary results show that, as important as an innovative idea and a good technical team, it is to have enough economic backup at the right moment of the overall process.