KUGAR INC
Instablox, a modular robotic manufacturing platform with interchangeable blocks for automated aircraft painting and industrial automation
- Sector
- Robotics
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Founded
- 2013
- Latest Form D
- $10K, Feb 2019
- Total capital
- $260K
- Federal grants
- $50K
- 1 award · 2021
- Rank in peer group#8 of 138
- Private capital raised
- $210K
- 2 Form D · last Feb 2019
- 92 months since last filing
- Federal contracts
- None on recordNo federal contract awards found.
- Granted patents
- 0
- 13 pending
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal grantDefense · Phase I · Instablox: Intelligent, Modular, and Interchangeable Robotic Manufacturing Equipment to Paint Large Aircraft with Precision and Accuracy$50K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 2nd filing$10K
- Private capital raisedForm D · SEC · 1st filing$200K
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Standing among 138 peers
Line = medianRobotics · System
- Federal grants#8 · top 6%
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Founders and team
Researcher links verified by same-company patents and grants- Gary KurekResearcherExecutive Officer, DirectorLinked by $50K in grants as PI
What it has protected
USPTO · 0 granted of 13- PendingSystem And Method For Machine Workpiece AlignmentUSPTOApplication 17069653
- PendingModular System For Constructing RobotsUSPTOApplication 17085647
- PendingSystem And Method For Machine Workpiece AlignmentUSPTOApplication 15947349
Show all 13 patent records
- System And Method For Machine Workpiece AlignmentMay 6, 2021 · Application 17069653Pending
- Modular System For Constructing RobotsApr 22, 2021 · Application 17085647Pending
- System And Method For Machine Workpiece AlignmentOct 11, 2018 · Application 15947349Pending
- System And Method For A Configurable Industrial MachineJul 19, 2018 · Application 15874888Pending
- Modular System For Constructing RobotsApr 26, 2018 · Application 15842518Pending
- System For Alternative Gearing SolutionsOct 12, 2017 · Application 15480818Pending
- System And Method For Machine Workpiece AlignmentApplication PCTUS2018026460Pending
- System For Alternative Gearing SolutionsApplication PCTUS2017026329Pending
- System And Method For Machine Worktable AlignmentApplication 62482411Pending
- System And Method For A Configurably Constructed Machining BedApplication 62448290Pending
- Planetary Fricitonal Gear SystemApplication 62319222Pending
- System And Method For A Configurable Industrial MachineApplication PCTUS2018014296Pending
- Modular System For Constructing RobotsApplication 14815687Pending
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- URBINEER INC.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
- Moxi Inc.Similar federal contract value in Robotics · null in contracts
Sources
Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.
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Data freshness
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