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24-year-old mechatronics engineer Grace Brown has been building robots since she was just 15. But her hobby became a business in 2022 when she launched Andromeda Robotics with a view to deploying the first empathetic robotic throughout nursing homes in Australia: Abi.

Andromeda Robotics has successfully closed a $3 million seed round to help scale the rollout of its humanoid companion robot, Abi, across Australia.

An artificial intelligence-powered robot called ABI - has been developed by Grace to work in aged care homes across Australia.

Aged care, retirement living and community services provider Benetas is trialling the use of a companion robot at one of its sites in Melbourne.

Inside Ageing first wrote about Andromeda late last year, and in particular, a trial they were doing at Bolton Clarke’s Allity, to integrate prototype humanoid companion robots designed to interact with residents.

Australian-based robotics and AI startup Andromeda Robotics today announced it is undertaking initial trials with aged care provider Allity (part of the Bolton Clarke Group).

Aged care provider Allity is trialling a prototype companion robot at one of its facilities in Melbourne.

Gen Z mechatronics engineer and entrepreneur Grace Brown has closed a $3 million seed round led by Purpose Ventures for her robotics and AI startup, Andromeda.