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ForwardX Robotics is a Beijing-headquartered Robotics company, and has marketing efforts based in San Jose, California.[1][2][3] It is best known as an autonomous luggage maker, [4] was founded by Nicolas Chee in 2016. [5] ForwardX Robotics has raised $10 million in a new round of funding. [6] Besides its best known self-driving product - Ovis (originally known as CX-1), ForwardX also has embedded its ‘self-driving’ technology into a factory flatbed truck that is being used in some of the warehouses. [7][8] It is aiming to explore the creation of mobility machines for last-mile deliveries. [5]

History: Founded by former Oracle executive Nicholas Chee in late 2016 in Beijing, China.[5][9] Raised $1 million from angel investors, and $10 million from Series A round co-led by CDH Venture and Eastern Bell Venture Capital. Both rounds bring the company’s total venture funding to $11 million USD. [1][10][11] The company debuted its first product - auto-follow robotic suitcase, CX-1 (now named as ‘Ovis’) - at the CES Unveiled preview show in 2018. [8][12] At CES, the suitcase could only follow a person from behind. Since then, the company has improved functionality so the suitcase can follow its owner side-by-side, the company markets the function as ‘side-follow’, when it was launched four months later on Indiegogo. [13][14] Ovis may be a first step for ForwardX Robotics toward a broader portfolio of autonomous vehicles, [1] but won’t be the only tech the company will be unpacking. [3] The startup already provides a self-driving factory flatbed truck currently in use at some warehouses in China. [7] The company is exploring the creation of mobility machines for last-mile deliveries, case in point, the kind Marble uses for restaurant deliveries and Starship Technologies uses on corporate and university campuses. [6]

Founder: Nicholas Chee was a former Oracle executive. [5] He studied electrical engineering at Beijing's University of Science and Technology and won China's prestigious Robocon competition in 2003. [7]

Products: Ovis Ovis is a smart suitcase with features like side-following,removable battery bank( lithium-ion batteries), 2 USB charging ports and TSA-approved lock.[7]  It raised over 1.4 million dollars on Indiegogo.

References:

1, Jason D. Rowley (May 29, 2018). “ForwardX Raises $10M Series A For Its Self-Driving Suitcase”. CrunchbBase.

https://news.crunchbase.com/news/forwardx-raises-10m-series-a-for-its-self-driving-suitcase/

2, Brandon Frederich (MAY 30, 2018). “THE WORLD'S FIRST 'VISION-POWERED' SMART SUITCASE WILL FOLLOW YOU ANYWHERE”. Maxim.

https://www.maxim.com/gear/forwardx-ovis-2018-5

3, PYMNTS (June 4, 2018). “ForwardX Nabs $10M In Financing Round Amid Smart Luggage Push”. PYMNTS.

https://www.pymnts.com/innovation/2018/forwardx-smart-luggage-financing/

4, TechStartups Team (May 30, 2018). “Top tech startup news stories you need to know this Wednesday, May 30”. Tech Startups.

https://techstartups.com/2018/05/30/top-tech-startup-news-stories-need-know-wednesday-may-30/

5, Ka Kay Lum (May 30, 2018) “China Digest: CDH invests in AI startup ForwardX; Foxconn backs IoT startup Youdian’s $22m round”. DealStreetAsia.

https://www.dealstreetasia.com/stories/cdh-forwardx-foxonn-youdian-98813/

6, Khari Johnson (May 29, 2018). “ForwardX raises $10 million for AI-powered luggage that follows you”. VentureBeat.

https://venturebeat.com/2018/05/29/forwardx-raises-10-million-for-ai-powered-luggage-that-follows-you/

7, Ben Sin (May 29, 2018) “This Beijing Startup Designed An Autonomous Robot Suitcase With Facial Recognition”. Forbes.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2018/05/29/hands-on-with-the-autonomous-suitcase-that-can-recognize-faces-and-avoid-strangers/#7a2062cd5426

8, Henry T. Casey (May 30, 2018). “The Ovis Smart Luggage Followed Me Around So Well I Might Buy It”. Tom’s Guide.

https://www.tomsguide.com/us/ovis-smart-suitcase-hands-off-testing,news-27285.html

9, Sean O’Neil (Jun 01, 2018). “ForwardX Raises $10 Million for Self-Pushing Luggage: Travel Startup Funding This Week”. Skift.

https://skift.com/2018/06/01/forwardx-raises-10-million-for-self-pushing-luggage-travel-startup-funding-this-week/

10, The RIQ News Desk (May 30, 2018). “ForwardX Secures $ 10 Mn Funds to be Used for Launching Ovis, An AI Self-Driving Suitcase”. ReadItQuick.

https://www.readitquik.com/news/ai/forwardx-secures-10-mn-funds-to-be-used-for-launching-ovis-an-ai-selfdriving-suitcase/

11, PitchBook Platform (May 30, 2018). “Luggage maker raises fresh funding”. PitchBook Platform.

https://pitchbook.com/newsletter/luggage-maker-raises-fresh-funding

12, Tim Collins for Mailonline and Press Association (January 08, 2018). “Robotic self-driving suitcase uses facial recognition and sensors to automatically follow you, making hauling luggage a thing of the past”. DailyMail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5246827/Suitcase-uses-facial-recognition-technology-follow-you.html?from=singlemessage&isappinstalled=0

13, Brandon Widder (May 29, 2018). “The ForwardX Ovis is the first smart suitcase custom-built to follow you”. KSWO.

http://www.kswo.com/story/38297924/the-forwardx-ovis-is-the-first-smart-suitcase-custom-built-to-follow-you

14, Paul Brady (May 30). “This $800 Robot Suitcase Will Follow You Around the Airport”. Condé Nast Traveler.

https://www.cntraveler.com/story/ovis-robot-suitcase-will-follow-you-around-the-airport

参考品牌： https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Away_(luggage)#cite_note-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Leap