Genics Co., Ltd., a analysis and improvement startup based in 2018 primarily based on robotics know-how cultivated within the Hiroyuki Ishii and Atsuo Takanishi Laboratory* at Waseda University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Department of Modern Mechanical Engineering*, has launched a crowdfunding marketing campaign for the overall sale of its modern robotic toothbrush, “g.eN.” Having achieved its preliminary aim, the corporate is now in search of additional help to proceed its efforts towards mass manufacturing.
g.eN is a brand new oral care product that completes brushing in as little as one minute just by putting it in your mouth. Based on over a decade of analysis and improvement, it goals to create a society the place everybody—together with younger kids who discover toothbrushes troublesome to make use of, seniors, these with bodily limitations, and busy professionals—can simply obtain high-quality oral care.
The mission was led by Genics Co., Ltd. CEO Gen Sakaeda, who on the time was a graduate scholar at Waseda University engaged in robotics analysis. Ten years after analysis started, the mission achieved miniaturization by deepening analysis and accumulating outcomes, together with being chosen for the Program for Creating STart ups from Advanced Research and Technology by JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency). It is now lastly being delivered to society by normal gross sales.
This problem embodies Waseda University’s philosophy of “Practical Application of Scholarship,” which implies returning analysis outcomes to society and placing them to make use of for the advantage of society. The Waseda University Center for Entrepreneurship* will proceed to offer ongoing help to Genics towards attaining mass manufacturing, whereas additionally specializing in nurturing startups that observe in Genics’ footsteps.
We stay dedicated to enriching individuals’s lives by steadily delivering the data and applied sciences developed by our college’s analysis actions to society. We look ahead to your continued help.
For crowdfunding particulars, click on beneath*. We sincerely recognize your help.
https://kibidango.com/projects/2875
*Websites in Japanese solely
Genics Co., Ltd., Gen Sakaeda, Representative Director and CEO Comment
I launched a mission throughout my first yr of graduate college with the aim of not simply finishing my analysis as a thesis but additionally attaining sensible software and societal implementation. My basic motivation stems from a need to present again to society by my analysis and resolve issues confronted by many individuals. I concluded that the doctoral program surroundings was finest suited for critically pursuing sensible software whereas persevering with my analysis. Concurrently with deciding to advance my research, I established an organization to swiftly ship analysis outcomes to society. Balancing analysis and social implementation has not been simple, involving repeated prototyping and failures. From this course of emerged “g.eN,” a robotic toothbrush that completes brushing in as little as one minute just by biting down. Building on over a decade of analysis at Waseda University, we’ve advanced it right into a product that makes high-quality oral care accessible and easy for everybody. While g.eN continues to be evolving, we purpose for it to problem the world as a Japanese innovation and change into a pillar supporting the well being of extra individuals. We hope this problem resonates and that the circle of supporters becoming a member of us to construct the long run continues to develop.
Overview of Genics Co., Ltd.
- Company Name: Genics Co., Ltd. (Waseda University Center for Entrepreneurship Member Company)
- Address: Room 12, Waseda University Center for Entrepreneurship, 1-22-3 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
- Representative Director & CEO: Gen Sakaeda
- (Completed coursework for the doctoral program at Waseda University’s Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering. Specialized in Robotics. Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology “Entrepreneurship Promotion Ambassador”)
- Established: April 2018
- Business Activities: Development and gross sales of merchandise using robotics know-how
- Website: https://genics.jp/ (Japanese solely)
- YouTube video that includes CEO Sakaeda: https://youtu.be/-bhtAv08JdA?si=JLzVfJTtYC-ybdpV
- Interview that includes CEO Sakaeda: https://www.waseda.jp/inst/weekly/news/2019/06/11/63912/