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MicroBot Push

The wireless robotic finger that makes dumb products smart

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Terence T. Park
@thtpark · CEO, Naran Inc.
Thank you all for the kind words! I really appreciate it.

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Adam Kirk
@atomkirk
I would rename it. My brain read "Microbot" as "Microsoft" the first 10 times I skimmed the word. Anyone else? Very cool idea though.
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Terence T. Park
@thtpark · CEO, Naran Inc.
I'd like to introduce my project, Microbot Push, a wireless robotic finger that makes "dumb" devices smart. It's basically a button pusher, but it could be quite useful for many things. With Microbot Push, I wanted to create a universal building block that could smarten up dumb appliances without throwing them away. Devices are getting smarter with Internet… See more
Scott Ruona
@scottruona · Marketing Analyst
This is awesome. I've been looking for ways to make my dumb apartment smarter. Who needs a Nest or Philips Hue when I can just have this push the buttons for me?
Srdjan Kovacevic
@srlle · CEO at Capital Fund
Hi @thtpark, this is a very cool product. A few questions: (1) There seems to be a lot of moving parts in Microbot Push. What materials have you used for the mechanical part? (2) I assume all of these tiny parts will be made by injection molding, am I right? (3) What technologies have you used for prototyping? I am assuming 3D printing (SLS?), but did … See more
Jacob Leander-Olsson
@jacoblo · Entrepreneur & digital consultant
Like it and lots of potential. I have two real user cases in my home but problem is that it needs 4 or 5 switches to handle those two devices. Will follow it closely and hope it goes well! Two questions: a) How big is the actual hit area of the button? I.e how small of a button can it hit? b) Is it possible to program it for a sequence such as pressing swit… See more