Android Business Plan

Posted in April 10th, 2006

Despite the plans shortcomings, it is not my role to tear it apart, or to make light of some of its parts. It is a man’s dream, and like many, it should be encouraged, rather than shredded, especially since I am not an investor. Otoh, posting ones business plan on the net for all to see is not exactly prudent either.

However, since he did post it, I’m going to highlight a few of the interesting components of it.

From the competitive analysis.

According to the Japan Robot Association, health care robots will reach sales of $250 million per year by 2005 and $1 billion per year by 2010. Japan sold $5.7 billion worth of industrial robots in 2000 of which $3 billion were exported. Japan has over 4500 registered robot engineers. Since Japan accounts for about 50% of all robot sales, we can assume the world market for industrial robots was over $10 billion in 2000.

COMPETITOR PRODUCT PRICE USE Honda Motor Co. Asimo $166,000 (lease) Promotions TMSUK TMSUK - 4 $45,000 limited assistance Fujitsu Corp. HOAP-1 $41,000 toy or research Sony SDR-4X $40,000?? entertainment NEC Papero not for sale entertainment Kitano Sym Sys Pino $48,000 research

I also found this to be interesting when it came to manufacturing. A lofty goal for sure, but who knows.

Androids will actually assemble themselves. They will be positioned along an assembly line and each one will perform a limited number of tasks which will eventually result in the creation of other androids.

This website is quite interesting, especially the Valerie project. I thought the animatronic face demoed as an animated gif, while a little creepy was sort of cool too. Despite the issues with his business plan, it would be pretty amazing if he is able to pull this off. Just think, you could set up an andriod to solder, weld, or even just clean your house. Talk about a time saver.