Medibotics LLC is an innovative technology company with a growing intellectual property portfolio and array of products under development that are based largely on Medibotics' core competency of incorporating air-filled or liquid-filled conduits into clothing and wearable devices.  Medibotics is located in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, which is the home of LifeScience Alley and one of the largest and most dynamic medical technology communities in the world. 

Medibotics' current areas for conduit-based technology and related products under development include: ambulatory human motion recognition and motion capture (including Motion Recognition ClothingTM), wearable technology for energy generation from human motion (including Electricity Generating Clothing), flexible human-to-computer interface devices (including BlobMouseTM), and sound-masking devices and systems for enhancing sleep (including HushBandTM).

Potential fields of application for these technologies and products include: medical diagnosis and treatment; sports training and virtual exercise; energy expenditure measurement, balance, and weight control; avatar animation and computer gaming; telerobotics; powering portable electronic devices under adverse and prolonged conditions; human-to-computer interfaces for use in environments without clean flat surfaces; flexible human-to-computer interfaces for people with restricted hand functionality and/or anatomy; human-to-computer interfaces for 3D applications involving pressure-variable manipulation; and sound masking and sound cancellation for creating localized sound environments to enhance sleep.

The Engineering Team of Medibotics is currently working on the development and testing of a large-scale, multi-joint prototype for Motion Recognition Clothing™.   This Engineering Team includes Matt Hericks, John Smida, Alex Stein, Daniel Valencia, and Eric Wong.  John Smida has expertise in CAD programs, operating systems, MatLab, ANSYS, and LabView.  Alex Stein has expertise in ANSYS, C++, Pro Engineering, metal manufacturing, and electrical components.  Daniel Valencia has expertise in ANSYS, MatLab, ProEngineer, LabView, and AutoCAD.  Eric Wong has expertise in LabView, C++, AutoCAD, MatLab, and ProEngineer.

The Managing Director of Medibotics LLC is Robert A. Connor, Ph.D.  Dr. Connor, a graduate of Princeton, Duke, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, is a serial entrepreneur and inventor.  Professor Connor has conducted research and taught courses in the health sector for over twenty years, including courses on product development (including prototyping) and medical technology (including assessing unmet clinical need and market potential).  Dr. Connor serves on the Board of Advisors for Kinevision, whose mission is to analyze the products and training methods of the world's most elite athletes, and has served on the Health Care Technology Decision Sciences Study Section of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and has been the Principal Investigator on competitive federally-funded research projects.