White Box Robotics was founded in 2000 by Thomas Burick. In 2005, White Box was acquired by Frontline Robotics of Ottawa, Canada and in working together the company designed, developed, manufactured and launched the 914 PC-BOT the first of the 9-series robot

Robot

A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...

s, a general service robot designed for digital life in the home, at work and at play. Released to early market in December, 2006 and shown as part of the Digital Life Show in New York the 914 PC-BOT won "Best of Show: Future Technology" award.