3D mesh. Robotics SAMI by Criif: PrimeSense sensors allow the humanoid robot to be fully autonomous in the house or specific environment. Healthcare Ava by iRobot: an autonomous mobile robotics platform Timeline 2005 PrimeSense is founded 2010 Microsoft names PrimeSense as Project Natal partner 2011 PrimeSense raises a round of private equity funding as part of its plan to expand its motion-control chips PrimeSense is selected by MIT Technology Review for World's Ten Most Important Technologies 2012 PrimeSense is selected as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer Announces the launch of its next generation embedded 3D sensor, Capri 1.25 Partners Occipital Covii DotProduct Matterport 3Gear Systems Ayotle Willow Garage Open Perception Shopperception SideKick MediaStanza ASUS, the only remaining source of sensors based on PrimeSense technology PrimeSense was a founding member of OpenNI, an industry-led, non-profit organization formed to certify and promote the compatibility and interoperability of Natural Interaction (NI) devices, applications and middleware. The original OpenNI project was shut down by Apple when they bought the open source software, but Occipital kept a forked version of OpenNI 2 active as an open source software for the SDK for their Structure Product. The company provided the 3D sensing technology for the first Kinect, previously known as Project Natal. Awards The company was selected by MIT Technology Review magazine as one of world's 50 most innovative companies for 2011. PrimeSense won Design Team of the Year in EE Times 2011 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) PrimeSense was honored as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer in 2013. References External links PrimeSense: Beyond Natal Kinect: The company behind the tech explains how it works MatterPort Spain Barcelona Electronics companies established in 2005 2005 establishments in Israel Electronics companies of Israel Fabless semiconductor companies Semiconductor companies of Israel Apple Inc. acquisitions 2013 mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions of Israeli companies