We added a new pod of desks, and we made them in the Maker Labs. Over the past few months, we’ve added a lot of new members, so we needed create some more space.
We Needed More Desks
USD 265 Students Tour Knowmadics and Groover Labs
Knowmadics, a Va.-based cyber security firm, hosted USD 265's Eisenhower HS students for a full day of cyber security training at their CyberLab on the second floor of Groover Labs.
Greenfield Robotics in Wall Street Journal
Longtime Maker Labs member Greenfield Robotics, which received funding from Chipotle’s venture fund, was recently mentioned in the Wall Street Journal in the Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup.
Groover Labs and Lead for America
Earlier this summer, we worked with Lead For America (LFA), the nation’s premier service program, to create nearly 100 commemorative awards to honor their Hometown Fellows and American Connection Corps (ACC) Fellows for their service to their hometown.
Groover Labs To Sponsor Dragon Derby
We are excited to announce that Groover Labs is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Dragon Derby on Saturday, September 2, from 7-9 p.m., in the Lazy River at the Richard A. DeVore South YMCA Water Park in Wichita, Kansas.
Groover Labs Receives $1.15M BASE 2.0 Grant Funding
We are thrilled to receive funding from the Building a Stronger Economy (BASE) 2.0 economic development grant for our CyberLink Infrastructure Expansion Project. BASE funds are intended to address infrastructure and economic development needs, and our grant award will allow us to continue critical projects we had to cancel or delay because of the Covid-19 global pandemic.
Greenfield Incorporated And MKC Expand Existing Partnership
Maker Labs member Greenfield Incorporated recently announced it has expanded its relationship with Mid Kansas Cooperative (MKC), a full-service farm cooperative, to coordinate logistics for its consumer packaged goods (CPG) partners. MKC will manage the intake, storage, and cleaning of crops — such as corn, soybeans, and sorghum — harvested by GreenField’s robots.
Members in the News: Greenfield Incorporated
Greenfield Incorporated completed a round of funding to expand its F2F© | FLEET-TO-FARM throughout the growing season, bringing Robots-as-a-Service to broad-acre farmers and delivering regenerative agriculture ingredients at scale.
Members in the News: Greenfield Robotics
Check out the latest news story about our Maker Labs Studio member Greenfield Robotics, whose fleet of farmbots removes weeds from crop rows in an effort to eliminate chemicals from farming. Groover Labs cofounder and Executive Director Curt Gridley has been working with Greenfield Robotics to design the electronics for the next-generation robot. Gridley, who has a deep background in hardware engineering and tech startups, began working with Greenfield last year.
New American Renaissance Manufacturing Tour 2022 with Andrew Crowe
A few weeks ago, our partners at WSU Tech and the Greater Wichita Partnership came to us to discuss a last minute opportunity: Andrew Crowe, a manufacturing influencer, was coming to town to talk to students at USD259 about advanced manufacturing careers. They wanted to know if we’d be willing to host a few events.