Robotron Group

Infobox Company
company_name = Robotron Pty.Ltd.
company_
company_type = Private
genre = Technology
foundation = 1983
founder = Milan Hudecek
location_city = Melbourne
location_country = Australia
area_served = Worldwide
industry = Electronics
products = Specialty Consumer and Professional Equipment
company_slogan = The Future of Radio
homepage = [http://www.robogroup.com www.robogroup.com]

Robotron Pty. Ltd. is an Australian research & development and manufacturing company of various specialty high-technology equipment. The company was founded by 1983 by a Czech-born engineer Milan Hudecek. Its products include assistive technology equipment for the blind, such as [http://www.sensorytools.com/readsmart reading machines] , [http://www.sensorytools.com navigational and word-processing tools] , etc.

Hudecek's inspirational meetings with executives of various blind support and consumer organizations, discussing development of the Robotron equipment, for example the [http://www.sensorytools.com/eureka.htm Eureka A4 computer] , are described in various sources, for example [http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm88/brlm8804.htm The Braille Monitor] . The company also pioneered the development of speech synthesis products for non-European languages, for example [http://www.fepblind.ksc.net.th/frame/tech.htm Thai language 'Aria' computer] .

In 1989, the company won the [http://www.exportawards.com.au Australian Export Award] .

In 1990, the company was awarded the annual Canadian [http://www.cnib.ca/eng/awards-scholarships/wga/wga_winners.htm Winston Gordon Award for Technological Advancement in the Field of Blindness and Visual Impairment] .

In 1991 the company founded a subsidiary called Rosetta Laboratories Pty.Ltd. (later renamed to Radixon Group Pty.Ltd.) to concentrate on development and marketing of specialty PC peripherals. One of its first products was the WiNRADiO PC card which provided the initial impetus for the development of the entire WiNRADiO range of PC-based radio receivers and accessories.

External links

* [http://www.robogroup.com Robotron Group home page]
* [http://www.sensorytools.com Sensory Tools Division (assistive technology products)]
* [http://www.sensorytools.com/readsmart Reading Machines for the Blind]
* [http://www.braillemaster.com BrailleMaster software website]
* [http://www.winradio.com WiNRADiO website]