NASA Awards Circle Optics a Phase I Contract to Enhance Detect and Avoid Optical Sensing for Urban Air Mobility
NASA Awards Circle Optics a Phase I Contract to Enhance Detect and Avoid Optical Sensing for Urban Air Mobility
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Circle Optics physics first solution uses polygonal lenses that align along their edges without parallax distortion. Like our own technology, we love stories about innovation. One such story is by artist Mark Matthews who created a new method for designing glass objects – precision air entrapment.
INNOVATION PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE – SKYDOME AT GRIFFISS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Recently we were part of the Hanger Bay Skydome ribbon cutting. Skydome is a building that was once a hangar for B-52 Bombers, is now the largest FAA designated indoor drone testing site in the country. It was amazing to be sitting inside of a WWII hangar thinking about the past, present and future.
Reflections from COO Ian Gauger – Collision conference 2022
The Collision Conference brings together leading technology companies and top media including 35,562 attendees, 1557 startups and 793 investors. It is a place we want our technology represented. This year our COO Ian Gauger and Senior Optical Engineer John Bowron...
Circle Optics Features NASA Inventor & Visionary Ricardo Arteaga
Given our commitment to the power of “what if?” and the dedication to imagine what has not yet been built, we were able to collaborate with Ricardo Arteaga, Flight Systems Engineer at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center. We appreciate that he took time to speak...
Circle Robotics Feature: Beyond the Line of Sight -Airial Robotics with Jörg Schamuhn and Birgit Schamuhn
Airial Robotics is a European company that is also part of the Genius New York Program. They have patented technology which extends the limits of commercial drone applications. Airial Robotics is most known for their hybrid drive system technology, Gyrotrak, which combines the best of Gyrocopter and Helicopter.
Employee Spotlight: Cody Hatch
We at Circle Optics are an eclectic group of interesting people who are deeply curious and want to make a difference through immersive experience. Meet Cody Hatch our Mechanical Engineer and graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology
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[Rochester Beacon] Helping the world see in 360 degrees
With $2.5 million in contracts, Circle Optics is looking to offer different ways to view the world. The company, a member of Luminate NY’s second cohort, is known for creating Hydra, a stitchless 360-degree camera... Read Story
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Circle Optics Awarded $1,750,000 To Revolutionize Situational Awareness Through Enhanced Imaging
Circle Optics Awarded $1,750,000 To Revolutionize Situational Awareness Through Enhanced Imaging Panoramic Imaging Increases Capability with UAV & Drone Technology Rochester, New York, March 11—Circle Optics, innovators with patented technology...
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[WAER] Innovators Enter Final Month of GENIUS 5.0 To Win Big Money Prize In Syracuse Drone Tech Tournament
A $1 million prize is on the line in a Syracuse-based tech innovation competition. Read Story
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[local SYR] GENIUS NY putting Syracuse on the map in drones and robotics
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV)- The top five business finalists have been chosen for GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden. All of the finalists were determined to have the potential to help boost the local economy. Read Story
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[RIT] Venture Creations company Circle Optics named a finalist in Genius NY competition
Circle Optics, a company in RIT’s Venture Creations technology business incubator, was named a finalist in the Genius NY accelerator program. Circle Optics was one among 600 applicants that rose to the top five for the program, which will come with an investment of...
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[NYS Development] Empire State Development Announces Genius NY Round Five Finalists
Empire State Development (ESD) today announced the five teams selected to take part in round five of the innovative GENIUS NY business accelerator program. Supported by the CNY Rising Upstate Revitalization Initiative and administered by CenterState CEO at the Tech...
GENIUS NY Announces Round Five Finalists
Syracuse – GENIUS NY, a business accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, today announced the five finalists companies selected for its fifth round. These startup unmanned systems and robotics companies will participate in the year-long program and will...
Circle Optics Named GENIUS NY Round Five Finalist
ROCHESTER, N.Y., - Circle Optics beat out more than 600 applicants to be selected as one of five finalists from around the world to receive a total of $3 Million in investments and participate the GENIUS NY accelerator in CNY. GENIUS NY is a business accelerator...
[CNYBJ] GENIUS NY PROGRAM ANNOUNCES 13 SEMIFINALISTS IN THIS YEAR’S COMPETITION
Genius NY, a business-accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, on Tuesday announced 13 teams as semifinalists in the competition’s fifth round. Selected from 600 applications from more than 50 countries, Circle Optics is honored to announce that we are...
GENIUS NY Announces 13 Semi-Finalists
Genius NY, a business-accelerator program at CenterState CEO’s Tech Garden, on Tuesday announced 13 teams as semifinalists in the competition’s fifth round. Selected from 600 applications from more than 50 countries, Circle Optics is honored to announce that we are...
Circle Optics Receives Small Business Innovation Research Awards from the United States Air Force
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK – Circle Optics, Inc. announces that it has been awarded two Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts and one Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the United States Air Force through the AFWERX innovation...
Governor Cuomo Announces Another 120 New Jobs to Be Created as Result of Luminate NY Competition
In response to the region's comprehensive strategy to revitalize communities and grow the Economy, Circle Optics is committed to creating approximately 60 jobs in upstate NY. Circle Optics CEO Zak Niazi said, "Since moving our company to Rochester in 2019, we have...
Luminate NY to create 120 Jobs in downtown Rochester
SunDensity and Circle Optics, two participants in the state-funded Luminate NY Competition have committed to creating nearly 120 jobs in the city of Rochester's Downtown Innovation Zone Read Story
Circle Optics to partner with Sydor Technologies to create disruptive technologies for immersive imaging
ROCHESTER, N.Y., [MARCH 29, 2021] ‒ Circle Optics is a pioneer in the creation of wide field-of-view, parallax-free camera systems which use a patented method of aligning polygonal lens systems with polygonal fields-of-view to produce 360° panoramas at the speed of...