Technical.ly Philly highlights KMel merge with Qualcom in “Dancing drone maker KMel Robotics gets acquired by Qualcom”

February 11th, 2015

By Juliana Reyes | Posted 3 February 2015

KMel Robotics, an aerial robotics company founded by two Penn grads, has been acquired by San Diego-based Qualcomm Technologies, the company announced through it website.

KMel Robotics is proud to announce its acquisition by Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. on February 2, 2015.

We are extremely excited to become part of the Qualcomm team and look forward to bringing aerial robotics to the next level together.

You might know KMel from their dancing flying robots or their robots that performed “Carol of the Bells,” but the company is also slated to work with the U.S. military to build a tiny, speedy drone. The company works at Penn’s South Bank campus on Gray’s Ferry.

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