Weirdness. Real life companies and newspapers throughout history that mirror Sonic the Hedgehog character names,
mostly Robotnik and his associates, notably Shadow and Maria.
Robotnik Automation S.L.L. is a Spanish company that specializes in
robot product development and
robotics R&D projects. Robotnik is based in Valencia (Paterna) in Spain.
History
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Robotnik was founded in 2002 in Valencia, Spain, by Roberto Guzmán and Rafael López as a company focused on industry and service robots. In 2004, Robotnik began a line of collaboration with universities, research centers and European companies through its participation in the
VI European Framework Program. The successful development of Robotrans (an autonomous indoor transport forklift) allowed Robotnik to be partners in the European projects MASMICRO and RESCUER where they developed some of the first mobile platforms of the company.
In 2005, Robotnik signed partnership agreements with international companies in the robotic sector such as
Barrett Technology<a href="
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Kinova, Shadow and Aldebaran Robotics.<a href="
Robotnik Automation - Wikipedia"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a>
With more than 20 years of experience, they are present in more than 50 countries, specially in the main international markets of
Korea,
Japan,
China,
Singapore, the
United States,
France,
Germany, and
Italy.
Robotnik has developed and manufactured service robots for:
- Logistics
- Inspection
- Nuclear industry
- Security and military
en.wikipedia.org
Robotnik (Polish pronunciation:
[rɔˈbɔtɲik];
The Worker) was the
bibuła (underground)
newspaper published by the
Polish Socialist Party (PPS), and distributed in most major cities and towns in
Poland during
the Partitions.
Robotnik was first published on 12 July 1894 in
Lipniszki near
Wilno in the amount of 1,200 copies,<a [</span>2<span>]</span></a> by the local branch of the then-illegal PPS,<a led by the future
Chief of State of the
Second Polish Republic,
Józef Piłsudski.<a Among its other
editors was
Stanisław Wojciechowski, future
president of Poland.<a throw the
ochrana secret police and regular
Russian police off track, the newspaper was first distributed in
Warsaw.Piłdsudski would become one of the chief editors and writers for the newspaper, and he often spent most of the day at the printing press.<a police managed to find the
printing press, leading to the arrest, sentencing, and imprisonment of Józef Piłsudski and several other members of PPS (including his wife,
Maria Piłsudska), although Piłsudski would soon escape by feigning
mental illness.<a
Could the police finding the printing press and storming it to arrest the people there be what INSPIRED Sega's
storyline of the government storming a facility and accidentally killing someone named "Maria" in this regard?