
Cognitive Operational Systems, Inc. (COSY) is a spinout from UPenn's GRASP Laboratory, leveraging university research for industry solutions in computer vision, perception, and artificial intelligence. Their core technology enables robots to navigate retail store floors, managing inventory, ensuring planogram and promotional compliance, and mapping stores. COSY's "beacon-free" technology provides indoor localization and turn-by-turn navigation in GPS-denied environments, with applications in augmented reality interfaces, navigation aids for the visually impaired, and mobile drones. Their SCOUT product offers accurate, comprehensive store surveys for inventory management, aiming to minimize stock-outs and increase planogram compliance.

Cognitive Operational Systems, Inc. (COSY) is a spinout from UPenn's GRASP Laboratory, leveraging university research for industry solutions in computer vision, perception, and artificial intelligence. Their core technology enables robots to navigate retail store floors, managing inventory, ensuring planogram and promotional compliance, and mapping stores. COSY's "beacon-free" technology provides indoor localization and turn-by-turn navigation in GPS-denied environments, with applications in augmented reality interfaces, navigation aids for the visually impaired, and mobile drones. Their SCOUT product offers accurate, comprehensive store surveys for inventory management, aiming to minimize stock-outs and increase planogram compliance.
Founded: 2012 (UPenn GRASP Lab spinout)
Headquarters: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Core product: Beacon-free indoor localization, navigation and store survey robots (SCOUT)
Tech focus: Computer vision, deep learning, mapping and perception for retail robotics
Total funding (reported): USD 3,180,000 (last recorded 2018-12-06)
Retail operations: inventory auditing, planogram compliance, store mapping; indoor navigation in GPS-denied environments; accessibility/navigation aids.
2012
Robotics; Artificial Intelligence; Computer Vision; Retail Technology
Most recent listed funding round per company financial records
“Backed by a mix of institutional investors, venture funds and grants including GreatPoint Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Alumni Ventures, National Science Foundation, Intel/Intel Capital and 500 Global”