Our History
Each project has been born from a sense and a need, we invite you to know how this has led us to be the successful company we are today.
Our History
We are a company that was born from the ideas of a dreamer more than 20 years ago, our founder Carlos Andres Escalante is a design engineer from a family of recognized doctors, who throughout his professional life in Europe always visualized the creation of a company capable of creating everything, it was as well as in 2016, He decides to embark on a journey that continues today.
In search of boosting the economic growth of his country and in a commitment to local products, he returns to his homeland Colombia where he decides to create his technology company focused on biomedical devices and prosthetics, this is where Human Bionics was born.
In its beginnings, Human Bionics had only one work table in a shared Coworking space and while the company began to constitute difficulties were close, the grandfather of our founder began to suffer from the affectations of Parkinson’s, but this far from discouraging him encouraged him to look for solutions that would improve the quality of life of his relative, from technology and in contact with specialists developed the first product of Human Bionics, Anda, an application that through auditory stimuli, boosts the production of dopamine in the brain reducing Parkinson’s affectations and improving the quality of life of people who suffer from it.
Seeing the extraordinary results of its creation, I patent the idea and participate in the Heroes Fest 2016, where in search of publicizing the benefits and impacting the lives of many people, he received recognition occupying the first place as well as seed capital, which allowed him to acquire the first facilities for the company, this also opened the doors for the Lab4 + event held in Santiago de Chile and where he also received recognition as the third most innovative company in Latin America, which is why it receives an invitation to CEATECH, an event held in Japan to connect technology companies.
The experience in Japan completely influences the direction of the company, not only because it allowed us to establish relationships with other Japanese companies that in the future became customers and allies of the company, but also, because there our founder observed the variety of prostheses on the market and also the scarcity of digital products such as Anda, that provide solutions from the technology of the Internet of Things (IoT), it is then that the company changes its focus and decides to specialize in IoT products.
From this moment the company begins to grow, developing a variety of digital platforms for agribusiness and commerce of other companies that began to involve their businesses from the digital world, such as Maxganado an application for livestock management or Coffi Club an application for the fair commercialization of coffee.
Subsequently, the pandemic hits the world economy, but this again motivates our founder and the team of dreamers who were joining the company, such as engineers, designers, and developers, who manufactured controlled disinfection and sterilization robots through mobile applications.
It is then that the development of products for other companies, as well as Human Bionics projects, have allowed him to continue growing his team, his facilities, and even his scope, when in 2022, he was invited by the government of Japan to establish a headquarters in the facilities of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, under the goal of connecting with more Japanese companies.
Today the Human Bionics team is very happy to continue growing, helping, and impacting people’s lives, through the timeless tool of technology, so in the future, you will find more paragraphs in this article.
Wait until you hear more about us because this story continues…
A W A R D S
1st Place at National Level “El gran desafío de la inversión”
Heroes fest 2016
3rd Most Innovative Company in Latin America
LAB4+
Semifinalist in “An idea to change history” App category
Open Innovation summit 2018
Technology Presentation at CEATEC Exhibition
Tokyo 2019
Winners of the Entrepreneurship Accelerator Program
OIST Innovation Square 2022
Presentation at Global Innovation Forum
Osaka 2023
Human Bionics
in the news
The identity of a Colombian startup developing medical equipment in Okinawa
New switch. 27/11/2022
A Colombian startup is sweating development in Okinawa. The team’s name is anda, which means “to advance” in Spanish. Our goal is to commercialize a gait improvement device for patients with Parkinson’s disease using augmented reality (AR).
Startups connect mind and body to impact disease treatment
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University. 07/09/2022
Read our news story about 2 entrepreneurial teams that recently arrived in Okinawa to join the latest Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program batch.
HUMAN BIONICS（Columbia） We believe in a World without limitations
GIF Osaka. 01/07/2021
Human Bionics SAS has been developed an APP called ANDA connected to a pair of glasses that reproduce rhythms, sounds and orders specialized for Parkinson patients. These sounds can help them to unfreeze the gait that produces the Parkinson disease.
Small Businesses and Open Innovation -What Are The Keys To Success?-
JETRO Global Eye. 24/06/2021
Open Innovation is a term to describe how companies combine their ideas and technologies with that of other companies to create new business opportunities. Open Innovation is becoming more common among small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan.
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MARUICHI AERIAL ENGINEER of Special Logging Technology Collaborates with a Colombian Startup.
JETRO. 26/11/2020
Maruichi Co., Ltd. , a startup from Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture, which operates a special tree logging business, and MARUICHI AERIAL ENGINEER Co., Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Maruichi, have been developing products in partnership with a Colombian startup. We asked Yoriko Sakai, CEO at maec, about the events leading up to a collaboration and the development of future business.
Human Bionics has established a successful alliance with the Japanese company MAEC
Embassy of Colombia in Japan. 26/11/2020
The Colombian robotics and technology company Human Bionics has established a successful alliance with the Japanese company MAEC to develop joint products. Today we reiterate our support in a meeting with the CEO of MAEC, Ms. SAKAI Yoriko.
コロンビアのロボット工学及びテクノロジー企業 Human Bionics は日本企業 MAECと製品共同開発のために提携を結びました。本日、
MARUICHI AERIAL ENGINEER Co., Ltd and Human Bionics entered into a Partnership Agreement
PR Times. 17/11/2020
We are pleased to announce that MARUICHI AERIAL ENGINEER Co., Ltd (‘maec’) and Human Bionics SAS located in Colombia, South America entered into a Partnership Agreement.
MARUICHI AERIAL ENGINEER Co., Ltd and Human Bionics entered into a Partnership Agreement
CNET Japan. 17/11/2020
We are pleased to announce that MARUICHI AERIAL ENGINEER Co., Ltd (‘maec’) and Human Bionics SAS located in Colombia, South America entered into a Partnership Agreement.
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Nico disinfection robot
El Café de la mañana Tro. 05/11/2020
Nico disinfection robot is an excellent recommendation that we show in our Café.
Nico, the Santander robot that disinfects any environment in times of COVID-19
Vanguardia. 01/10/2020
Nico is an ultraviolet robot, type C of short wave, created in times of pandemic for the disinfection of spaces in large and medium-sized surfaces such as hospitals, supermarkets or restaurants.
Colombian robot for times of pandemic
El Tiempo. 22/09/2020
A team of engineers created a 100% Colombian robot to clean large spaces of bacteria.
When restaurants, shopping centers, colleges and universities begin to open throughout the country, Nico, the Colombian robot, will be able not only to disinfect those spaces at low cost, but also clinics and operating rooms to protect those who serve us or take care of the lives of the thousands infected by covid-19.
Innovation “Made in” Colombia
Portafolio. 22/06/2020
The industrial designer Carlos Andrés Escalante created the firm Human Bionics, which he developed, a lamp that eliminates almost 100% of all viruses, including covid-19, bacteria, fungi, and spores. The company, which focuses on products in medicine and health, industrial, and apps of all kinds, also creates articles connected to apps, made in Colombia, which has had national and international success.
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“We must overcome fears and embrace technology”
Vanguardia. 23/07/2019
Carlos Escalante Higuera, pioneer of the Internet of Things in medical devices in Colombia, decided to overcome his fears and create a company in our country after more than 20 years working in Europe. Automation and prototyping for patients are Human Bionics’ forte.
A bumangués ‘sick’ to help
Periódico 15. 14/11/2018
Building cars, luxury airplanes, and toys can be any child’s dream. That is the case of Carlos Andrés Escalante Higuera, who prepared and now focuses on helping his community.
Human Bionics
BGA Inédita. 22/05/2021
An invention that helps improve the quality of life of those suffering from degenerative diseases that affect walking, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, has been created by a Bumangués. He is Carlos Andrés Escalante Higuera, CEO of Human Bionics.
Human Bionics Company
BGA Inédita. 18/05/2021
An invention that helps improve the quality of life of those suffering from degenerative diseases that affect walking, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, has been created by a Bumangués. He is Carlos Andrés Escalante Higuera, CEO of Human Bionics.
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Entrepreneurship in Medical Device Design – Boardroom
Canal Tro. 22/02/2017
Human Bionics overcomes barriers to fund its innovation
El Colombiano. 30/01/2017
This venture will represent Colombia this year in an international startup contest in Chile. He has already won the Grand Investment Challenge.