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ROBOTICS REBOUND
Just three months after his robotics firm collapsed, David Baird is back flogging much the same equipment under the guise of a different company.
The Sunshine Coast-based entrepreneur kept busy this week spruiking one of his six-wheeled unmanned ground vehicles at the Land Forces military expo in Brisbane, which wrapped up Thursday after three days punctuated by anti-war protests.
Visitors at his Baird Technology exhibit in the convention centre were able to check out a rather fearsome-looking “amphibious assault support platform’’.
They also learned from a sign tacked to the wall that the business had received unspecified federal government financial support to attend the event.
Entrepreneur back months after his robotics firm collapsed Just three months after his robotics firm collapsed, this Sunshine Coast entrepreneur is back flogging much the same equipment via a different company.
Business by CITY BEAT Anthony Marx 4th Jun 2021 5:17 AM
Premium Content Just three months after his robotics firm collapsed, David Baird is back flogging much the same equipment under the guise of a different company. The Sunshine Coast-based entrepreneur kept busy this week spruiking one of his six-wheeled unmanned ground vehicles at the Land Forces military expo in Brisbane, which wrapped up Thursday after three days punctuated by anti-war protests.
Robotics firmâs collapse worse than first thought The collapse of a Queensland start-up that manufactured robotics for the military is far worse than we first thought.
Business by CITY BEAT Anthony Marx 20th Feb 2021 5:58 AM
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Subscriber only The collapse of a Queensland start-up that manufactured robotics for the military is far worse than we first thought. Sunshine Coast entrepreneur David Baird tipped his firm Praesidium Global Pty Ltd into administration last month and told City Beat at the time that it only had debts of around $250,000. He blamed COVID-related pressures for destroying the business, which launched in 2016 and built unmanned ground vehicles for the ADF and overseas buyers.
Robotics firmâs collapse worse than first thought The collapse of a Queensland start-up that manufactured robotics for the military is far worse than we first thought.
Business by CITY BEAT Anthony Marx 20th Feb 2021 5:58 AM
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Subscriber only The collapse of a Queensland start-up that manufactured robotics for the military is far worse than we first thought. Sunshine Coast entrepreneur David Baird tipped his firm Praesidium Global Pty Ltd into administration last month and told City Beat at the time that it only had debts of around $250,000. He blamed COVID-related pressures for destroying the business, which launched in 2016 and built unmanned ground vehicles for the ADF and overseas buyers.
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