General Robotics Corporation

General Robotics Corporation is a large corporation of the Distant Fringe.

Portfolio

General Robotics is considered to be a part of the Defense, Electronics, Communications, and Robotics Business Sector. Its primary area of operations is within the Firstworlds and the coreward parts of Far Home Sector. Its products can be found all across the Distant Fringe.

Commercial Competencies

• Research and development.
• CAD, practical design, and tooling.
• Primary logistics.
• Cutting, shaping, and joining materials.
• Precision construction and manufacturing.
• Electronics systems, advanced systems, integration and software.
• Upgrades, retrofitting, conversions and modifications.
• Storage of finished products.

Governance & Organization

General Robotics is governed by a President and a Board of Trustees. It is run by an Executive Vice President, Senior Vice Presidents and Department Directors. It has an extensive Records Department, an Internal Audit Department, a large Legal Department, a Sophont Resources Bureau, a very large Public Relations Office, a Finance Department, and an Internal Security Office.

Head Office:

The head office is located on Tal Varisa, a major commercial and industrial center and the capital of the Firstworlds. As well as the main administrative complexes its holdings include a corporate retreat and spa complex, a number of executive villas, and large private estates with associated recreational facilities where business may be undertaken in complete privacy. The company controls a private spaceport facility on the world.

• The company maintains Regional Head Offices on other important worlds in the region.

Major Divisions:

• Research and Development
• Microsystems Division
• Cybernetics and Medical Services
• Robotics Division
• Android Division
• Military Applications Division
• Primary Logistics Division

Stockholders

Stock ownership:

• Tang Trust – 39%,
• "Fives" families – 21%
• Future Macrodynamics – 19%,
• Private ownership – 13%,
• Société Bénéfique – 8%.

Subsidiaries

• Tirell Systems (producing specialist pseudobio robots based on the General Robotics chassis).

Notable Investments

Paradyne Systems Ltd. 7% holding.

Corporate Holdings

Fabrication plants, assembly plants, factories and industrial complexes, along with the equipment, machinery, vehicles and technology necessary to maintain operations. It has a corporate fleet of small personnel transport vessels.

General Robotics holds extensive patents and vigorously pursues those who infringe its rights.

General Robotics has private storage and warehousing facilities at most starports within the Firstworlds and along the trailing part of the Scybrian Run Star Lane. It maintains showrooms and sales offices in many large urban centers.

History & Background

The corporation was founded by Emmanuel Tang, a genius entrepeneur, on Tal Varisa during the 49th century.

Trade Partners

Paradyne Systems Ltd (a major manufacturer of computer components and electronic subsystems).

Samuel & Amsterdam Specialties (specialising in microelectronics).

Trade Competitors

Astor Cyber LLC.

References & Contributors / Sources

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• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master Scout Emeritus Adie Alegoric Stewart of the IISS
• Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science