Apiarium Dynamics

{{Organization Content|Organization overview. Noteworthy characteristics/membership. Created by. = Bleeding edge robotics, AI and nanotechnology research company operating out of Skyway City via Stinger Labs. Created by Miller.|Insert organization description. = Apiarium Dynamics (known in Fortune 10 circles simply as AP) is an American engineering and technology company known for its research and advancements in mechanics, autonomous robotics, microrobotics and AI. In particular, it is the leading source of research in the burgeoning fields of nanotechnology, swarm intelligence and swarm behavior. While consumer robotics has yet to be embraced and has a literal high cost of entry, AP has made strides in industrial application of its technologies.

Apiarium Dynamics is led by a board of directors, each director the head of a national region–Pacific, Mountain, Central and Eastern. The four directors are very powerful and are rumored to have equally powerful connections in the political and industrial spheres. They are, however, so far up the chain that few have actually met them, only hearing about them via inter-office memos and via directives from above.

Its main corporate headquarters in Washington state, AP maintains Stinger Labs, an R&D laboratory and satellite office in Skyway City in close proximity to Skyway City University (often recruiting/poaching the local talent to bolster its collective brainpower). This particular office reports to the Eastern Regional Director who operates out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, just a stone's throw away from MIT.

Major Public Developments
The Regina Chip&trade; The brain of most AP constructs, the Regina chip is what is responsible for their as yet limited intelligence and allows the unit to "recognize" other constructs. In the case of stationary constructs/intelligences, they will form ad-hoc local wireless networks to transmit data over radio.

Regis&trade; A robot pet toy designed to emulate the appearance and behavior of a week-old bear cub. Advertised as self-learning with a lifelike silhouette (albeit covered in lightweight carbon fiber plating), naturalistic movement, sensor arrays and adaptable behaviors, its main drawback at this time is its short battery life (requires prolonged periods of recharging for comparatively short up times) and steep learning curve. But that does not stop it from being the must-have toy for the wealthy, with base models going for as low as $2000.

DR-1 Units Outfitted with Regina chips, these self-thinking bipedal droid units are capable of performing simple actions and are often stand-ins for manual labor and repetitive tasks, especially those performed in hazardous environments. Though their intelligence and self-learning capabilities are sorely limited (Regis toys are smarter), they are focused on their tasks and can run for 8 hours before needing a recharge. There have only been five of these units produced to date.|Describe organization history. = Not much is known about Apiarium Dynamics, save that it started from a small tech company by the name of Apis in Seattle, Washington during the dot-com era. It is widely suspected that much like many companies at that time, it nearly sank had it not been for venture capitalist funding that then reshaped the business and took it in another direction. Given its disparate specializations from satellite office to satellite office and somewhat decentralized organizational hierarchy, it is strongly suspected that the Apiarium Dynamics of today is the amalgamation of many acquired tech companies and consortiums criss-crossing the nation.

In the recent past, AP has been a sometimes ally and sometimes direct competitor of Modus Cybernetics, Inc. While they have technology in common, their approaches and company visions vary quite differently. While Modus seeks the harmonious integration of technology with humanity, Apiarium Dynamics sees the two as forever remaining apart. To that end, AP develops sentient thinking-machines to keep the very technology disparate from lifeforms, perhaps viewing them as equals to humans or possibly simply just tools.

Given their work in nanotechnology, AP has partnered with Everwell Pharmaceuticals, their joint efforts providing some much needed synergy in the fields of medicine and general wellness.|List and briefly describe characters affiliated with this organization. Feel free to link to individual character info pages for more comprehensive descriptions of the members. = Dr. Cornelius Uttz Lead Scientist, heads up Stinger Labs.

Amelia Najafabad Vice President, Strategic Business Growth. Ensures things are conducted with the corporation's interests at heart.

Reed Eastern Regional Director. It is unclear if Reed is a first name or a last name.|Link issue numbers organization appears in. = None.|List other relevant wiki articles. = *Modus Cybernetics, Inc.}}