Algoryx Simulation AB was formed in 2007 in

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as a spin-off company from

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. Algoryx currently has three products: Algodoo (formerly Phun), Dynamics for SpaceClaim, and AGX Dynamics, a professional

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for engineering and real-time simulations.

History

Algoryx's first product was AgX Dynamics, a multifunctional

for

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in industrial applications, prepared both for use together with

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tools and with

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s such as Unity3D. A later product is Algodoo, an elementary school physics simulation program based on the

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physics engine Phun, the first versions of which were written as a thesis by Emil Ernerfeldt, then a student of engineering computer science at the university. The first version of Algodoo was launched on August 31, 2009, and in 2013 the program was released as free to download versions for

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and

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(

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). In the spring of 2015, an office was also opened in

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, Germany, after the company, among other things, concluded an agreement with German

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on simulators for cranes and vehicles. In the autumn of 2017, Algoryx began a collaboration with the Japanese research institute National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology to develop simulation technology for robots to be used in the cleanup work around the Fukushima nuclear power plant, which was destroyed in a 2011

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Awards

In February 2011, Algoryx was selected for the list of Top-20 companies to represent Swedish Innovation, by the

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, a Swedish government agency. In March 2011, Algoryx was ranked as one of Sweden's most promising young high tech companies by business magazine ''

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'' and tech news paper

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. Algoryx again won this award in March 2012. In May 2011, Algoryx was selected by

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for the Top 100 list of the most innovative companies in

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. In 2012, Algoryx was named to represent Sweden in the European Business Awards. Later that year, Algoryx was also listed on the Deloitte Sweden Fast Technology 50 list. In the spring of 2015, an office was also opened in

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, after the company entered into an agreement with German Rheinmetall on simulators for cranes and vehicles.

References

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External links

Algoryx homepageAlgodoo website
Swedish companies established in 2007 Computer physics engines Software companies of Sweden Companies based in Västerbotten County Umeå University 21st-century establishments in Västerbotten County