Cyan Engineering was an American
computer engineering
Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer enginee ...
company located in
Grass Valley, California
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States. Situated at roughly in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is by car from Sacramento, from Sacramento ...
.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfFGrQLuY8s Atari's Cyan Engineering - Splendor in the Grass documentary] It was founded by Steve Mayer and Larry Emmons. The company was purchased in 1973 by
Atari, Inc. and developed the
Atari Video Computer System console, which was released in 1977 and renamed the Atari 2600 in November 1982. It also carried out some robotics research and development work on behalf of Atari, including the Kermit
mobile robot, originally intended as a stand-alone product intended to bring a beer.
The company also programmed the original "portrait style" animatronics for
Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre
Chuck E. Cheese (formerly known as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza and simply Chuck E. Cheese's) is an American family entertainment center and pizza restaurant chain founded in 1977 by Atari's co-founder Nolan Bu ...
pizza chain in 1977.
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Defunct computer companies of the United States
Defunct robotics companies of the United States
1978 in robotics
Atari