In 1984, two friends were working on a robotics project somewhere in Canada. Étienne Bouchard and François Larochelle had the idea to develop point-of-sale robots that would interact with customers in retail stores.
Shortly after founding their company (Robotel), the Quebec education system began using personal computers in schools and they were in dire need of a classroom management platform. Strongly believing in the importance of quality education, Étienne and François turned their attention to developing their first software, Microselect.
Over the next few years, Robotel grew rapidly, with many of the first employees still working for the company today! Subsidiaries were established in other regions, such as the US, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, so that educational institutions around the world could benefit from the developed classroom management platforms.
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