Working in a greenhouse is neither healthy nor pleasant. Moreover, labor accounts for 75% of production costs and generates administrative efforts such as cross-border paperwork, food, accommodation, and insurance add to the wages. Unexpected mid-season labor fluctuations disrupt operations and demand continuous search for labor.
Floating Robotics combines robotic hands, vision, and AI. Our first product equips a robotic manipulator with shears, cameras, and edge computers to recognize, pick, and box objects according to industry standards without touching the fruit. Our core software localizes thin and elongated objects like stems, shoots, trunks, ropes, and strings which is the basic skill for automation in vertical farming.
28.05.2024
21 Swiss startups join MassChallenge Switzerland 2024 Cohort (startupticker.ch)
06.05.2024
Innosuisse funded 45 Start-up innovation projects (startupticker.ch)
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Venture Kick supports potential entrepreneurs with start capital up to CHF 150'000 as well as hands-on execution support and access to a nationwide network of investors and experts in the startup field. Multiple times per year, 8 selected projects get the opportunity to present their business ideas in front of a panel. The 5 most promising projects enter the support process. After 9 months at the latest, the startups incorporate and enter the market. Since 2007, Venture Kick has invested over CHF 58 million in over 1111 projects.
Website:
www.floatingrobotics.com/
Headquarter:
Schlieren
Foundation Date:
May 2023
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