How Danu Robotics built H.E.R.O., a cheaper and more efficient recycling sorting robot
Danu Robotics’ fight to build a better recycling robot
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Edinburgh-based Danu Robotics is bringing its recycling sorting robot H.E.R.O. to market; the robot grasps items with grippers rather than a suction system, and uses AI to continuously improve its software. The company has raised $5 million in late-seed funding, holds $500,000 in signed contracts and letters of intent from two major customers, and has more than 200 customers in its sales pipeline.
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