The Gideon brothers (Gideon Brothers), a start-up from Croatia, has received a $765 thousand round of financing for automated robots for warehouses and other industrial logistics.
The financing, led by TransferWise co - founder Tavit Hinriks (Taavet Hinrikus), has been very active in the investment world in recent years, and recently invested in financial technology companies (fintech Cleo), legal technology start-ups Juro and satellite company Open Cosmos.
The company was established in early 2017 and consists of more than 40 deep learning and robotics experts, including 5 Ph. D. and 27 master of engineering for hardware and software and a master in other related disciplines.
The first product of the company is described as an autonomous modular logistics robot, capable of handling large pallets safely in manufacturing, warehouses, and business environments. It is designed to work with humans. Only small changes in the facilities can avoid high cost refurbishment or new investment. A building that is operated by a man.
The technology called the brain combines 3D computer vision and deep learning technology, which allows the Gideon brothers' robots to perceive the surrounding environment and operate autonomously.
"We've been developing a technology that we call the brain of the robot," said Mattia Colette, co - founder and chief executive. We believe that future robots will rely on machine vision, similar to human stereovision, and we have introduced deep learning techniques to let our robots in this area. There is a new ability to perceive the environment.
On the macro level, Gideon brothers hope to help solve the problem of labor shortage in the current industrial logistics. According to a study by DHL, supply and demand of supply chain professionals is seriously unbalanced, and demand is 6 times higher than supply.
In practice, unlike the traditional warehouse logistics mode, the instructions from the management system will enable the robot to bring the goods to the workers. The robot will run autonomously to the pallet position, remove it from the shelf, and then send it to the pickup area, then send the tray to its original position. The whole process is autonomous and safe, and workers can focus on more complex tasks such as sorting and picking goods.
Although the line of financing is not high, klaette says, the headquarters in Croatia enables companies to recruit very professional teams, while costs are far lower than competitors. Another advantage is that companies close to many companies test robots' facilities to get much-needed storage and logistics data.
