University of Essex Enterprise : Investment Portfolio & Startup News

Versatile RobotX lands £1m led by British Design Fund to automate harvesting and crop handling with robotic systems

Versatile RobotX builds low-cost robotic systems that automate labour-intensive farm tasks such as harvesting and crop handling. The platform combines AI, machine vision, embedded intelligence and robotic manipulation, and is aimed at growers facing high labour costs and staffing shortages.