Launch HN: Azalea Robotics (YC S24) – Baggage-handling robots for airports
Hey HN! We’re David and John B, cofounders of Azalea Robotics ( https://www.azalearobotics.com ). We build robots to handle passenger baggage in airports. Here are some videos to give you the idea: Unedited autonomous ops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuJ3ZORnO1o Teleoperated (sped up, so no sound): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeK8NQLnYgA The marketing version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0SDPm09U6s Robotics is in an interesting place right now, with many warehouse automation companies humming along for almost a decade, and a lot of new effort going to full general purpose hardware with humanoids and software via generalist robotics foundation models. We love these efforts (David used to work on one at Google X with Everyday Robots), but we also see a lot of utility in the current wave of robotics planning and perception
Why it failed
Hey HN! We’re David and John B, cofounders of Azalea Robotics ( https://www.azalearobotics.com ). We build robots to handle passenger baggage in airports. Here are some videos to give you the idea: Unedited autonomous ops: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- dmillard
- Ended
- 2024
- Source
- hackernews