Avatar Robotics

Avatar Robotics builds flexible, human-supervised robot fleets that combine artificial intelligence with long-distance teleoperation to automate tedious and dangerous work in warehouses and factories. Its technical work spans human-supervised autonomy, robot learning from demonstrations, machine vision and inspection, and industrial automation, applied to pick-and-place and related logistics tasks.

Central to the approach is a method in which robots learn tasks directly from existing employee training programs, without requiring customers to write code. Fleets are deployed across facilities to cover gaps where traditional automation breaks down, and are designed to deploy and adapt as fast as humans can while providing 24/7 operational coverage. A long-distance teleoperation platform allows critical workers to operate robot fleets remotely, including from home.

Avatar Robotics is a small team and describes itself as in the early innings of deployment, with thousands of units targeted for facilities worldwide. Its stated mission is to make every tedious and dangerous warehouse and factory job virtual, safe, and semi-autonomous, with an emphasis on worker safety and the affordability and accessibility of goods. Industry verticals include warehousing, manufacturing and factory operations, logistics and industrial automation.