Industrial automation startup Flink Robotics has received €156,000 (CHF 150,000) from Venture Kick to enable robots to adapt to dynamic environments. 

Flink Robotics is an ETH spinoff emerging from the Computational Robotics Lab and affiliated with the ETH AI Center. Its founding team includes CEO Dr. Moritz Geilinger, CTO Simon Huber, and CSO Prof. Dr. Stelian Coros.

Flink Robotics transforms robots into adaptable, plug-and-play workers suitable for a variety of dynamic material handling tasks. 

Its software, FlinkAutonomy, has built-in physical intelligence that enables robots to perceive and react to changes in their environment and collaboratively solve material handling tasks. 

By combining advanced machine perception with a differentiable physics engine, this empowers a new generation of plug-and-play robots that can be installed within minutes without altering existing environments and are incredibly easy to use.

Flink Robotics’ initial customers are in the parcel delivery and end-of-line packaging industries, where labour shortages are most acute.

“The support from Venture Kick recognises our work and our potential to transform the robot automation industry,” highlighted CEO Moritz Geilinger. 

“The funding has been instrumental in launching our company, providing the necessary resources to secure our first customers and develop the initial version of our product.”

Flink Robotics will use the CHF 150,000 from Venture Kick to accelerate its go-to-market strategy and undertake additional pilot projects.

Lead image: Flink Robotics. Photo: uncredited.