CIIE.CO, the innovation incubator entity at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here, and venture capital firm Arali Ventures have led a $500,000 (Rs 3.7 crore) round of funding for robotics logistics start-up Unbox Robotics.
Powered by Swarm Intelligence, the startup says it is building flexible parcel sorting solutions for logistics providers that can control a fleet of robots for the purpose.
According to founders Pramod Ghadge and Shahid Memon, this new-generation sorting solution can be installed within two weeks and requires less than half the space at currently available sorting systems.
Apart from CIIE.CO and Arali, existing investors EF

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