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This robot company is building an Uber for autonomous material movement

Hachidori's robots do not need expensive infra like magnetic strips or QR codes. The firm aims to provide Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) that are easily deployable and affordable

Hachidori Team (from left): Ramanathan Venkataraman, Co-founder and CTO, Venkataraman Natarajan, COO  and Janakiram Annam, Founder
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Hachidori Team (from left): Ramanathan Venkataraman, Co-founder and CTO, Venkataraman Natarajan, COO and Janakiram Annam, Founder

Peerzada Abrar Bengaluru
Located in a lane in Chennai is an automotive component making factory. Inside the building, one can see many robots moving autonomously carrying loads from one location to other on the factory floor and working along with humans. These robots have been made by a startup Hachidori Robotics as various factories find it tough to maintain operations owing to rising labour costs and a shortage of workers. The robots have also prevented stress-related injuries. 

At a time, when an increasing number of smart factories or warehouses will require autonomous material movement robots, the penetration of such machines is quite low