Abundant Robotics
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Abundant Robotics was a Hayward, California agricultural robotics startup spun out of SRI International in 2016 by Dan Steere (CEO), Curt Salisbury and Michael Eriksen to build a vacuum-picking robotic apple harvester. It raised about USD 12 million (a USD 2M SRI seed and a USD 1…
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Milestones
| Year | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Abundant Robotics founded | — |
LEADERSHIP
Dan Steere (Co-founder and CEO) Curt Salisbury (Co-founder) Michael Eriksen (Co-founder)