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  • March 15th 2022 Issue
  • Story by Kate Prengaman
  • Abundant reboots: A new startup launches crowdfunding to resurrect vacuum apple harvester technology

    A venture capital fund and technology incubator hopes to resurrect the apple harvesting robot formerly known as Abundant Robotics under a new startup named Abundant Robots that’s seeking to raise $20 million via equity crowdfunding. According to a news release from Wavemaker Labs — a company that helps launch tech startups in ventures as diverse as autonomous lawn mowers, burger flipping and bubble tea-making robots, and now apple harvesters — the new debut of Abundant Robots to investors comes just weeks after the company purchased the intellectual property from Abundant Robotics, which declared bankruptcy last fall. “Coupling Abundant Robots’ robotic […]

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