REV-1 robot takes on snow for last-mile delivery

This is an article about portfolio company, Refraction AI.

Refraction AI entered into the $80 billion robotics market in 2019 with a mission to bring a practical, economical and deployable robot to the last-mile delivery space. 

While working at the University of Michigan’s Robotics Program, co-founders Matthew Johnson-Roberson and Ram Vasudevan noticed a gap in autonomous vehicle (AV) mobility: extreme weather conditions. The pair developed their “Goldilocks of autonomous vehicles,” REV-1, a last-mile delivery robot that could handle the harsh weather a majority of the country experiences.

View source version on freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rev-1-robot-takes-on-snow-for-last-mile-delivery