The startup Ubica Robotics GmbH, which emerged from the Institute for Artificial Intelligence, has received the Science Award in the "Best Startup" category, endowed with 50,000 euros. The prize was awarded by the EHI Foundation on June 1, 2022 in Düsseldorf.
Since its foundation in 2020, Ubica has been developing autonomous scanning robots that create digital twins of retail stores. Its technology is based on research results from the European Commission-funded "REFILLS" project and provides information on the location of products, store layout and the actual stock and turnover of goods. By identifying gaps on the shelves, a significant increase in efficiency and productivity can be processed in retail stores, as the supply chain can be optimized individually for each store. This not only makes processes more cost-efficient, but also improves the shopping experience for customers.
We congratulate Dr.-Ing. Ferenc Bálint-Benczédi, Georg Bartels, Alexis Maldonado and Jonas Reiling as founders of Ubica for this special award.
You can find more information about Ubica here: https://www.ubica-robotics.eu/
