Connected Robotics
About
About Connected Robotics
Connected Robotics builds food-production cells that fit into existing kitchens and prepared-food lines. DELIBOT weighs irregular or sticky ingredients while picking and placing portions into trays; a single compact unit can handle 400 servings per hour, and multiple robots can coordinate on one line. The company also commercialises robots for frying and serving snacks, with vision used to locate food and control grasping.
Its technical stack combines food-specific grippers, robot control, weighing and machine vision for products whose shape, colour and consistency vary. OJT-AI software lets operators identify defects remotely so inspection models can learn changing acceptance criteria for meat, seafood, produce, nuts and spices. Some earlier cooking and inspection systems remain demonstrations or non-sale prototypes, while DELIBOT has entered Japanese food factories and includes installation and after-sales support.
Products
- Connected Robotics Kitchen Automation System
Connected Robotics Kitchen Automation System
Deployments
- Operating use
2026-08-16 - Maxvalu Tokai installed four DELIBOT robots for prepared-food plating in its food factories. - named DELIBOT food-factory deployment
Source
Funding
- 2019-07-03 - Series A - Connected Robotics raises approximately JPY850M Series A
Connected Robotics completed an approximately JPY850 million Series A to expand cooking-robot sales and develop new food-service automation systems. - source: prtimes.jp
Investors
- 31VENTURES - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-03
- 500 Startups Japan - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-03
- Global Brain - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-03
- Sony Innovation Fund - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2019-07-03
- UTokyo-IPC - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2019-07-03
Team
- Tetsuya Sawanobori - Founder and Representative Director - founder
- Taiki Sato - Director and COO - executive
- Koichi Tsukamoto - Vice President of Product - technical_leader
Timeline
Events
- 2019-07-03 - Funding - Connected Robotics raises approximately JPY850M Series A
Global Brain led the round. Sony Innovation Fund, 31VENTURES, UTokyo-IPC and 500 Startups Japan participated. The transaction brought disclosed cumulative investment to JPY950 million.
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