Lyro Robotics

It’s nearly eggplant season!

The #eggplant (aka aubergine) is a tropical #fruit that is actually a berry by botanical definition! They love the heat and are reasonably drought tolerant. Eggplants are grown along Australia's east coast, with the majority coming from Queensland. They are just one of the fruits and vegetables that our robots love to pack! #agriculture#agtech#horticulture#automation#robotics

markadamsJanuary 20, 20230CommentsBusiness

Meet LYRO at Singapore Agri-Food Week

We're going to be in Singapore this month for the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit - that's quite a mouthful! Book a meeting with us today to find out how our robotic packing solutions can optimise your fresh produce supply chain.

lyroadminOctober 4, 20220CommentsNews & Insights

IFR Report: Robots and Humans Working Together

Did you know there are more than 3 million industrial robots in operation around the world? According to the International Federation of Robotics: - The future will be #robots and humans working #together. - Robots substitute labour activities but do not replace #jobs. - Increasingly, robots are used to complement and augment labour activities; the net impact on…

lyroadminOctober 3, 20220CommentsNews & Insights

Robots, food waste and labour

We were featured in the Sydney Morning Herald in an article on the impact of labour shortages and #robotics, including LYRO Robotics, as a solution for the Australian #agriculture industry. Dr Nicole Robinson says the combination of advancing technology with a major problem to solve is what drew her to the sector. “There is a huge amount of #foodwastage that…

lyroadminOctober 2, 20220CommentsNews & Insights Uncategorized

International Day of Awareness of Food Waste

Today (Sep 29) is the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste! According to the UN Environment Programme: - The food supply chain in many countries is on course to overtake farming and land use as the largest contributor to greenhouse gases (GHGs) - An estimated 14 percent of the world's food is lost between #harvest and #retail,…

lyroadminSeptember 29, 20220CommentsNews & Insights

LYRO Robotics raises $1.5m pre-Series A funding to tackle Australian labour shortages

Ensuring crops don't rot in the fields amid severe labour shortages, Australian startup LYRO Robotics is helping local farmers get their produce to market.Global food waste costs agriculture up to $2 billion every year, with 31 percent of produce wasted before it even gets off the farm. Labour shortages during the pandemic have exacerbated the…

adminAugust 4, 20220CommentsNews & Insights

LYRO goes global through collaboration with IMI Precision Engineering

Brisbane, Australia-based Lyro Robotics has been contracted to license their Lyro Machine Intelligence software to US based IMI Precision Engineering.This technology partnership will deliver smart robots that will replicate the “hands”, “eyes” and “brain” of human capabilities in automation and logistics applications.The partnership means the two companies will work to deliver a full-stack robotic solution…

lyroadminApril 29, 20220CommentsNews & Insights

Robots helping farmers pack fruit and veg (Advance Queensland)

LYRO Robotics is the brainchild of co-founders Juxi Leitner and Nicole Robinson. They’re a Brisbane-based, deep-tech start-up building intelligent robots, which help farmers across regional Queensland to identify, sort and package fruit and vegetables. These intelligent robots address a significant gap in the market and provide a solution to many farmers’ problems. It empowers farmers to…

lyroadminApril 4, 20220CommentsNews & Insights