• LaunchedSeptember 2018
    FoundersAlok Pathak, Michael Sayre and Ruchit Rami
    Co-InvestorsAntler
    PublishedOctober, 2019

Cognicept, which believes robots and humans can work together for a better future, helps robotics companies get their products out of the lab and into the wilds of warehouses, sidewalks, and hospitals.

Small failures destroy the business case for smart robotics: a factory robot, for example, may get confused if it runs into uneven flooring or unexpected obstacles – or if people press the wrong button, or give the wrong command.

Cognicept provides Human-in-the-loop (HITL) error handling with telerobotic intervention technology that allows human operators to step in and guide their customers’ robots remotely. The company’s goal is to make it easier and more economical for customers to deploy robots by reducing errors and down time. Their supervised autonomy tools and services make unpredictable applications reliable and enable new use cases for robots.

The company was founded in Singapore in 2018out of the Antler startup generator program by Michael Sayre, Ruchit Rami and Alok Pathak. Michael, a robotics engineer, is a third-time founder with over 11 years’ experience in developing and deploying robotics systems. Ruchit has a background in software development and data analytics, and Alok has expertise in IoT, robotics and communications protocols.