Siera.AI: Saurav Agarwal is building autonomous forklifts with the mission to prevent hundreds of warehouse accidents and deaths per year that are forklift related
Episode description
On our 6th Episode of ‘Brains Behind AI’, Ari has the opportunity to speak with Saurav, the CEO and Co-founder of SIERA.AI. Starting from an early age, Saurav had a strong interest in autonomous robotics, and after his PhD in the subject, Saurav turned down job offers from self-driving car companies to follow his entrepreneurial passion and ended up making autonomous Forklifts, which are making warehouses safer. Forklift trucks suffer from labor shortages and accidents every year. By using a Human to Robot Collaboration Siera is focused on decreasing accidents and increasing productivity in the industrial workplace.
From working in research, to building his first company during his PhD, to founding Siera, tune in to hear more of Saurav’s story, and how Siera is making massive changes to the safety, productivity, and efficiency in industrial workplaces