Contoro Robotics
Austin, TX robotics startup founded 2022, delivering AI and teleoperation-powered autonomous robots for trailer and container unloading in warehouses.
Contoro Robotics is an Austin, Texas-based robotics company founded in 2022 by Youngmok Yun, focused on automating one of the most labor-intensive tasks in logistics: unloading floor-loaded trailers and shipping containers. The company's autonomous unloading robots address the challenge of non-palletized, mixed-SKU boxes that vary in size, weight, and positioning — a task historically resistant to full automation. Contoro's robots combine industrial robotic arms (primarily Kuka), a patented DuoGrasp articulated gripper designed for two-sided stable grasping of varied box sizes, a mobile base with conveyor integration, advanced sensor fusion for perception and motion planning, and proprietary Adapt AI foundational models trained on customer-specific data.
A key differentiator is Contoro's Inteleop (Intelligent Teleoperation) platform: a human-in-the-loop (HITL) system that blends autonomous AI operation with seamless remote human oversight for edge cases, achieving a reported 99% success rate in production environments. This hybrid approach enables the robots to maintain continuous operation without on-site customer intervention even when the AI encounters unusual scenarios. As of early 2025, Contoro had deployed 22 robots across U.S. warehouses, primarily in California, with early deployments doubling unloading speed and saving hundreds of labor hours per month for customers.
The company offers a pay-per-container pricing model that removes upfront capital costs. In March 2025, Contoro Robotics closed a $12 million Series A round, bringing total funding to $22 million. Investors include Doosan, Coupang, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, IMM, SV Investment, KB Investment, Kakao Ventures, and Future Play — a notably strategic set of investors with supply chain and e-commerce relevance.
Contoro's technology targets warehouses receiving high-volume, floor-loaded trailer shipments in retail, grocery, and logistics sectors.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Contoro Unloading Robot
- Model: Inteleop Platform
- Launch Year: 2022
AI and teleoperation-powered robot for autonomous floor-loaded trailer and container unloading in warehouses.
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2022
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Manufacturer
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