Radmantis LLC

Radmantis LLC is a Boston-area environmental engineering and robotics company specializing in automated handling, sorting, and monitoring of aquatic animals for commercial aquaculture and fisheries management. The company was co-founded by Robert Huber and Moira van Staaden, two systems biologists who identified the need for robust, AI-driven automation in fish production environments. Radmantis is a resident startup at MassRobotics, the Boston-based robotics innovation hub, and has received funding from USDA and NOAA through SBIR grants for commercializing its AI-assisted tools.

The company's core technology consists of uncrewed underwater or in-line systems equipped with advanced imaging sensors and AI-based machine learning inference engines capable of categorizing and sorting individual fish in real time. The system can be trained to detect and classify fish based on morphological phenotypes, species identification, body size, health indicators, and behavioral patterns. This enables automated execution of common aquaculture tasks such as size grading, health and size monitoring, early disease detection, and separation of fish cohorts for enhanced biosecurity and production efficiency.

Radmantis addresses critical pain points in aquaculture operations: minimizing manual fish handling (which causes stress and injury in fish populations), enabling early detection of disease before it spreads through a facility, and providing facilities managers with real-time remote monitoring via web-enabled dashboards. The company's solutions are applicable across salmon farming, freshwater fish production, invasive species management, and utility infrastructure protection where fish entrainment is a concern.

The company has received notable recognition including selection for the MassChallenge US Early Stage 2024 cohort and the AMD Robotics Prize awarded through MassRobotics and AMD. Verdantas and other environmental engineering partners have collaborated with Radmantis on applied research projects. The company's approach combines robotics hardware, underwater imaging technology, and cloud-based monitoring software into an integrated platform for modern, data-driven aquaculture management.