RIF Robotics
US startup automating surgical tray assembly in sterile processing departments using computer vision and robotic arms, founded 2020 in Atlanta, GA.
RIF Robotics is an Atlanta, Georgia-based startup developing robotic automation systems for hospital sterile processing departments (SPDs). Founded on October 7, 2020, by CEO Kevin DeMarco, PhD, CTO Sergio Garcia-Vergara, PhD, and Head of Design Collin Farill, the company addresses a persistent labor and compliance challenge in healthcare: the manual identification, inspection, and assembly of surgical instrument trays.
The company's flagship product is PacR (Packing Robot), a system that combines an off-the-shelf six-degree-of-freedom robotic arm with multiple camera arrays and a custom computer vision pipeline. PacR can identify individual surgical instruments by type and condition, inspect them for cleanliness defects, and autonomously assemble them into the correct tray configuration. The system was trained on hundreds of instrument images and demonstrated autonomous assembly of a minor surgical tray in a beta deployment at a Wellstar Health System facility beginning in February 2023.
RIF Robotics participated in TechCrunch Startup Battlefield and received backing from investors including Plug and Play Tech Center, the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech, Catalyst by Wellstar, Overline, and MassRobotics. Total funding stands at approximately $2 million.
The company operates with a staff of approximately five employees and is planning to establish a production facility near Atlanta in 2026 for manufacturing and delivering PacR systems to hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers. RIF Robotics also completed a strategic partnership with Healthic, a healthcare technology company, to advance deployment in additional clinical environments.
The sterile processing automation market that RIF targets is driven by regulatory compliance requirements, staff shortages, and the critical need to prevent surgical site infections linked to improperly assembled instrument trays. By automating inspection and tray assembly, PacR aims to reduce errors, improve throughput, and free sterile processing technicians for higher-value tasks.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
PacR
- Model: PacR
- Launch Year: 2023
Autonomous surgical tray assembly system using a 6-DOF arm and computer vision to identify and organize instruments.
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Contact RIF Robotics
WEBSITE
https://www.rifrobotics.com/PHONE
518-852-5552HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2020
Primary Role
Manufacturer
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Primary Region
North America
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Funding Stage
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