Interview

March 9, 2020

The robotics startup helping to fight coronavirus

Blue Ocean Robotics finds success amid “the worst years of robotics history”.


Kitty Knowles

5 min read

Claus Risager, Blue Ocean Robotics

It's been a torrid few years for robotics companies, with a string of high profile failures around the world. But at least one company, Denmark's Blue Ocean Robotics, is doing well, helped recently by the coronavirus outbreak.

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