Hiro Robotics
Category: Automated disassembly
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Startup description
Hiro Robotics develops advanced robotic and AI-based systems for the automated disassembly and treatment of electronic waste.
Today, most end-of-life electronics are manually dismantled or mechanically shredded, destroying high-value components and reducing the quality of recovered materials. This leads to mixed and downgraded output fractions with lower market value, making recycling processes economically fragile and highly dependent on volatile raw material prices. As a result, a significant share of valuable resources contained in e-waste is lost or undervalued.
Hiro introduces automation into the most complex and labor-intensive phases of WEEE treatment. Our modular systems, today, automate flat-screen and TV disassembly, ICT and data center equipment unscrewing, and AI-based PCB sorting. These solutions are designed for seamless integration into existing recycling plants, increasing throughput, improving operational safety, reducing labor intensity, and enhancing material recovery performance.
Beyond current industrial deployments, Hiro is expanding its technology toward more complex electronic systems. This includes advanced domestic appliances and, at R&D level, electric mobility applications such as battery-integrated systems and power electronics from electric vehicles.
Unlike traditional automation solutions that require product-specific programming or predefined disassembly sequences, Hiro’s systems autonomously interpret and process electronic devices without prior knowledge of the hardware. This enables universal, non-destructive, component-level disassembly across heterogeneous and unpredictable waste streams — unlocking significantly higher value recovery and redefining the economics of e-waste recycling.
Hiro’s automation platforms are already operating in certified WEEE treatment centers, processing thousands of tons of electronic waste annually under full-scale industrial conditions. The systems are commercially available, with short lead times and turnkey deployment, enabling rapid integration into existing recycling infrastructures.
By making electronic waste treatment more efficient, scalable, and economically sustainable, Hiro contributes to a circular economy where critical materials and electronic components are recovered more effectively and reintegrated into industrial supply chains. -
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