StartUp Walk-In: Meet the entrepreneur behind self-driving supermarket robots

Meet Clio

Clionadh Martin, also known as Clio, is a Franco-Irish visionary specialising in developing and constructing supermarket mobile robots. Her background includes a master’s degree in advanced robotics, and her entrepreneurial journey started in Odense in 2016, where she worked as a robot developer at Blue Ocean Robotics.

In 2018, she took the brave step and founded Coalescent Mobile Robotics, and shortly after the company entered the Odense Robotics StartUp Hub at DTI (what is now know as Odense Robotics StartUp Fund & Incubator).

A combination of Clio’s belief in the company, drive and her go-getter courage has secured Coalescent Mobile Robotics a talented team of 21 employees with many different nationalities.

The company also recently made an impressive double-digit million investment, which will strengthen its international expansion focused on shop robots.

Process optimisation with advanced robotic technology

Coalescent Mobile Robotics designs and builds fast and flexible collaborative robots (cobots) to help the retail industry optimise their ‘click and collect’ processes and replenishment processes, which today require manual and heavy work by moving goods from warehouse to shelf.

Through the automation of store-specific tasks, mobile robots play a decisive role in solving challenges and optimising processes. Clio’s ambition is clear: Coalescent Mobile Robotics will be the leading to-go technology in the retail industry.

Join us for the StartUp Walk-In on 12 October 2023, where we will present a female role model for the first time. Clio looks forward to sharing her journey and inspiring with precious advice in the form of dos and don’ts in robotics entrepreneurship.

At StartUp Walk-In you can…

• Learn more about the startup environment and absorb new knowledge.
• Meet like-minded people and expand your network.
• Learn about some of the latest ideas in robotics and entrepreneurship, which are presented at the event’s Open Mic.
• Meet various service providers who are ready with good advice and guidance that you can benefit from on your further steps towards becoming an entrepreneur.
• Meet this event’s role model, Clionadh Martin, and learn from her experiences and nuggets about starting and running your own business and the way to get there.
• Get an opportunity to get feedback from professionally competent people by presenting your own idea to Open Mic. Send an email to Kathrine Viskum to get on the list.