Three international friends who met in Denmark founded NAUST Robotics in 2021. Balázs (CEO) and Antonio studied together drone technology in SDU, while Guifré complements the team in business and marketing.
The idea came from Balázs, who had to race against birds to see who could catch the fruits first, in his family farm in Hungary. While studying robotics, his father used to joke with him about why not making a drone to protect the trees from birds. After researching the topic, reality showed huge losses by birds and other animals to agricultural fields and plantations, which lack effective and modern protection systems.
After being funded twice by Innovation Fund Denmark, Møllerens Fond, Otto Bruns Fond, and other small awards, the company is now expanding the team while starting the commercialization with their automatic bird-scaring drone.