Lawn-mower giant Toro buys Left Hand Robotics
LONGMONT — Left Hand Robotics Inc., a Longmont startup that has developed an autonomous snow-plowing robot, was recently acquired for an undisclosed sum by The Toro Co. (NYSE: TTC), the Minnesota-based lawn-mower manufacturer announced Tuesday.
“The acquisition supports The Toro Co.’s strategy of leadership in next generation technologies, including alternative power, smart connected, and autonomous products,” the company said in a news release.
In 2018, Left Hand began selling its SnowBot Pro, which the company said can complete the work of 14 shovelers in the same amount of time.
The robot is GPS-controlled and connected to the cloud. It follows a pre-programmed path…
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