SoftWear Automation

About SoftWear Automation

SoftWear Automation is an Atlanta-based machine vision and advanced robotics company founded in 2012 as a spin-out from Georgia Institute of Technology, disrupting the $1.5 trillion apparel and textile industry with fully automated sewing technology. The company developed its revolutionary Sewbot technology over ten years of R&D with funding from DARPA, the Walmart Foundation, and private venture capital, representing seven years of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-supported research. Sewbots are powered by revolutionary smart vision technology that works like autonomous driving, with cameras and sensors steering the robot while recognizing textile distortion and adjusting material in real-time as it travels through the sewing head, achieving error rates of only 0.7 percent compared to manual sewing. It is the first and only machine vision robotic workline in the world to automatically sew T-shirts from start to finish. SoftWear Automation has raised $45.6 million in total funding including a $4.5 million round in 2017, an $18.1 million Series B, and a recent $20 million Series B1 round. The company expanded into a 50,000-square-foot industrial facility in West Midtown Atlanta. SoftWear technology addresses critical challenges in apparel manufacturing where 97 percent of clothing sold in the US is made overseas, enabling potential reshoring of garment production through automation.

Key Products & Services

Sewbot Automated Sewing Worklines, Machine Vision Systems

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