• Kindred was a robotics company focused on AI‑powered piece‑picking robots for e‑commerce and order fulfilment, built to handle varied items for grocery and general merchandise.
• The technology combined computer vision, machine learning including deep reinforcement learning, and motion control as created by a team in Vancouver, Toronto and San Francisco.
• Miles Steininger joined in 2015 and left in 2018 meeting every monthly patent application count target he was given plus becoming a decent robot pilot along the way.

Ocado Group bought the company in late 2020 for about USD 262 million and Kindred’s technology, team, and IP were