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By the Department for Business and Trade.
Welcome to the United Kingdom where the.
Brightest tech innovators reshaping our world are celebrated.
This year the Department for Business and Trade are spotlighting global trailblazing entrepreneurs through the Unicorn Kingdom Pathfinder Awards.
The winner of the Connected and Automated Mobility Technology category was Botobo.
Hear from the co founders Sanjay Gulgan.
The main idea in the warehouse is to move your products as quickly as possible and accurately.
We are trying to optimize the operations.
Robots actually walking around warehouses, they can.
Run three shifts so they can run 24, 7.
And also we have a chance to.
Meet the demand for the rapid growth in trading.
I'm excited to grow the Botobo in the uk.
We can access, assess any institutions and technical resources.
We can apply more patents here which is very critical for the valuation for the future existence.
It's easy to expand your business here and set up a company here.
So this is a very big advantage.
It's very good opportunity in the uk.