Co-founders: Frank Bonnet and Ana Hernando
Technology combining robotics, fluidics, optics and artificial intelligence (AI) for sorting very small biological elements, from 0.5 to 2 mm, such as fish embryos (zebrafish, killifish, aquaculture species), seeds or 3D cell cultures.
The EggSorter robot is a device designed to automatically sort, analyze and dispense these small biological elements. At the heart of the system, a rotating wheel picks up each entity individually and places it in front of a camera, using bright-field or fluorescence imaging. The captured image is then processed by an on-board computer using AI. Depending on the classification obtained and the needs of the project, each entity is directed to a specific output container, ready for use in laboratory experiments.
In 2025, the start-up is exploring solutions to automate complex processes, such as the manipulation of organoids – small biological structures capable of reproducing human tissues in order to test treatments, without recourse to animals or humans. Currently, the management of these organoids remains very costly, as it is mainly manual and time-consuming. Automating them would considerably reduce costs and speed up research cycles.
