The AI robot that could make paperless office a reality

Google has backed a radical AI robot that could finally make the paperless office a reality. Ripcord, founded by ex-NASA and Apple employees, has developed a unique robotic digitization system, and today revealed a $25m funding round led by Google Ventures. It uses a combination of robotic scanners and AI to do everything from remove staples and scan images to automatically convert them into searchable text and upload them to a cloud server. Co-founded by former Apple and NASA employees, Ripcord makes a radical robotic digitization system that uses AI to do everything from removing staples to scanning and shredding. The firm's robots can scan everything from business cards to huge architectural drawings.