Sorting Robotics builds robotic, computer-vision, and AI automation machines for cannabis and hemp manufacturers, with systems for cone filling, infusion, kief coating, and QA deployed in over 250 sites worldwide.
Sorting Robotics, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Los Angeles, builds precision automation equipment for cannabis and hemp manufacturers. The company was started by former NASA and JPL engineers with backgrounds in landers, rovers, and precision manipulators, and applies that aerospace reliability approach to production-floor hardware. It is Y Combinator-backed, with manufacturing, tuning, and QA kept in-house within 20 miles of its Los Angeles shop.
The product line targets specific steps in pre-roll and vape production rather than general-purpose cells. WavePak handles cone filling, Jiko+ covers pre-roll and hash-hole infusion, Stardust does kief coating, Phillup handles pre-roll and vape infusion, and Telti is built for autonomous production. The stack spans robotics, computer vision, AI, and machine vision quality assurance, with vision used for dosing and QA on materials that vary in density, moisture, and particle size.
Fielded numbers give a sense of the constraints the machines operate under: over 250 active deployments worldwide, throughput up to 1,600 joints per hour, and dose accuracy of ±0.05g. The stated engineering goal is equipment that runs for years without servicing - meaning component selection, calibration, and edge-case handling have to hold up under continuous use on irregular botanical material, not just on a lab bench. The work spans hardware/software boundaries: motion control and material handling on one side, vision-based measurement and dosing correction on the other.
