[Avatar Robotics, a robotics startup, completes $6.5 million seed round funding, led by AlleyCorp and others] According to Business Insider, U.S.-based industrial robotics startup Avatar Robotics has completed a $6.5 million seed round funding, led by AlleyCorp and Defy.vc, with participation from Headline and Henry Ford III. The company enables operators to remotely control robots via Meta Quest headsets and controllers to perform picking and packing tasks in warehouses. The service is charged based on usage and costs less than directly hiring warehouse workers. Avatar does not sell hardware but sources robot units from China, providing labor services through remote operation while recording data from the robots' perspective and operator responses to train AI models for more autonomous operations.