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Caleb Horan Is Teaching Robots to Take the Shift Nobody Should Want
After years deploying machines around nuclear work, the Salem Robotics co-founder arrived at a practical thesis: let people keep the judgment, and give robots the routes, instruments and paperwork.
Salem Robotics
Salem Robotics builds autonomy software that turns robots already on-site at nuclear and other hazardous facilities into reliable, regulation-compliant radiological survey operators. Using a deterministic planning approach tailored to safety-critical infrastructure, its hardware-agnostic platform lets robots walk predetermined routes, handle instruments, collect radiation measurements, and generate auditable compliance reports - replacing hours of manual surveys that today pull trained radiation-protection technicians into exposure zones. Founded by Los Alamos and UT Austin robotics veterans, the company is a Y Combinator S26 company based in Austin, Texas.