About

Where tree science meets Physical AI.

Three founders from the Technical University of Munich, building AI that understands trees.

Hadi YazdiCEO & Co-Founder

Qiguan ShuCTO & Co-Founder

Felix ZimmermannCCO & Co-Founder

Darbots brings together research in remote sensing, computer vision and landscape architecture. Our mission is to use technology to make cities greener and safer, and to help people care for the trees they are responsible for.

Our story

From the lab to the street.

Darbots began in the research labs of the Technical University of Munich. Hadi Yazdi and Qiguan Shu spent years teaching machines to read trees: their trunks, branches and crowns, from camera images and 3D scans.

Felix Zimmermann brought the view from the ground. As a landscape gardener and landscape architect, he knew what tree inspectors face every day: long lists, little time and decisions that affect public safety.

Together, with Prof. Ferdinand Ludwig as academic advisor, they founded Darbots. Their idea is Physical AI for trees: models that understand real trees in the real world from the visual data that cities and companies can already collect.

Milestones

Our milestones

2022
Research
- Doctoral research at TUM on teaching AI to understand urban trees
- First model that reconstructs trunk, branches and crown from images and 3D scans
2024
Backing
- The Technical University of Munich supports turning the research into a product
2025
Start-up
- EXIST start-up grant from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
- First pilot projects with real trees in the field
2026
Launch
- Working with forestry operations and cities
- Darbots MVP launched: tree inventory and inspection on one platform