Delivery robot startup Robot.com bets its next act on wheeled humanoids for kitchens and warehouses
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Robot.com launches R-noid, a wheeled humanoid robot for kitchens and warehouses, powered by Physical Intelligence’s AI model.
Robot.com, the San Francisco startup formerly known as Kiwibot, is expanding from campus delivery robots into workplace humanoids. The company told Business Insider it will launch R-noid, a humanoid on wheels designed to package orders, load and unload boxes, and prep workstations across food service, logistics, and healthcare facilities.
CEO Felipe Chavez said the pivot has been nearly two years in the making. “We already have a foot in the door with our delivery robots,” he said, adding that offering manipulation solutions was the natural next step for a company that already has more than 500 robots deployed and has completed over two and a half million tasks.
R-noid is not trying to walk. The robot rides on a holonomic wheeled base instead of legs, with dual seven-degree-of-freedom arms and...
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