$30M Startup Builds Dog Crate-Sized Robot Factory That Learns

This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans, reshaping small-scale manufacturing.
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$30M Startup Builds Dog Crate-Sized Robot Factory That Learns
This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans, changing how small-scale manufacturing could look in the future. Instead of building human-sized machines or massive automation lines, San Francisco-based MicroFactory is rethinking robotics with a compact, AI-powered approach. Image : Google A New Kind of Factory-in-a-Box MicroFactory has created a general-purpose, tabletop manufacturing kit roughly the size of a dog crate. Inside this transparent workstation are two robotic arms designed to handle precision tasks. The system can learn through human demonstration and artificial intelligence, making it versatile for industries that need rapid, flexible production. Why Smaller Is Smarter “General purpose robots are good, but it’s not necessary [to] be humanoid,” explained Igor Kulakov, MicroFactory’s co-founder and CEO. “We decided to design robots from scratch that wou…