The present RO1 mannequin is a six-axis robotic that integrates with grippers, conveyors, seventh-axis lifts, linear actuators, and extra. | Supply: Commonplace Bots
Commonplace Bots yesterday unveiled a brand new robotic and introduced that it has expanded its manufacturing facility in Glen Cove, N.Y. The American robotics firm stated the brand new 16,000-sq.-ft. (1486.4 sq. m) manufacturing unit doubles the scale of its earlier Lengthy Island location.
This enlargement aligns with the firm’s unveiling of a brand new 30 kg (66.1 lb.) payload, 2 m (6.5 ft.) attain robotic at Automate in Detroit subsequent week. It stated this mannequin combines collaborative options—resembling a compact footprint, user-friendly programming, and superior security—present specs appropriate for heavy-duty tooling and enormous workpieces for industries resembling automotive, aerospace, and logistics.
“This new facility marks a pivotal second for Commonplace Bots as we scale to fulfill rising demand for American-made robotics,” stated Evan Beard, co-founder and CEO of Commonplace Bots. “We’re thrilled to debut each our expanded manufacturing unit and our newest improvements at Automate.”
NVIDIA platforms facilitate robotic coaching
Commonplace Bots’ methods run on its in-house-developed AI. It stated the bodily AI, powered by the NVIDIA Isaac platform, allows customers to show robots duties by way of demonstration, eliminating the necessity for conventional coding or programming.
Customers can then annotate and increase their demonstration knowledge by way of NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a reference software constructed on NVIDIA Omniverse for fast deployment.
Having undergone intensive personal beta testing, Commonplace Bots plans to launch its “end-to-end mannequin” to a broader viewers in 2025. The corporate claimed that it’s going to simplify automation of 1000’s of advanced processes beforehand out of attain by way of typical robotics.
Commonplace Bots emphasizes U.S.-based manufacturing
The robotics trade is poised for vital development, with the Worldwide Federation of Robotics (IFR) reporting that international robotic installations in manufacturing rose by 31% in 2022 alone. The IFR’s newest numbers present that whole installations of business robots within the automotive trade elevated by 10.7%, reaching 13,700 items in 2024.
Whereas the U.S. is putting in extra robots, it isn’t producing most of them. Globally, 70% of installations are produced by 4 international locations: Japan, China, Germany, and South Korea, in response to the IFR. Commonplace Bots hopes to face out as a U.S.-based producer.
“Robotics has been the unlock for the repatriation of producing, however the potential has been hindered by two main obstacles: price and suppleness,” stated Quentin Clark, managing director of enterprise capital agency Normal Catalyst. “We stay up for supporting Commonplace Bots and seeing how their know-how will open up new potentialities for robotics throughout American manufacturing.”
Commonplace Bots asserted that its industrial robots and AI coaching fashions with a sturdy platform for bodily AI. The firm has obtained over $63 million in funding led by Normal Catalyst with participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Subsequent.
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