Standard Bots
Assembly Line
Standard Bots Adopts NVIDIA Isaac Sim to Advance AI-Powered Robotics
At Standard Bots, we are transforming how robots learn, adapt, and operate through the power of artificial intelligence. By integrating NVIDIA technologies, we are leveraging cutting-edge technologies to push the boundaries of what’s possible in AI-driven robotics, accelerating our mission to make human-robot interaction more intuitive and versatile.
Our team is focused on developing AI models for training through demonstration—including utilizing our handheld devices, which are designed in-house. By leveraging NVIDIA accelerated computing, we’re not only training our models more efficiently but also deploying them directly inside our robotic arm controllers, enabling smooth and responsive AI operations in real-world scenarios.
For our next-generation RO3 robot, we’re pushing the envelope even further. We’re integrating NVIDIA cuMotion, a CUDA-accelerated motion planning library, to provide advanced obstacle avoidance—an essential safety layer for AI-driven robotics. Just as autonomous vehicles need robust safety systems to prevent collisions, our robotic arms also require an intelligent, reliable way to adapt to their environment. cuMotion enables our RO3 robots to be the first of their kind that can rapidly scan, identify, and avoid obstacles. Before cuMotion, such capabilities were a significant challenge due to the limitations in open-source alternatives and the inherent unpredictability of black-box neural networks.
We’re also taking full advantage of NVIDIA Isaac Sim, a reference application for robot simulation built on the NVIDIA Omniverse platform, to build comprehensive test suites for the AI models we create. This allows us to rigorously validate our models in simulated environments, running on AWS cloud instances, before deploying them in the field. Additionally, Isaac Sim plays a crucial role in generating synthetic training data for our foundational AI models, helping us achieve a level of data diversity and volume that would be impractical through real-world collection alone.
Standard Bots Secures $63M in Funding to Propel American Manufacturing Forward with AI-Driven Robotics
Standard Bots, a pioneer in robotics automation, announced it has raised $63 million in total funding, with its recent Series B round led by General Catalyst with participation from Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund and Samsung Next. The company has already successfully launched its RO1 robotic arm and is now preparing to bring its new AI-powered robots to market, unlocking use cases and industries untouched by traditional robotics, such as complex assembly, food preparation, or dishwashing.
Standard Bots designs and assembles collaborative robotic arms in the United States to transform industrial sectors such as manufacturing. The company is also developing a transformer-based model that leverages the power of AI to enhance robotic capabilities. By observing human demonstrations, Standard Bots empowers robots to master intricate tasks from loading complex welding fixtures to folding clothing with unprecedented precision, marking a pivotal moment in the industry and unlocking a realm of new possibilities previously deemed by many to be beyond robotic reach. Standard Bots’ RO1 and RO2 robotic arms are currently in production and are designed for high variability and challenging real-world applications, a stark contrast to traditional, pre-programmed robots that often cannot navigate unpredictable conditions such as dynamic or cluttered environments and unexpected obstacles.