Robust AI develops AI-powered collaborative mobile robotics solutions for warehouses and manufacturing facilities. The company was co-founded by Rodney Brooks, a prominent figure in robotics research, and focuses on deploying robots designed to work alongside human workers rather than replace them. Its approach centres on human-centric design and AI-driven workflows, with the stated goal of making robotics adoption straightforward for operations handling material movement and logistics.
Its flagship product, Carter, is an all-inclusive collaborative mobile robot offered on a no-CapEx basis. Carter requires no infrastructure changes to deploy and is designed for rapid integration into dynamic warehouse and manufacturing environments. The company claims the solution delivers immediate ROI; DHL has reported productivity gains of over 60% from its use. Robust AI has also partnered with Foxconn to accelerate manufacturing and scale production of the platform.
The company's technical work spans collaborative mobile robotics, artificial intelligence, warehouse and manufacturing automation, and logistics operations. Its product philosophy emphasises removing barriers to adoption - no capital expenditure, no facility modifications, and a design ethos that treats human workers as central to automated workflows rather than incidental to them.
