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Mbodi AI launches on Y Combinator, developing embodied AI for industrial robots
- Mbodi AI, a company focusing on embodied AI for industrial robots, has been selected to join the Y Combinator accelerator's X25 batch.
- The co-founders of Mbodi AI, Xavier (Tianhao) Chi and Sebastian Peralta, aim to simplify teaching robots new skills through natural language and quick demos, eliminating the need for code or engineers.
- They emphasize the importance of flexibility in automation adoption due to labor shortages in manufacturing and the challenges of reprogramming robots to adapt to changing production needs quickly.
- Mbodi AI's cloud-to-edge system incorporates generative AI, agent orchestration, and symbolic reasoning to translate high-level instructions into precise and adaptive robot actions.
- The startup envisions a future where robots can be easily taught and repurposed, sharing knowledge across fleets and enabling automation to be more accessible and adaptable.
- By partnering with companies like ABB Robotics, Mbodi AI aims to bring its embodied AI platform into real-world manufacturing facilities to automate complex and costly tasks.
- Initially focusing on pick-and-place applications, Mbodi AI plans to expand into mobile manipulation and higher autonomy levels, aiming to develop expertise-specific vision-language-action models.
- The company's goal is to make robots as easy to teach and adapt as software, revolutionizing the accessibility and integration of automation and robotics in various industries.
- Mbodi AI seeks collaborations with manufacturers, systems integrators, and robot makers to address challenges that were previously prohibitive for robotics applications.
- Through their innovative approach to embodied AI, Mbodi AI aims to pave the way for a future where robotic technology is seamlessly integrated and widely utilized across different sectors.
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