Eka Robotics Secures $150M at $1.45B Valuation for Force-Sensing Robot Hands
Eka Robotics nets $150M at a $1.45B valuation for robot hands that sense force
Eka Robotics has raised $15,000,000 in new funding at a $1.45 billion valuation, focusing on robot hands that use force sensing for improved manipulation. The system combines vision and force data to adapt grip strength during tasks, with current performance at 1,500 operations per hour and a human baseline of 600. Pilots with industrial customers are underway, and the gripper costs under $1,000.
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≈1,500
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ass., where its grippers screwed in light bulbs and packed chicken nuggets onto a moving conveyor. The current robots pick objects that fall outside their training data at about 1,500 operations per hour, according to the company. The human baseline Eka uses for comparison is about 600. Eka told TechCrunch that its robots handle objects weighing up to 1 kilogram and succeed on more than 95% of picks, and that pilots
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≈600
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ass., where its grippers screwed in light bulbs and packed chicken nuggets onto a moving conveyor. The current robots pick objects that fall outside their training data at about 1,500 operations per hour, according to the company. The human baseline Eka uses for comparison is about 600. Eka told TechCrunch that its robots handle objects weighing up to 1 kilogram and succeed on more than 95% of picks, and that pilots
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1,000
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with industrial customers it has not named are underway on pick-and-place and wire-handling work. The gripper costs less than $1,000 and is rated for 5 million duty cycles for now. Eka wants to reach the 20 million that standard industrial arms are built for. Kris Hauser, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, told TechCrunch that a demo of Eka’s robot had a “wow factor” next to other robot demon
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5,000,000
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with industrial customers it has not named are underway on pick-and-place and wire-handling work. The gripper costs less than $1,000 and is rated for 5 million duty cycles for now. Eka wants to reach the 20 million that standard industrial arms are built for. Kris Hauser, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, told TechCrunch that a demo of Eka’s robot had a “wow factor” next to other robot demon
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≤1
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ass., where its grippers screwed in light bulbs and packed chicken nuggets onto a moving conveyor. The current robots pick objects that fall outside their training data at about 1,500 operations per hour, according to the company. The human baseline Eka uses for comparison is about 600. Eka told TechCrunch that its robots handle objects weighing up to 1 kilogram and succeed on more than 95% of picks, and that pilots
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ass., where its grippers screwed in light bulbs and packed chicken nuggets onto a moving conveyor. The current robots pick objects that fall outside their training data at about 1,500 operations per hour, according to the company. The human baseline Eka uses for comparison is about 600. Eka told TechCrunch that its robots handle objects weighing up to 1 kilogram and succeed on more than 95% of picks, and that pilots
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with industrial customers it has not named are underway on pick-and-place and wire-handling work. The gripper costs less than $1,000 and is rated for 5 million duty cycles for now. Eka wants to reach the 20 million that standard industrial arms are built for. Kris Hauser, a professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, told TechCrunch that a demo of Eka’s robot had a “wow factor” next to other robot demon
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Eka Robotics nets $150M at a $1.45B valuation for robot hands that sense force
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