RoboForce, an AI robotics startup developing advanced robotic labor systems, has announced it raised $10 million in early-stage funding. Investors include Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, SoftBank VC co-founder Gary Rieschel, and Carnegie
Mellon University. Emerging from stealth, RoboForce is preparing to deploy its Robo-Labor technology this year. Designed to address labor shortages, the technology allows robots to operate in harsh outdoor conditions, perform hazardous tasks in dangerous environments, and improve project efficiency and cost-effectiveness. With 1mm precision in performing fine motor skills—such as picking, placing, pressing, twisting, and connecting—the robots offer capabilities in all-terrain mobility, precise manipulation, learning, communication, and safety compliance.
Target Industries and Applications
RoboForce’s initial focus includes solar, space, manufacturing, and mining industries—sectors identified by the U.S. Bureau of Labor as significantly impacted by injuries and labor shortages due to unsafe working conditions and extreme temperatures. The company’s first customers include developers of commercial and utility-scale solar projects, who face challenges in hiring and retaining skilled workers at remote sites with extreme environmental conditions.
By providing robots capable of operating throughout years-long project durations in challenging environments, RoboForce aims to help solar developers accelerate construction and installation timelines while reducing costs. This allows critical renewable energy projects to be completed on schedule, contributing to global sustainability efforts.
Driving Innovation in Robotics for Labor Challenges
“At RoboForce, our mission is to create robotics for humanity to boost the world’s economy with the power of Robo-Labor,” said Leo Ma, founder and CEO of RoboForce. “We are building the most advanced Robo-Labor system to take on the most tedious, physically demanding, and dangerous jobs that humans shouldn’t have to do. We are dedicated to creating the leading high-intelligence ‘super worker’ system to redefine the future of industrial labor, making it safer, efficient, and more sustainable.”
“Labor shortages and decarbonization are the two largest trends that are happening at a global scale, and RoboForce is uniquely positioned to address both,” said Myron Scholes, Nobel Laureate for Economic Science, investor, and the Frank E. Buck Professor of Finance, Emeritus at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business. “RoboForce has a great team working on innovation very valuable for the world.”
About RoboForce
RoboForce is an AI robotics startup developing advanced Robo-Labor systems with 1mm precision and AI expert models. The company’s robotic workforce offers significant labor cost savings, addressing labor shortages in utility-scale solar and space industries, with future applications in manufacturing, mining, and beyond. Founded in 2023 by Leo Ma, a co-founder of the Nasdaq-listed company Cyngn, RoboForce’s team includes leaders from CMU Robotics, Michigan Robotics, Amazon Robotics, Tesla Robotics, Google, Waymo, Apple, and Microsoft. Backed by investors such as Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes, Gary Rieschel, and Carnegie Mellon University, RoboForce aims to redefine industrial labor.
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