EPFL spin-out Embodied AI unveils AIR, a two-armed tendon-driven factory robot designed to work without a safety cage
The company reports 95% task success in paid pilots and says AIR learns tasks by teleoperation before running autonomously within about a month; overall size, weight and payload are not published.
Why it matters
Most industrial arms are heavy and rigid, so they sit behind barriers or light curtains; AIR keeps heavy parts in the torso and drives lightweight arms through cables so they give way on contact. The 25-person Swiss team, spun out of EPFL, says each arm weighs about 2 kg and lifts up to 5 kg, and that AIR can cover the workload of up to three workers per shift. These are company figures; watch for published specifications and named customers.
Key facts
- 95% average task success in paid pilots (company figure)
- Arm weighs about 2 kg, lifts up to 5 kg
- Learns by teleoperation, autonomous in about a month
- 25-person team spun out of EPFL
- Up to three workers' workload per shift, company says