Helping robots fit into the human workplace

Robust AI, co-founded by MIT Professor Emeritus Rodney Brooks and Anthony Jules, builds a mobile robot called Carter that is designed to work alongside humans in warehouses and factories, featuring a force-sensitive handlebar, an AI-powered vision system, and holonomic wheels. Carter is deployed in logistics warehouses and on factory floors to help workers pick or stock shelves and move items, with workflows that let it guide workers to locations, follow them, or transport loads across large facilities. The company says its approach is to understand workers' primary tasks and build features that accelerate them, letting humans do what they are good at while digital systems handle the rest.