Machenta Raises $40M Seed to Teach Robots New Tasks From One Demonstration
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Teaching a robot a new job can take far longer than performing the job itself. Collecting demonstrations, preparing training data and updating a model can turn a small workflow change into a substantial engineering project. Machenta has raised a $40 million seed round to shorten that process, developing a robot foundation model designed to acquire a physical task from a single demonstration without additional task-specific training. The London company announced the financing on October 27, with…
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