"One of our missions with AI at Standard Bots is to collapse the time, cost and expertise to deploy a robot to real productive use." - @leifjentoft, Head of Applied AI at Standard Bots, introducing our new AI Locate skill.

What does AI really mean for robots? Start with this: anyone on your floor can use one. At Standard Bots, we’re focused on building robots that are easy to use. Set up a routine in minutes from an iPad. Show your robot how it’s done, and it learns by demonstration. No robotics experience required. When a robot is that easy to use, the people who know the work can put it to work. Machining, welding, palletizing, assembly, finishing, inspection, and more, run by the team you already have. More parts out the door. More shifts covered. More capacity to compete. That's what AI means for robots, and for manufacturing as a whole. Intelligent robots are the essential power tool of the 21st century. Listen to our AI launchast:

You've got more welding work than welders. Every job you turn down is revenue lost. Standard Bots offers a pre-engineered MIG welding system made with welders in mind. Set it up fast. Teach it without writing a line of code. Your welders spend their time on the hard parts, and the robot handles the repeat work. Come teach a robot at @FabtechExpo, October 21-23 📍Booth S4400

Our CEO @evanbeard sat down with @RoboStrategy, @Rewkang and Scott Walter to talk about the Standard Bots AI launch. “We’re focused on making robots that are easy to use. The paradigm today is, if you want a robot, you go to an installer or an integrator. They often charge as much as the robot.” With Standard Bots AI, anyone can program a robot to do complex tasks in minutes from an iPad, with no code, no fixtures, and no outside integrator. That means faster setups, faster changeovers, and faster paybacks. Watch the full interview 👇

"If you have an iPad, you can vibe code robots. And potentially save your company millions of dollars while you’re at it." @Forbes robotics reporter @johnkoetsier interviewed @evanbeard for an exclusive on the launch of Standard Bots AI. Read the story here:

Introducing Standard Bots AI “We chose Standard Bots for two reasons: the speed of development is highly compressed, and the interface for programming the robot is so much simpler. With Standard Bots AI, that's even faster.” — Adrian Nistler, President and CEO, Path Machining & Automation Standard Bots AI robots deliver dramatically faster setups, faster changeovers, and faster paybacks. This is why robots are the new essential power tool of the 21st century. Our mission is to expand human capacity with the world’s most accessible robots. We’re building this future in Glen Cove, New York, and on hundreds of factory floors, and counting. Say yes to more:

“We believe data quality matters far more than raw volume, and we focus on getting the most out of targeted data rather than chasing the largest possible dataset,” explained Standard Bots Head of Applied AI @leifjentoft. Jentoft and CEO @evanbeard talked with @ricmac of @latentspacepod about how we build AI-native robots for reliable execution on the factory floor. Read the full piece:

The simplest robot you (or your five-year-old!) will ever use. No code. No robot knowledge required. Perfect for automating clean-up duties. Great job, Jack! And thank you to Standard Bots Sales Engineer Nicole Bing for capturing this moment!

Every hour your robot spends on setup is an hour it's not in production, and a waste of your time. Adding a third-party gripper usually means downloading a configuration file and installing it before anything moves. With Standard Bots, it takes a few taps in our native app. No driver files, no uploads, no integrator. Standard Bots senior software engineer Christine Wolf shows you how easy it is. Just open your software and pick your gripper. The robot does the rest.

Robots create jobs. Better jobs. “When we asked parents whether they’d like to see their kids working in manufacturing jobs, the overwhelming response is no. The work is physically demanding and can be dangerous. But when we asked if they’d like to see their kids managing robots, it flipped,” explained @evanbeard, Standard Bots Founder & CEO, in conversation with @JasonrShuman of @PrimaryVC. Robots take on the heavy, repetitive, dangerous tasks. People move up to running, maintaining, and improving the machines. Work gets safer. Shops get more capacity, and capacity creates room for growth. When manufacturers become more competitive, they can grow their businesses, create more jobs, and raise wages. For every manufacturing job, another five jobs are supported elsewhere in the economy. That’s the future we’re building: manufacturing where the work is safer, the jobs are better, and the next generation wants in.

AI-native robots are the essential power tool of the 21st century. See why, this month at @packexposhow and @FabtechExpo. Get hands-on demos, talk to our team. Get to know America’s largest manufacturer of AI-native robots. 📍 PACK EXPO | October 18–21 | Chicago | Booth N-5080 📍 FABTECH | October 21–23 | Las Vegas | Booth S44000 Join us there.

Only 6% of U.S. manufacturers use robots today. Mostly because they're too hard to use. We're changing that with the latest launch of Standard Bots OS. Applications engineer Jake Lenihan walks through how to quickly and easily make a routine with Standard Bots. Positions get stored as spaces. Variables track cycles and equipment states. Five step categories — moves and grippers, control logic, signals, operator prompts, and vision — snap together into a working program. Fewer clicks, faster programming from the ground up. No code. No robotics experience required.

Most machine tending setups start with a fixture: a custom grid, a nest for every part, and hours of teaching positions before the first cycle runs. This one starts with a blank table. Set the parts down anywhere. Our AI-native robots find each one, pick it up, and load it into the machine. And they talk to your Haas natively. Less time building fixtures. Less time teaching. More time making parts.

"People think of robots as a hardware category, but robots are the thing that creates every other hardware category." In a conversation with @PrimaryVC's @JasonrShuman, Standard Bots CEO @evanbeard made the case for why building robots in America matters. Robots build capacity: for jobs, for businesses, for supply chains. Building them here is not just about balance of trade. It's better for the environment and better for national security.

Proud to show off what we're building in Glen Cove, New York. AI-native robots are the essential power tool of the 21st century. Thank you to @RepTomSuozzi for making the stop, and congratulations on the Advocate for American Business Award.

We placed a bottle the robot had never seen before on the worktable. With a few taps on the iPad, Standard Bots AI recognized the bottle, planned the pick, and successfully placed in the tote — no matter where or how we set it on the table. That’s ClickFind: one of our AI skills that makes us the easiest robot you'll ever use. Demo it at @IMTSchicago. Booth 236540. Or schedule a demo online:

"Where are we in the innovation cycle for AI-native robots? Have we already had our ChatGPT moment? Is it ready for production?" That's what Primary GP @JasonrShuman asked our CEO @EvanBeard in front of hundreds of people at Primary's NYC Tech Summit yesterday in Manhattan. It's also a question we hear from industry leaders constantly. Evan's answer: "We're deploying AI in factories every day, it's already happening. AI-native robots can handle variability that legacy robots never could: the part is different, or it's in a different place or different orientation. This has been the biggest barrier of entry for robots to date, they couldn't do anything unless the setup was perfect every time. Now it's a self-driving robot that can pick up any part you want in any location or orientation, autonomously. But there's no single moment. Capabilities keep compounding, and adoption keeps accelerating, until there's an ineffable tipping point that everyone recognizes to be true. We're not there yet, but we're approaching it quickly, probably within the next 6-12 months. It's also worth noting that ChatGPT didn't need to build a new platform to distribute its product. It scaled on the web and phones everyone already has. Physical AI needs to build out its deployment infrastructure, the robots. Legacy robots weren't designed for AI, so everything has to be rewritten from the ground up. But the transition to physical AI has begun, and we're leading the wave to build out not only the frontier models but also the hardware platform that it will all run on.”

Day 2 at @IMTSchicago. 10+ demo stations to show your robot how it's done. Run high-mix machining jobs faster & easier with Standard Bots AI. Meet our team and demo our AI-native robots, designed & assembled in the USA. 📍Booth 236540, North Hall

We're live @IMTSChicago! Join tonight's networking event hosted by America's largest manufacturer of AI-native industrial robots. Stop by booth 236540 in the North Hall to register — and demo our AI capabilities while you're there.