Humanoids daily(@humanoidsdaily):“Keeping them working has to be as scalable as building them.” We asked O-ID CEO Stian Jakobsen how modular robot maintenance would actually work. The plan: detect wear in an elbow, ship a replacement, then have a trained factory worker power down the robot and swap the module. It would load its stored calibration and run readiness checks before returning to work. The old module goes back for refurbishment. No engineer flying in for every replacement. Why build in Japan? Jakobsen points to precision automotive manufacturers that could both supply the robots and use them—and relationships built by being there. This is the intended workflow, still under development. Read the updated article:

2026.09.26 09:14

“Keeping them working has to be as scalable as building them.” We asked O-ID CEO Stian Jakobsen how modular robot maintenance would actually work. The plan: detect wear in an elbow, ship a replacement, then have a trained factory worker power down the robot and swap the module. It would load its stored calibration and run readiness checks before returning to work. The old module goes back for refurbishment. No engineer flying in for every replacement. Why build in Japan? Jakobsen points to precision automotive manufacturers that could both supply the robots and use them—and relationships built by being there. This is the intended workflow, still under development. Read the updated article:

Humanoids daily@humanoidsdaily

2026.09.24 14:06

What happens when a factory robot breaks? Tokyo startup O-ID is building modular humanoids with replaceable joints, limbs and compute units. Its pitch: on-site repairs in minutes, supported by sensors that flag component wear before failure. It has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding led by TAWANI Ventures, targeting Japanese automotive manufacturing and logistics first. The modularity is intriguing. Measured repair times, reliability results and a customer rollout schedule are still to come.