Artisanal

We’re building a vocational school for robots.

An expert and a young craftsperson guiding a robot at a cabinetmaking bench
Artisanal · People, robots & the work between them.

Robot companions for exceptional craftspeople.

New tools have always expanded what people can make. We’re building robots that help craftspeople explore new forms, techniques and ideas, grounded in the materials and judgment of their craft.

Craft, in all its detail.

Our ambition spans furniture, fashion, precision engineering and new materials.

A craftsperson guiding a gloved robot inside a timber cabinet joint

Furniture & joinery

The fit of a joint. The direction of the grain. The feel of a finished surface.

A craftsperson and robot tensioning cognac leather over an upholstered frame

Leather & upholstery

Shaping, tensioning and stitching. Decisions made through touch.

A robot and a young mechanic reassembling an engine with components arranged on the bench

Precision engineering

A machine taken apart, understood and carefully put together.

A robot placing a strip of straw into a bird marquetry panel beside an artisan

Marquetry & decorative arts

Fine strips of straw. A composition made through direction, colour and light.

What matters is in the details.

Taught by experts.
Tested through making.

We design robot training with people who know their craft. They help define the work, teach its subtleties and judge the result.

  1. 01

    Expert teaching

    The techniques, touch and decisions behind good work.

  2. 02

    Physical practice

    Real tools, varied materials and increasingly demanding tasks.

  3. 03

    Workmanship

    Review the result with the craftsperson. Learn from the next correction.

Shape the school with us
Gloved robot hands pouring a biomaterial mixture into a mould on a stainless steel laboratory bench

Materials yet
to be imagined.

Mixing, casting and testing. Exploring what a material can become.

An API for
physical craft.

Describe what you want to make. Work through the details. Our longer-term ambition is to make physical skills as accessible as software tools, guided by human judgment.

Workshop tools and controls: sanding belt, drill, file, welding torch, vice, press, switches and pedals

What can robots
do today?

A guide to the work, the conditions and the evidence. Updated as we learn.

Explore the capability guide