Insider Brief
- Robot.com has launched R-noid, a humanoid robot designed for repetitive and difficult-to-staff jobs, and said the system can be deployed at customer sites within eight to 12 weeks through a robot-as-a-service model.
- The robot will initially be offered in five applications—restaurant assistant, packer, picker, folder and host—targeting labor shortages across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, food service, hospitality and experiential venues.
- According to the company, R-noid combines a mobile base, dual robotic arms and an articulated torso, incorporates technology from Nvidia, Physical Intelligence and FieldAI, and is already being tested in packing and manufacturing applications ahead of its debut at Automate 2026 in Chicago.
Robot.com has launched a humanoid robot designed for repetitive and difficult-to-staff jobs, saying the system can be deployed at customer sites in as little as eight to 12 weeks under a robot-as-a-service model.
The robot, named R-noid, will launch with five initial applications aimed at jobs that the company says employers frequently struggle to fill:
- Restaurant Assistant supports restaurant and food-service operations.
- Packer handles packing and end-of-line fulfillment tasks.
- Picker performs item picking in warehouse and logistics environments.
- Folder automates laundry and textile folding operations.
- Host assists with customer-facing greeting and hospitality duties.
“The future of work isn’t fewer people. It’s people freed from the parts of the job that grind them down, doing more of what they’re good at,” co-founder and CEO Felipe Chavez Cortes said in the announcement. “We build the robots that make that trade real, taking the repetitive physical work off your team so they can focus on craft, care, and the customer.”
What is R-noid
According to the company, R-noid combines a mobile base with dual robotic arms and an articulated torso, allowing it to perform a range of material-handling and service tasks in existing work environments. The system is designed to operate in facilities without requiring major infrastructure changes.
Robot.com said the platform incorporates technology from several partners. The robot uses Nvidia‘s robotics software and computing stack, while manipulation capabilities are powered by Physical Intelligence‘s vision-language-action model, which is designed to allow robots to perform tasks through natural-language instructions and visual inputs.
The company noted it is also working with FieldAI to integrate its foundation models, which are intended to help robots operate in changing environments and coordinate activities across multiple machines.
The R-noid launches with 19 tasks across five application categories, according to the company. Early deployments are already underway, including an order-packing application at a golf course and pilot work with a food manufacturing company. Formic will serve as a deployment partner for customers adopting the humanoid platform.
The company plans to showcase R-noid this week at Automate 2026 in Chicago alongside its existing fleet of delivery, transport and advertising robots.
Image credit: Robot.com
