Robots that figure it out

No single model or tool can solve robot autonomy. We build the metacognitive intelligence that sits above them all, and makes them work in the real world.

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Inside the Lab. Moving robotics from the old software paradigm to the new.

The old way

Something changes. The robot stops.

new objectrobot stopsteleoperatecollect demosretrain offlineredeployweeksper change
With Motoniq

Something changes. The robot adapts.

new objectnoticesadaptskeeps workingonlinelive, on the robot

Motoniq does for physical work what LLMs did for digital work.

Research. What we are learning about robots that figure it out.

Paper · arXiv 2606.06556

Robots Need More than VLA and World Models

Robotics is having its foundation-model moment, but not yet its internet. Our position on what has to come next.

Schwager, Ajoudani, Cadena, Peters, Hutter, Bou-Ammar · June 2026

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