O-ID, a Tokyo-based company building one of the world’s first fully modular humanoid robots for industrial manufacturing and logistics, has raised $1.2 million in pre-seed funding.
The round was led by Chicago-based TAWANI Ventures, with participation from Hustle Fund, Techstars, and angel investors – including the founders of Humanoid Guide, who were early investors in robotics company 1X.
The company will use the funding to move its first robot from prototype to production as it prepares to place robots on Japanese factory floors. [Read more…] about Japanese humanoid robotics startup O-ID raises $1.2 million to move modular robot into production