General Robotics’ GRID platform engineers itself, cutting robot setup to hours

General Robotics Technology Inc. has unveiled a groundbreaking automation system for robot engineering, drastically reducing the time required to deploy new robots from a month to just two hours. The Redmond, Washington-based company offers an intelligence layer for physical artificial intelligence, connecting robots from various manufacturers to a shared library of skills, models, and control techniques.

The GRID platform, which General Robotics developed, streamlines the process by determining necessary skills, assembling a combination of models and methods, and building and running simulation environments for training and evaluation. Deployment is subsequently carried out, and the system monitors performance and failures in the field to continually improve future deployments.

Knowledge graphs store all relevant information from each robot, task, model, and failure, ensuring each deployment enhances the platform's capabilities. Major companies such as Fanuc America Corp. and Galaxea Dynamics are already utilizing GRID, with applications spanning automotive, pharmaceutical, and consumer packaged goods sectors.

Founded by former Microsoft researchers, General Robotics is driving the evolution of robotic systems with a focus on real-world data and continuous improvement.