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Hardware · Updated 24 Oct, 11:53 pm IST

Dream Labs launches Dream-1 bimanual robot and public API with $90M seed

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Why it matters for readers: It shows a new approach where a single robot model aims to work across different robots and environments out of the box.

  • Dream-1 is a bimanual robot with parallel grippers that can start performing tasks out of the box when connected to Dream Labs' API.1
  • Dream Labs says Dream-1 requires no fine-tuning, no demonstrations from that robot, and no machine learning expertise to operate.1
  • The company came out of stealth with $90 million in seed funding and is offering access to Dream-1 through a public API worldwide.1
  • Dream Labs positions Dream-1 as a way to break robotics' chicken-and-egg (cold-start) problem by enabling generalization to new robots and environments.1
  • The launch notes that capable bimanual arm setups can now cost as little as about $2,000, lowering hardware barriers to adoption.1

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