Standard Bots builds Spark, Core, and Thor collaborative robot arms with no-code, AI-native software that lets factory workers teach tasks by demonstration.
Standard Bots is a robotics company headquartered in Glen Cove, New York, that designs, manufactures, and sells collaborative industrial robot arms (cobots) paired with AI-native, no-code control software. Its lineup includes Spark (7kg payload, 900mm reach), Core (18kg payload, 1,300mm reach), Thor (30kg payload, 2,000mm reach), and the mobile, bimanual Bolt (currently in beta). Rather than requiring traditional robot programming, operators teach a new skill by demonstrating the task once using tele-op (gamepad), antigravity lift-assist, or classic jog controls; the software then trains a vision-based model in the cloud and can self-correct as floor conditions change. Standard Bots targets manufacturers automating machine tending, palletizing, welding, pick-and-place, surface finishing, inspection, and assembly. Robots are designed and assembled in the US, with motor and drive systems built at the company's Glen Cove facility, and a developer SDK with API access supports integrations with PLCs, sensors, vision systems, actuators, and fieldbus connectors. The company has raised $63M in Series B funding (2024, led by General Catalyst with the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund) and lists NASA, Verizon, Amazon, Lockheed Martin, Timken, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory among its customers.