Addverb’s Humanoid Bet: How This Noida Robotics Startup Is Building Physical AI

Homegrown robotics firm Addverb has launched its first humanoid robot that is 6 ft tall, weighs 80 kg, and carries a 15 kg payload.

Early production plans include building around 100 humanoids over the next year to collaborate with five to six selected customers

Initial deployment targets include solar, battery, and electronics manufacturing sectors, along with hazardous jobs in nuclear and chemical industries

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They say the day is not far when most of India’s manufacturing industry would be run through so-called ‘dark factories’ where manual labour is minimally used, if at all. Machines manufacture, monitor, assemble and quality-test and even fix other machines. We call them machines for the sake of simplicity, but effectively these are robots. 

And this is perhaps why we can argue that India’s manufacturing and logistics sectors are at an inflection point. Robotics is the answer to rising labour shortages, increasing pressure to improve productivity, the skill gap when it comes to advanced manufacturing and a push towards Industry 4.0. 

New and even legacy factories, warehouses, and industrial units are turning to companies like Addverb, GreyOrange, Unbox Robotics, CynLr, Sastra (also founded in 2016 like Addverb) and others to take them to the age of robotics.   

The robotics and industrial automation market in India is currently estimated at around $2 Bn and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 15–16% over the next decade, supported by government initiatives such as Make in India and PLI schemes and greater adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies. 

Noida-based Addverb’s latest launch is a humanoid robot. The robotics and automation company claims this is a result of deliberation, R&D, and training over 14 months. The first version is six feet tall, weighs 80 kg, and can carry a 15 kg payload. It will have wheels for legs, while a biped version is planned for later.

The humanoid product joins Addverb’s roster of robots, which includes quadruped robots (otherwise known as robot dogs) designed for surveillance, research, logistics, and defence applications. The four-legged robots, capable of carrying payloads ranging from 5 kg to 30 kg, have been deployed in uneven terrains and mountainous regions, earning its moniker of Digital Mule. 

And now, Addverb says the new humanoid........

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