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Moby

Industrial humanoid robot designed for hazardous environments, capable of lifting 27 kg, navigating complex terrain, and learning new tasks through AI and demonstration.
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Made by
Noble Machines Inc.
Software Type
Closed Source
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Actuators
Compiute
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Max Op. time
300
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In Development
USA
Humanoid
2026

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  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcxyqVz739I, Public Walking Demo, 2024-10-08

Robot Brief

Moby is an industrial humanoid robot developed by Noble Machines to perform hazardous, physically demanding tasks across heavy industries such as construction, logistics, manufacturing, and energy. The robot is designed around a “whole-body AI” architecture that allows it to learn new tasks through natural language instructions and demonstrations. Physically, Moby adopts a rugged humanoid form factor with strong arms and legs capable of navigating complex environments like stairs, scaffolding, and cluttered workspaces while lifting heavy materials up to 27 kg. The platform prioritizes practical industrial performance rather than human-like aesthetics, focusing on strength, mobility, and adaptability for real-world worksites.

Use Cases

  • Material Handling:
    Designed to lift and transport industrial materials such as pipes, boxes, or tools in environments where traditional automation is difficult.
  • Industrial Inspections:
    Can navigate factories, construction sites, or energy facilities to capture visual data and monitor equipment.
  • Hazardous Environment Operations:
    Performs tasks in dangerous environments such as high heat, toxic conditions, or structurally complex worksites.
  • Autonomous Industrial Tasks:
    Executes repetitive or occasional tasks autonomously once trained via demonstrations or language instructions.
  • Human-Robot Collaboration:
    Works alongside human crews as a robotic labor assistant rather than replacing entire workflows.

Industries

  • Construction:
    Moves materials, performs site inspections, and navigates uneven terrain or scaffolding.
  • Manufacturing:
    Supports production lines with logistics, material transport, and machine monitoring.
  • Logistics & Warehousing:
    Handles packages and internal transport tasks in facilities with human-scale infrastructure.
  • Energy & Utilities:
    Inspects pipelines, industrial infrastructure, and hazardous equipment.
  • Mining:
    Assists with heavy labor tasks and site inspection in hazardous underground or surface environments.
  • Semiconductor Industry:
    Performs facility operations and transport tasks in complex industrial facilities.

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Intro

Moby is a rugged industrial humanoid robot developed by Noble Machines, a U.S.-based robotics startup founded in 2024 by engineers from organizations such as Apple, SpaceX, NASA, and Caltech. The robot was designed specifically to automate the “4D jobs” — dull, dirty, dangerous, and declining — that are difficult to automate using traditional industrial robots. Its architecture emphasizes practical strength, environmental mobility, and whole-body coordination rather than human-like appearance.

Physically, Moby stands approximately 1.7 meters tall and features a strong aluminum and composite frame built for durability in industrial environments. The robot weighs roughly 45–70 kg depending on configuration and includes 34 degrees of freedom with dexterous multi-fingered hands designed for manipulating industrial tools and objects. Its actuation system uses brushless motors combined with harmonic and planetary gear transmissions to deliver high torque for lifting tasks up to 27 kg.

At the core of the robot is an edge AI computing stack built around an NVIDIA Jetson Orin platform running AI models trained through simulation and real-world reinforcement loops using NVIDIA Isaac simulation tools. This architecture enables “whole-body intelligence,” allowing Moby to coordinate locomotion, manipulation, and balance while adapting to terrain changes and shifting payloads. The robot can learn new tasks in hours through language commands, demonstrations, and gesture-based training rather than traditional robot programming.

Connectivity

Capabilities

  • Whole-body AI Control:
    Coordinates arms, legs, and balance simultaneously for complex manipulation and locomotion tasks.
  • Natural Language Task Learning:
    Operators can teach the robot tasks through spoken instructions.
  • Demonstration-Based Learning:
    The robot can learn new tasks by observing human demonstrations.
  • Autonomous Navigation:
    Navigates cluttered industrial environments including stairs and scaffolding.
  • Adaptive Payload Handling:
    Adjusts posture and motion dynamically when lifting or carrying heavy objects.
  • Human-Robot Collaboration:
    Designed to operate safely alongside human workers.
  • Teleoperation Mode:
    Allows remote human operators to control the robot in complex or sensitive scenarios.