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Lessons from 8 Years of Building Robots - Hardware FYI

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Hello! This is a special edition of Hardware FYI. We recently had the chance to talk with Dexterity, a robotics startup that just launched Mech, an industrial-grade "superhumanoid" robot built for real-world warehouse logistics. A few quick notes on Dexterity: Founded in 2017 by former Stanford labmates Raised $290M from Lightspeed, Sumitomo, and others Learned fast by shipping pilots and keeping what worked Eight years of development led to Mech, today’s warehouse-ready robot fleet Below is our conversation with founding engineer Robert Sun. If you’re interested in learning about how robots are developed commercially or just like seeing complex systems come together, we think you’ll enjoy this one. What were you originally trying to build, and what were some of the early discoveries that shaped the company's direction? We started with a broad mix of projects: robots that moved bread trays, systems that singulated parcels, and robotic arms picking cosmetics and toys from cluttered bins

Lessons from 8 Years of Building Robots Hardware FYI May 31, 2025 30 3 4 Share Hello! This is a special edition of Hardware FYI. We recently had the chance to talk with Dexterity, a robotics startup that just launched Mech, an industrial-grade "superhumanoid" robot built for real-world warehouse logistics. A few quick notes on Dexterity : Founded in 2017 by former Stanford labmates Raised $290M from Lightspeed, Sumitomo, and others Learned fast by shipping pilots and keeping what worked Eight years of development led to Mech, today’s warehouse-ready robot fleet Below is our conversation with f

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