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Rivian is its first manufacturing partner, exclusive pilot environment, strategic shareholder, and source of live automotive production data; the company is backed by Eclipse Ventures, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Meritech Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Prysm Capital, Greenoaks, and other investors.","sub_category":"Industrial arms & cobots","signals_total":26,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/mind-robotics","title":"Mind Robotics · robotics, United States · scores, facts and signals · Frontier Tech Intelligence","description":"Mind Robotics is developing robotic systems for dexterous, reasoning-intensive tasks in automotive manufacturing, targeting factory work that requires variable perception, dexterity, and force control. 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