Launching today
Axol
Automate physical work with a powerful robot
51 followers
Automate physical work with a powerful robot
51 followers
Axol is a dual-arm robot designed for teams automating real work with physical AI. Easy data collection, long reach, and a high range of motion means you can automate work that matters.
Axol
Hi folks, I'm one of the co-founder of Almond! A year ago, we were in grocery stores and factories trying to get robots to do actual work, but the process kept breaking.
Data collection was painful. Reach and payload were limited. Motion constraints and singularities reduced usable workspace. Cables and components failed. Support was slow.
We realized most robots we used were built for demos, not real work. That's why we built our own.
Axol is the robot we wish we had. Super excited to hear everyone's feedback.
P.S. Axol is assembled in San Francisco so we so we can be there for you when it matters.
Congrats on the launch! Been following on X / Twitter and this is really exciting. Been looking for something in the robotics space I can justify buying for the price of a couple Vision Pros or how much I minimum put into my PCs. I really think this is the future and want to understand how to do more. Some layman questions:
Do I need 3 Zed X cameras to make my tasks work well? Could I buy just one? I see the kit has one for each arm plus the overhead
"onboard compute" for the Axol Kit - can I run this from my desktop or laptop with some kind of cable? Do I need a separate compute box for it?
Will you open source different policies we can run out of the box as time goes on? My vision is to be able to hook it up to my agentic harnesses via MCP or a cli channel and be able to remotely prompt my Axol to do specific tasks for me
Can the stand be remote controlled or do I need to move it myself? Looks like the latter. In that case, I could potentially build my own for moving it around.... At 19.5 kg (42 pounds), I think I could put it on top of some of the remote controlled vehicles I've played with. The stand is what seems the most swappable right now but correct me if I'm wrong and support is its own challenge
I'd also love to see the Github repo link more prominent on your website. Took me a bit to find it. It'd be SO COOL to have a repo of task policies that are already trained I could use out of the box, with all the necessary caveats, etc. Would be a super cool open source ecosystem to create so I can easily flip depending on the task and have my agentic harness handle the switching between policies for me as the more general decision maker. Especially given the reach and flexibility in range of motion. I may not be your target customer with these questions and thoughts but I'm excited about the potential and look forward to learning more. I'm more a TARS guy than an iRobot guy so keep at it.
Edit: Task policies would be similar to loading skills for harnesses I imagine.
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Congrats on the launch! 🚀 Building robots for real-world work instead of demos is a challenge many teams can relate to. Wishing you a successful Product Hunt day!
Axol
@alina_tyslenok_ Thank you! We're excited to work closely with such teams.