Tutor Intelligence, a robotics company spun out of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, has raised 34 million dollars in a Series A funding round led by Union Square Ventures. The round brings the company’s total funding to 42 million dollars. Fundomo and Neo also participated, with Neo returning after leading the company’s seed round.
According to the company, the new capital will be used to expand commercialization of its warehouse robots, increase deployment within consumer packaged goods operations, and continue development of its central robot intelligence platform. Tutor Intelligence states that its system collects data from robots operating in production environments and uses this information to train models that support new robot types and functions.
The company’s robots are used in manufacturing and logistics settings and operate alongside human workers at large consumer goods companies, including firms within Fortune-ranked supply chain networks. Tutor Intelligence describes its approach as relying on visual intelligence to handle varied products and conditions without the extensive pre-programming associated with traditional industrial robots.
Tutor Intelligence offers its systems through a subscription model structured as Robot-as-a-Service. The company says robots are typically delivered within 30 days of contract signing and reach full operation within one day of arrival at customer sites.
