Autonomique deploys semi-humanoid robots and AI at Canadian Tier 1

Autonomique Inc. is deploying its physical AI platform at F&P Manufacturing Inc., a Tier 1 automotive supplier, to tackle labor shortages and rising production challenges. The company’s hardware-agnostic software enables industrial robots to perform complex, multi-step tasks with human-like adaptability while maintaining precision and reliability. Founded in 2024 and spun out of SRI International, Autonomique integrates AI-driven reasoning and teleoperation systems originally used by the U.S. Army for bomb disposal and pharmaceutical cleanrooms. Its platform combines a ‘generalist-specialist’ architecture, allowing robots to switch between deterministic skills and flexible vision-language-action models dynamically. CEO Vikrant Tomar, a Ph.D. holder in AI and former CTO of Fluent.ai, emphasized the need for industrial robots to handle real-world demands, not just demo-grade demonstrations. The system’s adaptability extends to different grippers, such as magnets for flat metal parts, reducing reliance on costly robotic hands. Autonomique’s training from real-world data enables rapid scaling across automotive, electronics, and aerospace manufacturing. The deployment at F&P Manufacturing marks a step toward broader adoption, with the platform designed to create reusable blueprints for future automation tasks. The company’s Menlo Park, Calif.-based team specializes in robotics engineering and AI, ensuring seamless integration with existing industrial robot arms from brands like Denso, Staubli, and RealMan Robotics.