While financial details were not disclosed, the move signals the company’s (including ex-Tesla staff scientist) ambition to compete in the global robotics race, including with China, by combining 3D printing capabilities and AI-driven humanoid tech.
“We believe robotics could be the next frontier unlocked by AI — and it should be open, affordable, and private. Our vision: a future where everyone in the community, from hobbyists to enterprises, can build or use robot assistants or games, starting from open solutions instead of closed, remote controlled, hardware,” said Thomas Wolf, co-founder, and chief scientist at Hugging Face, in a statement.