The Persona Humanoid Assembler is a bipedal humanoid robot from Persona AI designed for skilled industrial labor in heavy industries including shipbuilding, construction, energy infrastructure, and manufacturing. At 175 cm, it targets physically demanding tasks that require human-like dexterity in unstructured environments.
Primary use case: Skilled industrial labor in heavy industry (shipbuilding, construction, energy infrastructure, manufacturing)
Height
175 cm
Weight
85 kg
Payload
15 kg
Price
$150K
Height
175 cm
Weight
85 kg
Locomotion
bipedal
Hand Type
Persona AI R2 Hand (dexterous, industrial tool-compatible)
Payload
15 kg
Autonomy Level
unknown
AI Capabilities
Human-like dexterity, Welding, Grinding, Inspection, Fabrication, Material handling, Equipment maintenance, Teleoperation
Price
$150K
Availability
Research
Primary Use Case
Skilled industrial labor in heavy industry (shipbuilding, construction, energy infrastructure, manufacturing)
Persona AI, founded by former NASA Valkyrie leader Nic Radford and former Figure CTO Jerry Pratt, is focusing its humanoid robots on shipyard welding as a near-term economically viable application. The company has partnerships with HD Hyundai and POSCO in Korea, targeting skilled labor shortages in shipbuilding where hundreds of kilometers of linear welds are needed per ship.
In a recent podcast appearance, Figure founder Brett Adcock pushed back against humanoid hype, arguing that the true bottleneck is onboard intelligence, not hardware manufacturing, and claiming early customers are already seeing a real-world return on investment.
A new resolution in San Mateo County aims to mandate on-site human supervision, automation impact fees, and strict fire safety requirements for commercial humanoids, setting a high regulatory bar for physical AI startups.