Aether
Aether is an early-stage bipedal humanoid robot from Aether Robotics, a startup focused on general-purpose AI-native humanoids for logistics and manufacturing applications. The company is building robots with a mission to revolutionize productivity through advanced artificial intelligence and adaptability to diverse industries and tasks. Aether Robotics emphasizes a full closed-loop approach to embodied AI covering perception, reasoning, and action, targeting deployment in industrial, logistics, medical, education, retail, and urban management sectors. Detailed technical specifications have not been publicly disclosed as of 2025.
Primary use case: Early-stage humanoid from Aether Robotics targeting general-purpose applications across logistics and manufacturing with a focus on AI-native task learning.
Height
172 cm
Weight
90 kg
DOF
30
Specifications
Physical
Height
172 cm
Weight
90 kg
Degrees of Freedom
30
Locomotion
Bipedal
Commercial
Availability
In Development
Primary Use Case
Early-stage humanoid from Aether Robotics targeting general-purpose applications across logistics and manufacturing with a focus on AI-native task learning.
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