Noble Machines Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-16 - Funding - Noble Machines receives completed strategic investment from Shimizu - The work targets physically demanding and hazardous construction tasks. Noble develops MOBY-series hardware, control systems and application software. The partners plan to combine BIM/CIM-based simulation with tests at real construction sites. - source: shimz.co.jp
• 2026-09-30 - Research Publication - Runway introduces Praxis-1 world action model for real robots - Noble Machines, Standard Bots and Ultra are testing the model on their hardware, including the Standard Bots RO1 arm. The model learns robot actions from large-scale video pretraining combined with robot interaction data. Public weights are planned in the… - source: runway.com
• 2026-03-12 - Demonstration - ADLINK previews Jetson Thor systems for GTC - DLAP-701 configurations used Jetson T5000 or T4000 modules; a DeepRad.AI medical demonstration paired the platform with Phison aiDAPTIV. Noble Machines’ Moby was listed for a separate humanoid showcase using ADLINK DLAP-series computing and NVIDIA Jetson… - source: adlinktech.com
• 2026-03-10 - Partnership - Noble Machines and Schaeffler partner on actuators and Newton simulation - The actuator platform uses Texas Instruments chipsets, while its digital twin runs in the Newton physics engine built on NVIDIA Warp and OpenUSD. The models account for manufacturing differences, lubricant and seal aging, and the energy demands of physical… - source: noblemachines.ai
• 2026-03-03 - Org Change - Noble Machines exits stealth and reports first industrial robot deliveries - The first shipment and deployment occurred within 18 months of the company’s launch. ADLINK, Schaeffler and Solomon were named as industrial collaborators. Its training approach combines language instructions, demonstrations and gestures to teach physical… - source: automate.org
• 2026-03-03 - Market Signal - Noble Machines ships and deploys first humanoid robots to a Fortune Global 500 industrial customer - Noble Machines said it shipped and deployed its first humanoid robots to a Fortune Global 500 industrial customer within 18 months of launch. The company described the robots as general-purpose industrial systems built for hazardous and physically demanding… - source: businesswire.com
• 2025-03-18 - Demonstration - Under Control Robotics demonstrates Moby payload walking on rough terrain - The 72-kilogram robot averaged 200 watts of power consumption, with claimed endurance of five to six hours. Tests included omnidirectional walking, debris-filled floors, cross-slope movement and rejection of disturbances. The company was developing a… - source: undercontrolrobotics.substack.com
• 2025-03-13 - Demonstration - Under Control Robotics demonstrates Moby locomotion and push recovery - The locomotion model ran on a single CPU core in an NVIDIA Jetson Orin computer, with STM32 processors in the actuator modules. The prototype could walk using an inertial measurement unit; a newer model was being developed with vision. Arms were planned for… - source: newsroom.arm.com