The Robot Learning Company
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About The Robot Learning Company
The Robot Learning Company builds open-source hardware development kits for AI-native robot learning. TRLC-DK1 combines a 700 mm, 1 kg-payload arm with a leader arm and two cameras for single-arm learning, while TRLC-DK1-X provides two leader-follower kits and three cameras for bimanual work.
Both kits use USB-C for data transfer and support Linux, macOS and Windows. The hardware packages bring arms, demonstration controls and visual sensing into one development system, giving robotics teams a common platform for collecting demonstrations, training manipulation behaviours and testing learned control with one or two arms.
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- ROBOTIS
Inbound - actuation and motion control - The TRLC-DK1 leader arm uses seven ROBOTIS DYNAMIXEL XL330-M077-T actuators
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Team
- Jannik Grothusen - Founder
Timeline
Events
- 2026-01-25 - Product Launch - TRLC-DK1 v0.3.0 adds USB3 cameras and native LeRobot support
USB3 cameras enabled three 720p60 MJPEG streams through a single USB3.1 port. Native LeRobot plugin support removed the need to maintain a custom framework fork. Mechanical and electrical revisions added carbon-fibre-reinforced joint parts, consolidated links and more robust CAN wiring.
Source - 2025-09-24 - Product Launch - TRLC-DK1 v0.1.0 released as open-source robot learning kit
The v0.1.0 release provided imitation-learning support through the LeRobot framework. Published assets included CAD files for the leader and follower arms. The complete kit paired a 700-millimetre-reach, one-kilogram-payload arm with a leader arm and two cameras.
Source - 2025-04-19 - Award - The Robot Learning Company joins Y Combinator Spring 2025
The Spring 2025 cohort included the Munich-based robotics startup founded in 2025. Its platform combined low-cost stationary robot arms with imitation learning and offline reinforcement learning. The programme supported a plan to make repetitive-task automation accessible beyond conventional factory integrations.
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Relations
Relationships
- Y Combinator
Startup Accelerator - The Robot Learning Company participated in Y Combinator Spring 2025 while developing its affordable robot-learning platform.
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