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Mantis MR-1

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About Mantis MR-1

MR-1 is a six-axis industrial arm designed to retain high operating speed within a fenceless work area. A surrounding three-dimensional sensing field detects people and obstacles, while SafetyCore executes deterministic reflexes locally with no cloud or learning-model dependency.

The safety architecture includes 47 certified functions and dynamically limits motion based on the location and movement of nearby personnel. Flow-based programming, digital-twin tools and direct teaching reduce deployment work for assembly, handling and machine processes. The robot combines industrial-speed motion with safety functions intended to stop movement before contact.

Capabilities

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  • Capability areas: Collaborative operation
  • Operating environments: Manufacturing environment
  • Pick and place

    Demonstrated - 2025-03-31 - The robot performed ultra-fast tray pick-and-place without external safety sensors or perimeter fencing.

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  • Human-aware collision avoidance

    Claimed - Mantis presents MR-1 as a vision-aware collaborative robot for flexible industrial handling and assembly.

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  • Material handling

    Claimed - Mantis presents MR-1 as a vision-aware collaborative robot for flexible industrial handling and assembly.

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  • Robotic assembly

    Claimed - Mantis presents MR-1 as a vision-aware collaborative robot for flexible industrial handling and assembly.

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Timeline

  • Mantis Robotics receives strategic investment from DIC

    2026-09-28 - Funding - DIC and Mantis plan to explore tactile sensing, robotic fingers and lightweight components. The investment follows safety certification of the MR-1 industrial robot, which combines 3D sensing with safety controls for shared workspaces.

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  • ABICO Group makes strategic investment in Mantis

    2026-08-28 - Funding - ABICO Group invested in Mantis as it expanded into robotics and factory automation. The strategic capital was linked to mass-production scale-up and distribution in Taiwan and Japan. Mantis described its MR-1 platform as a fenceless autonomous robot arm with spatial intelligence and code-free deployment software.

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  • MR-1 gains ISO 10218-1 and ISO 13849-1 certification

    2026-02-24 - Regulatory - SGS Fimko certified the MR-1 to ISO 10218-1 industrial-robot safety and ISO 13849-1 functional-safety requirements. All 47 embedded safety functions were certified to Performance Level d. Mantis said the certified MR-1 could operate at up to 10 m/s alongside people without perimeter fencing.

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  • MR-1 and SafetyCore shown at Automate 2025

    2025-05-12 - Demonstration - MR-1 combined real-time motion planning, 360-degree spatial awareness and arm speeds up to 10 m/s. Mantis introduced SafetyCore as an OEM safety platform for manipulators and mobile robots. The system dynamically compensates for robot motion rather than relying on fixed external safety sensors.

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  • MR-1 runs fenceless tray-handling demo at Hannover Messe

    2025-03-31 - Demonstration - The MR-1 demonstration began with Hannover Messe on March 31, 2025. The robot performed ultra-fast tray pick-and-place without external safety sensors or perimeter fencing. Mantis used the exhibit to show real-time barrier-free interaction between people and a high-speed industrial arm.

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