Construction
Canvas was founded in San Francisco in 2017 by people who had worked at Boston Dynamics, MIT and Stanford.
A dated step forward on the record · Company-reported
What the source says
“founded in 2017 by veterans of Boston Dynamics, Massachusets Institute of Technology (MIT) and Stanford”
What it means
Canvas drywall finishing robot, from Canvas, is at stage 1 of 5 on our ladder: demo only. Its stage is set by other milestones on its record; this one adds to the history. This line rests on the company's own announcement; no regulator, customer or independent report confirms it in our sources yet.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.
More on Canvas drywall finishing robot
- Tool maker Hilti agreed to manufacture future Canvas robots, built on the base of its own Jaibot drilling robot. Canvas said demand had outgrown what it could build itself.
- The Washington Post listed Canvas among construction start-ups with working robots, describing its machine as a mobile robot that finishes drywall.