ConstructionDrywall finishing robot

Canvas drywall finishing robot

Name: Canvas drywall finishing robot
Brand: Canvas

Canvas makes a robot that spreads and sands joint compound (the paste that smooths the seams between drywall boards) on interior walls, a job usually done by hand. Its arm extends to reach high walls. Hilti press release, 13 Mar 2023

Stage 1 of 5

Demo only

Which rule placed it

Evidence: No customer evidence yet
Human help: Not disclosed
Last milestone: 13 March 2023

01Can I get it?

Not yet

Where it works today: Used by drywall contractors on large buildings in the San Francisco area, such as a terminal at San Francisco airport, according to Canvas. Canvas website
Published price: No published price in our sources.
Human help: The maker hasn't said whether people help it remotely.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

13 March 2023
Production
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.
Hilti press release, 13 Mar 2023Company-reported
30 Jan 2023
Update
The Washington Post listed Canvas among construction start-ups with working robots, describing its machine as a mobile robot that finishes drywall.
The Washington Post, 30 Jan 2023
2017
Update
Canvas was founded in San Francisco in 2017 by people who had worked at Boston Dynamics, MIT and Stanford.
Hilti press release, 13 Mar 2023Company-reported

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

No crashes, recalls or regulator reports in our sources. That is not proof none happened; we add them when a regulator or trusted outlet reports one.

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass market
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo onlyThis robot
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.
No pre-order, pilot, paying customer or clearance is on record yet.

What we couldn't confirm. Thin card: web search ran out before Canvas could be researched further. Could not confirm funding, robot count, how it is sold (rental, service or sale), or any 2024 to 2026 news.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Canvas drywall finishing robot (Canvas): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/canvas-drywall. Checked 19 October 2026.