Walden Robotics launches with $300M, and its factory humanoids have no legs
Walden Robotics has launched from stealth with $300m and a $1.1bn valuation. The Toyota spin-out builds humanoids for factories, and it left off the legs on purpose. “If you listen to the people on the factory floor, they aren’t ready, and they don’t want them yet.” That is Russ Tedrake, telling Bloomberg why his new […] This story continues at The Next Web
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Published: 15 July 2026
Source: The Next Web AI
Category: News
Topics: Agents & autonomy · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 16 July 2026
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