Mech can lift up to 130 lbs (around 59 kg) – 65 lbs (29 kg) per arm – and place boxes as high as 8 feet (2.4 m) in the air. | Source: Dexterity
Dexterity Inc. Monday announced the launch of Mech, an industrial mobile manipulator. Made up of two arms mounted on a rover, Mech can navigate to workstations across warehouses or industrial sites and perform stressful, repetitive tasks.
Redwood City, Calif.-based Dexterity engineered Mech from the ground up to bring greater skill and strength to industrial environments. The system leverages Dexterity’s advanced Physical AI to quickly and easily tackle new tasks.
“We are tremendously excited to introduce Mech, our groundbreaking industrial superhumanoid designed specifically to revolutionize logistics,” said Samir Menon, CEO and Founder of Dexterity. “Mech represents a major leap forward in our mission to empower people with intelligent, flexible robots that safely and efficiently solve complex, labor-intensive industrial challenges. Combining human-like adaptability with superhuman strength and sophisticated Physical AI, Mech will fundamentally transform logistics operations around the world.”
Mech is available to Dexterity’s industrial and enterprise customers for truck loading, with new software applications scheduled throughout 2025 to extend its capabilities further.
Founded in 2017, Dexterity said it uses “physical AI” to give its full-stack systems human-like dexterity, freeing workers in logistics, warehousing, and supply chain operations from repetitive and strenuous tasks. Last week, it raised $95 million, bringing its total valuation to $1.65 billion.
The company is no stranger to dual-armed technology. Its previous robot, DexR, is a dual-armed system for unloading boxes from trailers and containers at the loading dock. The robot uses machine vision, force sensing, and integrated motion planning to pick up a range of items, from stiff cardboard to soft plastic.
Dexterity emphasizes strength and flexibility with Mech
Enterprises worldwide face mounting pressure to improve efficiency while maintaining workplace safety. Dexterity said Mech directly addresses these challenges by combining dexterity and intelligence to perform tasks that require complex planning and heavy lifting. These include loading and unloading trucks, palletizing and depalletizing boxes, and order picking from low-cost racks.
Mech is capable of lifting up to 130 lbs (around 59 kg) between its two arms and placing boxes as high as 8 feet (2.4 m) in the air. Beyond its speed and strength, Mech works natively in the demanding conditions of brownfield industrial sites, integrating with existing infrastructure and legacy automation systems.
With four independently steerable wheels, Mech can navigate autonomously to where the most physically demanding tasks are and can immediately begin lifting, loading, packing, palletizing, building, and more, with the press of a button.
Dexterity’s Physical AI runs directly on Mech’s onboard AI supercomputer, utilizing hundreds of AI models to intelligently tackle a variety of challenging scenarios—such as stacking random arrays of boxes, coordinating its dual arms in tight spaces, and delicately handling crushable packages through an advanced built-in sense of touch. Mech is further enhanced by up to 16 onboard cameras that help Mech understand what it is picking and determine the best packing strategy while loading and palletizing—in temperatures ranging from 32 to 122°F.
One associate can simultaneously manage and monitor up to 10 Mechs, dramatically reducing injuries associated with repetitive stress and heavy lifting tasks.
To further increase its flexibility and efficiency, Mech can be easily upgraded with new software apps that enable it to learn and perform additional complex tasks. The initial application available at launch is a specialized truck-loading app, with additional task-specific apps planned for release later this year.
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