Why 2025 is a pivotal year for robotics
Anabelle Nicoud explores robotics with Anto and CosmicBrain, including the training data and skills behind useful robots.
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Opens on IBM Think in a new tab.A human touch
to a robotic world
Scroll to discoverIntelligence, with a little warmth.
We bring robots into everyday life. Taught by people. Built around the things that matter.
Let’s build together01 / Built around people
A future that feels more human.
Robotics begins with something beautifully ordinary: a person showing another way to do a thing.
We’re here for the space between a clever machine and a useful one. The careful engineering. The shared learning. The people who make it all work.
With curiosity,The CosmicBrain teamSan Francisco · Planet Earth
observe → learn → help
02 / The CosmicBrain approach
From experience to intelligence.
From a first demonstration to a useful robot in the field. Three connected layers, with people in the loop.
human experience
+ physical intelligence
a world of possibility
+ physical intelligence
a world of possibility
It starts with you.
A hand reaching for a cup. A careful lift. The little adjustments we make without thinking. We capture human demonstrations and robot sensor data so those moments can become something a robot can learn from.
01Human demonstration
02Synchronized signals
03A shared experience
D = { (sₜ, aₜ) }A dataset of observations and actions, one moment at a time.
Find your starting point 03 / From our world to yours
A helping hand. In the real world.
A laundry basket. A hallway. A small moment at the door. Take a closer look at the robot in the spaces it’s designed to help.
Real spaces.
A very human purpose.
A basket in hand. A little help along the way.
A closer look
04 / The physics of helping
A little physics in every helping hand.
A useful robot needs ways to understand what’s around it, how it’s moving, and when to be gentle.
p = (x, y, z)A place in the world.
F = maForce, mass, and acceleration.
F = maForce, mass, and acceleration.
A little experiment for your curiosity. Choose a sense and move the slider.
Motion study / illustrativeFIG. 02
A little experiment in motion
Make every move count.
Joint positions and motion signals connect intent to a coordinated physical action.
p = f(θ)
Joint angles become a position in space.
YOUR TURN
Bend the elbow. One change at the joint draws a whole new position for the hand.
A simplified study of the idea. Move at your own pace.
05 / People in the loopYour hands.
Your hands.
A little more reach.
Human judgment, wherever the robot is. Our operator workspace brings approved people, assigned robots, and headset access together.
Open Live TeleopSign in with your approved operator account.
You + your headset
One operator session
Your assigned robot
FROM THE NOTEBOOK
Curious about what makes it work?
Cosmic 0.5 · Human-to-humanoid skill transfer, capture, retargeting, and evaluation.
Read the technical report06 / Out in the world
Part of a bigger conversation.
A few perspectives on the work, the people, and the questions moving robotics forward.
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Opens on TechCrunch in a new tab.07 / Glad you asked
Curiosity looks good on you.
A few things you might be wondering.
Ask us something else01So, what does CosmicBrain actually do?
We build the data and deployment layer for humanoid robotics: capture real-world demonstrations and signals, refine them into useful training data, and connect hardware, policies, and human operators in the field.
02Do you build the robots, too?
We work with robot makers. Our focus is the software, data, integration, and human operations that help their hardware become useful in real settings. You can explore platforms and their source specifications in our robot catalog.
03Who do you work with?
Robotics teams collecting task-specific data, model builders learning from the physical world, and organizations exploring a supervised robot pilot. We start with the task and the people around it.
04Are the robots fully autonomous?
Autonomy depends on the hardware, task, and environment. Human operators provide supervision and teleoperation where needed. We agree on the operating limits and evaluate a workflow before expanding it.
05How do we get started?
Tell us about the task you're working on, the setting, and what a useful result would look like. We'll talk through hardware, data, supervision, and a practical next step together.
08 / Your next chapter
What could we build together?
Tell us about the task you’re imagining, the people around it, and what a useful next step would look like.
human curiosity
× thoughtful engineering
a world of possibility
× thoughtful engineering
a world of possibility
People at the heart.
Robots in the loop.