Building Origin, a dual-arm robot for useful physical work. Designed for human workstations.
Corvallis, Oregon
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Meet Origin. Our first robot. A new beginning for HIRO Industries.
We’re building a dual-arm robot to bring accessible automation to more businesses.
For the work in front of us and the possibilities ahead.
Follow our progress.
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Picking is only half the job.
Origin is learning to handle the packaging, too.
2x speed - teleoperated
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We're slowly giving AI eyes, hands, and a sense of where it exists in the physical world. Still feels pretty wild when you think about it.
Good robotics starts with good sensing.
Head and wrist RGB. Depth. Joint telemetry. Recorded motion, visualized together.
We’re building Origin for real-world work, with the tools developers and researchers need to take it further.
What would you build?
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No hardware shortcuts will be taken. If you want to build a good robot, start with good parts.
Good robotics starts with good sensing.
Head and wrist RGB. Depth. Joint telemetry. Recorded motion, visualized together.
We’re building Origin for real-world work, with the tools developers and researchers need to take it further.
What would you build?
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HIRO Industries retweeted
Good API is the foundation of everything else. Robotics platforms have traditionally struggled here.
What do you wanna see in the API?
Good robotics starts with good sensing.
Head and wrist RGB. Depth. Joint telemetry. Recorded motion, visualized together.
We’re building Origin for real-world work, with the tools developers and researchers need to take it further.
What would you build?
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Good robotics starts with good sensing.
Head and wrist RGB. Depth. Joint telemetry. Recorded motion, visualized together.
We’re building Origin for real-world work, with the tools developers and researchers need to take it further.
What would you build?
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HIRO Industries retweeted
This is why I love the robotics field. Everything is new it gives anyone a chance to be great.
@hiroindustries is the most fun I've had working on a project in a long time
42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
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HIRO Industries retweeted
42 days ago, I left my job as a founding engineer at a @ycombinator robotics startup and moved back to Oregon to start my own robotics company.
Here's how we got here.
I started HIRO (Humanoid and Intelligent Robotics Organization) as a club at Oregon State because I believed advanced robotics should be accessible to everyone, not just a handful of well-funded labs.
I had preordered a robot from @kscalelabs, but when the company shut down, I reached out to its founder, @benjamin_bolte, about buying one of their prototypes. Instead, Ben talked me out of driving down to Palo Alto and encouraged me to build our own robot for the club.
That conversation stuck with me.
Earlier this year, I graduated from Oregon State and moved to San Francisco to work at Nori Robotics.
Over the summer, we went through three iterations of robots and multiple public launches. I learned a ton about what it actually takes to build and ship hardware.
On September 1st, I came back to Oregon and went all-in on @hiroindustries with my cofounder, @ethan_marreel.
In just six weeks, we've brought Origin, our first two-armed robot, to life. From designing and assembling hardware to getting it moving and sharing our first demos.
There's still an enormous amount to figure out. The hardware isn't perfect, the software is a work in progress, and Ethan's teleoperated beaver throw could use some practice.
Six weeks ago, Origin was still an idea. Today, I get to watch it move in my apartment.
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HIRO Industries retweeted
No more cad, no more renders, no more simulations - its time to build something special.
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Always cool to see your projects come out of CAD into the real world. This is going to be a super capable robot
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Simulation can compress days of robot learning into minutes.
The remaining challenge is making sure the objects, scenes, and physics match where the robot will actually operate.
Fast training means more when reality is built into the loop.
4,096 simulated Origin robots practicing at once in @NVIDIARobotics’ Isaac Lab.
One run packed 48.5 combined hours of practice into ~6 minutes.
Learning from examples, then trial and error.
Final test: 100/100 successful pick-and-place tasks in simulation.
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This is how intelligent robotics scales
4,096 simulated Origin robots practicing at once in @NVIDIARobotics’ Isaac Lab.
One run packed 48.5 combined hours of practice into ~6 minutes.
Learning from examples, then trial and error.
Final test: 100/100 successful pick-and-place tasks in simulation.
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4,096 simulated Origin robots practicing at once in @NVIDIARobotics’ Isaac Lab.
One run packed 48.5 combined hours of practice into ~6 minutes.
Learning from examples, then trial and error.
Final test: 100/100 successful pick-and-place tasks in simulation.
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HIRO Industries retweeted
Why completely overhaul your assembly line when you can just upgrade the operator?
Meet Origin by @hiroindustries, a human-scale dual-arm robot built to drop directly into your existing workstations. For established manufacturers, this means immediate automation value with zero infrastructure downtime. Origin seamlessly automates intricate, high-repetition assembly tasks with human-like dexterity, letting you scale production and eliminate bottlenecks without the multi-million dollar cost of rebuilding your factory floor.
What bottleneck on your floor needs this dual-arm upgrade?
HIRO Industries
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Building a production line with Origin will be like playing Factorio
From the workbench to the conveyor.
We’re designing Origin to handle the picking, packing, and transfers that keep production moving.
Have a task in mind for Origin? Reach out about becoming a pilot partner.
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