Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume
Enigma, a robotics startup, is developing foundation models that enable robots to perform tasks beyond explicit training, focusing on intuitive human-robot interfaces. The company has raised $70 million in a seed round, with the goal of creating efficient and natural ways for users to interact with its AI robots. Through an online experiment, Enigma is testing various interaction methods, aiming to gather data on human-robot communication to improve AI models and interfaces.
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