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Noble Machines

Corporate markethumanoidCurated record

General-purpose industrial humanoid whose Moby robot uses AI-driven whole-body control for end-to-end autonomy; skills acquired via language instruction or gesture demonstration in hours rather than months; supports remote teleoperation and fully autonomous modes; targets manufacturing, logistics, construction, energy, and semiconductor applications in outdoor and complex terrain environments.

HeadquartersSunnyvale, US
Founded2024
Corporate fundingNot disclosed
Team11-50
Deployments1
Open roles8
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StageSeed
FoundersWei Ding (Co-founder & CEO), Team includes former engineers from Apple, SpaceX, NASA, and Caltech
Regions servedNorth America
Countries deployedUS
Service footprintHQ Sunnyvale CA; deployed at one Fortune Global 500 industrial customer in the US within 18 months of founding; targeting manufacturing, logistics, construction, energy, and semiconductor verticals.
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinehumanoid

Moby

  • 23 kg (50 lb) payload; 5-hour battery life; 0.8 m/s walking speed; modular end-effectors

    vendor-stated performance characteristics (first-generation Moby)

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  • AI-driven whole-body control; skills acquirable via language instruction or gesture demonstration in hours; 95% sim-to-real transfer success rate

    vendor-stated AI learning capabilities and sim-to-real performance

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Machinehumanoid

Moby3

  • Third-generation humanoid unveiled at Nvidia GTC 2026; designed for hazardous industrial tasks with enhanced dynamic payload capacity and adaptive mobility

    vendor-stated product generation and positioning

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Deployment log

Announced and cited only

AnnouncedCustomerSiteCountryCountEvidence
2026-03-03Fortune Global 500 industrial customer (undisclosed)industrial manufacturing / logistics facilityUSNot disclosedAnnouncement
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Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

Investors on recordUP Partners
HR

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles8

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-03-16Collaborated with Schaeffler to advance general-purpose robotics via Newton digital twins initiative; Moby demonstrated at Nvidia GTC 2026Noble Machines
2026-03-03Emerged from stealth (formerly Under Control Robotics); announced first shipment and deployment of Moby humanoids at a Fortune Global 500 customer within 18 months of company launchBusinessWire
2026-03-01Unveiled third-generation Moby3 humanoid at Nvidia GTC 2026 (San Jose, CA)Reuters / YouTube
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Source ledger

5 unique public sources