Enigma raises $70M to make controlling a robot as easy as adjusting the volume
robotics startup enigma raised $70m to fund research into intuitive human-robot interaction, launching a public experiment with 100 physical robots to determine the best interface for controlling ai agents.
enigma, a robotics research lab founded by cybersecurity veterans jonathan jacobi and gal niv, raised a $70m seed round led by index ventures and ribbit capital to develop an intuitive interface for controlling robots. unlike competitors focusing on dexterity or simulation, enigma developed its own robotic arms and underlying models from scratch and is launching a public experiment allowing users to remotely control over 100 robots to perform tasks like drawing or mixing chemicals. the goal is to gather data on whether humans prefer text, audio, or graphical inputs to control machines, aiming to make robot control as simple as adjusting a volume knob.