Automate 2026: Robot.com Launches R-noid humanoid robot

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Autonomous robotics company Robot.com announced the commercial launch of R-noid, a general-purpose humanoid robot that the company said is built for the repetitive, multi-shift, hard-to-staff jobs that are structurally breaking the industrial workforce.

The launch, which took place at Automate 2026 in Chicago, introduces five categories -restaurant assistant, packer, picker, folder and host - deployed across six industry verticals, including industrial, logistics, healthcare, food services, lodging and experiential, each targeting the real labor roles that operators are chronically struggling to fill.

Alongside R-noid, Robot.com is also showcasing the R-kiwi and R-kiwi+ delivery robots at Automate.

R-noid humanoid expands Robot.com’s fleet

Robot.com said that the problem R-noid fills is structural and pervasive. Quick-service restaurants experience staff turnover upwards of 130%. Warehouse picker tenure averages just 1.2 years. More than 67% of hotel operators report critical staffing gaps in both housekeeping and laundry. The company said that these staffing shortfalls put customer experience at risk, and these jobs don't stay filled. Robot.com said that R-noid is built to help.

“Humanoid robotics have been a promise for a long time. What changes today is that it becomes a service - something operators can actually deploy, measure, and expand,” said Felipe Chavez Cortes, co-founder and CEO of Robot.com. “R-noid isn't a bet on the future of robotics. It's robotics working right now, in kitchens, on pack lines, and on event floors, solving the staffing problems that have been unsolved for too long."

Deployed under a Robot-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, Robot.com said that it can go from the first visit of a customer's site to autonomous on-site R-noid operation in as few as 8-12 weeks.

R-noid integrates into Robot.com's broader fleet - R-kiwi for delivery, R-cargo for transport - all on the same software stack and five-phase engagement model.

The hardware features dual 7-degree-of-freedom (DoF) arms, a 4-DoF articulated torso with 0-1.9m vertical reach, a holonomic mobile base and Vision Language Action (VLA) AI that generalizes across tasks. The company said that R-noid also ships with R SOUL, an expression and behavior system that lets the robot communicate intent, status and personality - so it reads as a presence people trust, not a machine they tolerate.

At launch, Robot.com said that R-noid can perform 19 deployable tasks across five categories. Lighthouse deployments are already underway, demonstrating the new humanoids' speed-to-impact on business performance.

The company said that the R-noid Packer is live at an award-winning golf course, handling on-site order packing operations. Robot.com added that the Packer category is also advancing toward production at a major food manufacturing facility, with early results validating R-noid's end-of-line capabilities at scale. The Picker is designed to slot directly into existing pick ports across logistics operations, with no facility retrofit required.

"Our answer to 'how long will this take?' is weeks, not years," said David Rodriguez, co-founder of Robot.com. "With thoughtful hardware design, best-in-class software and our proven platform, we can have a robot doing real work in your facility within weeks of the first conversation. No other humanoid platform can make that claim and back it up with paying customers."

In addition to its Automate debut, R-noid will be among the featured players in Robot.com's first appearance at Cannes Lions, where the company is the official Robotics Innovation Partner for PMG's AI & Tech Sandbox.