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Acorn Robot is a Beijing-based embodied intelligence startup founded in late 2024 by a research team drawn from Tsinghua University and Harvard University. The company develops general-purpose robot manipulation systems centered on tactile perception and contact mechanics.
Its flagship Natus AGE-0 Embodied Instinct Model is designed to let robots operate without large pre-existing training datasets, using physical interaction rather than teleoperation demonstrations to build skills. Acorn also builds standardized dual-arm production cells and is pursuing a Manufacturing-as-a-Service business model for flexible manufacturing customers in consumer goods, chemicals and food production.