{"id":"noble-moby","manufacturer":"Noble Machines","model":"Moby","country":"US","description":"Moby is an industrial humanoid built by Noble Machines, a startup in Sunnyvale, California. It walks on legs and is meant for heavy, hazardous work such as material handling, inspections and data capture in factories, logistics, construction, energy and semiconductor plants.","catalog_status":"research","specifications":{"height_cm":155,"weight_kg":70,"payload_kg":23,"dof":22,"speed_ms":0.8,"battery_h":null},"capabilities":["sort"],"source":{"url":"https://noblemachines.com","verified_at":null,"verified_fields":[],"review_status":"requires_current_source_check"},"evidence":{"manufacturer_review":null,"mera_field_test":{"status":"not_published","report_url":null,"measured_at":null},"verification_note":"A manufacturer documentation check does not verify field performance, inventory or MERA compatibility."},"knowledge":{"summary":"Moby is an industrial humanoid built by Noble Machines, a startup in Sunnyvale, California. It walks on legs and is meant for heavy, hazardous work such as material handling, inspections and data capture in factories, logistics, construction, energy and semiconductor plants.","sections":[{"h":"History and launch","p":["The company was founded in 2024 as Under Control Robotics and came out of stealth as Noble Machines on March 4, 2026, presenting Moby as its first humanoid.","Noble says its first robots were deployed at an unnamed Fortune Global 500 customer within roughly 18 months of the company's launch, and that a next-generation robot is on the way."]},{"h":"Design and hardware","p":["Moby is a legged robot with a heavy upper body. The manufacturer lists a 23 kg (50 lb) payload, about 5 hours of battery life and a walking speed of 0.8 m/s. Launch coverage in The Robot Report cited up to 27 kg (60 lb), and heise online put its weight at about 70 kg.","Instead of fingered hands it uses modular end-effectors. It is designed for stairs, scaffolding, unstable ground, steep inclines and cluttered spaces. Actuators are co-developed with Schaeffler, and a ruggedized Jetson Thor computer with ADLINK."]},{"h":"Software and AI","p":["An in-house AI whole-body controller handles disturbances and shifting loads. Noble uses NVIDIA's open Isaac GR00T 1.7 model as the foundation, fine-tuned with VR teleoperation data, trains in Isaac Sim and Isaac Lab, and runs inference onboard on Jetson Thor without cloud calls.","Operators teach new tasks through language, demonstration and gestures rather than code. NVIDIA says the robot was built in 18 months by about 15 people."]},{"h":"Deployments","p":["NVIDIA describes two Moby units moving cartons, trays and material carriers at a semiconductor facility in Asia, with Taiwanese integrator Solomon adapting the workflows. Noble is also exploring construction work with a US general contractor."]},{"h":"Company","p":["Noble Machines is based in Sunnyvale. Its team comes from Apple, SpaceX, NASA and Caltech; Wei Ding is co-founder and CEO. Funding has not been disclosed."]},{"h":"Price and availability","p":["No public price. Moby is sold to industrial customers through deployments, not as a retail product."]}],"timeline":[["2024","Company founded as Under Control Robotics"],["2026-03","Exits stealth as Noble Machines and unveils Moby"],["2026-03","Exhibits at NVIDIA GTC 2026"]],"faq":[["How much can Moby lift?","The manufacturer lists 23 kg (50 lb); some launch coverage cited 27 kg (60 lb)."],["Is Moby a hospital robot?","No. Noble Machines targets industry: manufacturing, logistics, construction, energy and semiconductors."],["What is Moby's battery life?","About 5 hours, according to the manufacturer."],["What AI does Moby use?","An in-house whole-body controller plus NVIDIA Isaac GR00T 1.7, fine-tuned on teleoperation data and run onboard a Jetson Thor."],["How much does Moby cost?","Pricing has not been disclosed."]],"sources":[{"title":"Noble Machines exits stealth with Moby humanoid","publisher":"The Robot Report","url":"https://www.therobotreport.com/noble-machines-exits-stealth-with-moby-humanoid/","date":"2026-03-04"},{"title":"Robotics startup develops universal industrial robot in under two years","publisher":"heise online","url":"https://heise.de/-11200201","date":"2026-03-05"},{"title":"Noble Machines case study","publisher":"NVIDIA","url":"https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/case-studies/noble-machines/","date":"2026"},{"title":"Noble Machines home page","publisher":"Noble Machines","url":"https://noblemachines.ai","date":"2026-10"}],"updated":"2026-10-10"},"mera":{"rental_with_operator":false,"sale_in_offer":false,"availability":"confirmation_required","shop_url":null},"url":"https://merarobotics.com/blog/humanoids/noble-moby","inquiry_url":"https://merarobotics.com/en/start?service=purchase&robot=noble-moby"}