# Waddle Labs: physical AI company

Canonical ID: `7863313a-dec1-4c2c-bb6b-ab80ae7b9a5f`

## Key facts

- **Product:** AI coding agent for robots — 'Claude Code for robots.' Plain English → working robot policy
- **How it works:** Agent views cameras, breaks task into stages, writes code, runs robot, judges rollouts, diagnoses failures, iterates
- **Speed:** Useful baseline policy within hours for new tasks
- **Emergent behavior:** Created parameterized grasping skill → adapted to fold shirt and towel
- **Demo replication:** Replicated Physical Intelligence and Figure viral demos from text prompts via robot self-play
- **Founder 1:** [Vincent Yiding Song](/people/vincent-yiding-song.md) (@yiding_song) — multimodal models for astrophysics, meta-learning at Harvard Kempner Institute
- **Founder 2:** [Hanming](/people/hanming.md) (@DozenDucc) — topology research at MIT math, proved a conjecture, Regeneron top-five paper prize
- **Origin:** Met at MIT Research Science Institute in high school, Harvard roommates
- **Contact:** founders@waddlelabs.ai
- **Early access:** Available at waddlelabs.ai

- **Slug:** waddle-labs
- **Founded:** 2024
- **HQ:** USA

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (2)

- [Vincent Yiding Song](/people/vincent-yiding-song.md) Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)
- [Hanming](/people/hanming.md) Co-founder (_reported, not verified_)

## Supplies to

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## Common questions

### What is Waddle Labs?

Waddle Labs is an AI robotics startup building autonomous coding agents for robots — 'Claude Code for robots.' Connect their API to a robot, describe a task in plain English, and Waddle's agents create a working robot policy. Agent looks through cameras, breaks task into stages, writes code, calls specialist models, runs the robot, judges rollouts, diagnoses failures, and iterates. Can produce useful baseline policy within hours. Founded by Vincent Yiding Song and Hanming (DozenDucc) — Harvard roommates who met at MIT Research Science Institute. Replicated viral demos from [Physical Intelligence](/companies/physical-intelligence) and [Figure](/companies/figure-ai) from just text prompts.

### What does Waddle Labs make?

Waddle Labs has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Waddle Labs builds physical robots.

### Where is Waddle Labs headquartered?

Waddle Labs is headquartered in USA.

### Is Waddle Labs a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Waddle Labs ranks in roughly the top 11% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Waddle Labs founded?

Waddle Labs was founded in 2024.


## Sources (1)

1. **Waddle Labs (official)** · https://www.waddlelabs.ai

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