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Canvas drywall-finishing robot

Canvas (San Francisco; founder and CEO Kevin Albert, formerly of Boston Dynamics; about $43M+ raised including a $24M round) makes a drywall-finishing robot: a…

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Manufacturer
Canvas
Form factor
construction
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
canvas.build ↗

Overview

Canvas (San Francisco; founder and CEO Kevin Albert, formerly of Boston Dynamics; about $43M+ raised including a $24M round) makes a drywall-finishing robot: a Universal Robots UR10e collaborative arm mounted on a mobile base that applies and sands drywall compound to a finished wall surface, operated by a trained union carpenter. It has been deployed on commercial construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and is recorded at commercial maturity. An important correction worth recording: Canvas was acquired by JLG Industries (an Oshkosh Corporation company) around January 2026, in a core-technology and asset acquisition with undisclosed terms. This contradicts the originating dispatch's premise that Dusty Robotics acquired Canvas; two independent research passes confirm the acquirer is JLG/Oshkosh, not Dusty, and the two companies are unrelated. Operations continue under JLG/Oshkosh, so the lifecycle state is active.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
Verified deployments
1 deployment on file
Sources on file
6 sources, view all

Key facts

Robot arm

Universal Robots UR10e collaborative arm

Base

mobile base

Funding raised

~$43M+ including a $24M round

Maturity

commercial

Acquirer

JLG Industries (Oshkosh Corporation)

Acquisition date

around January 2026

Specs

Notes

Verified: Canvas (San Francisco; founder/CEO Kevin Albert, ex-Boston Dynamics; ~$43M+ raised incl. $24M round) makes a drywall-finishing robot built on a Universal Robots UR10e collaborative arm on a mobile base, operated by union carpenters; deployed on commercial projects in the SF Bay Area. maturity=commercial., Correction (cross-graph M&A): Canvas was acquired by JLG Industries (an Oshkosh Corporation company) around Jan 2026 (core-technology/asset acquisition, terms undisclosed). The originating dispatch's premise that Dusty Robotics acquired Canvas is INCORRECT - two independent research passes confirm JLG/Oshkosh, not Dusty. lifecycleState=active (operations continue under JLG/Oshkosh).

Products

Canvas drywall-finishing robot - a UR10e collaborative arm on a mobile base that applies and sands drywall compound to a finished wall surface, operated by a trained carpenter

Form Factor

construction (drywall-finishing / wall-finishing robot, cobot-arm on mobile base)

Data & sources

Press releases

2

News coverage

3

Web sources

1

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Availability and pricing

Availability
Not sold (internal use)
Price
Not publicly disclosed
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Not disclosed

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Canvas drywall-finishing robot. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

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Deployments (1)

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Canvas

Canvas footage of its 1200CX drywall-finishing robot. Canvas frames it as worker-controlled, putting better tools in the hands of skilled workers; an operator-driven assistive finishing robot, not autonomous construction.

Safety record

No incidents on record for Canvas drywall-finishing robot.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  1. https://www.canvas.build/
  2. https://www.therobotreport.com/canvas-raises-24m-automate-drywall-finishing/
  3. https://techcrunch.com/2021/11/30/canvas-its-drywall-finishing-robot-and-its-vision-for-the-construction-industry/
  4. https://www.constructiondive.com/news/oshkosh-jlg-acquires-construction-robotics-firm-canvas/
  5. https://www.therobotreport.com/jlg-industries-acquires-drywall-finishing-robot-developer-canvas/
  6. https://www.constructionrobotics.build/

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Common questions

What is Canvas drywall-finishing robot?
Canvas (San Francisco; founder and CEO Kevin Albert, formerly of Boston Dynamics; about $43M+ raised including a $24M round) makes a drywall-finishing robot: a Universal Robots UR10e collaborative arm mounted on a mobile base that applies and sands drywall compound to a finished wall surface, operated by a trained union carpenter. It has been deployed on commercial construction projects in the San Francisco Bay Area and is recorded at commercial maturity. An important correction worth recording: Canvas was acquired by JLG Industries (an Oshkosh Corporation company) around January 2026, in a core-technology and asset acquisition with undisclosed terms. This contradicts the originating dispatch's premise that Dusty Robotics acquired Canvas; two independent research passes confirm the acquirer is JLG/Oshkosh, not Dusty, and the two companies are unrelated. Operations continue under JLG/Oshkosh, so the lifecycle state is active.
How much does Canvas drywall-finishing robot cost?
Canvas drywall-finishing robot's price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Canvas drywall-finishing robot from Canvas. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Canvas drywall-finishing robot actually deployed in the real world?
Yes. Canvas drywall-finishing robot is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.
Who makes Canvas drywall-finishing robot?
Canvas drywall-finishing robot is made by Canvas, based in San Francisco, CA, USA, founded in 2017.
Where is Canvas drywall-finishing robot deployed?
1 verified deployment of Canvas drywall-finishing robot is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Newark.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: construction

Sources by quality tier

2
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure
2
secondary-trade-publication
Trade publication
1
secondary-industry-publication
Industry publication
1
unclassified
Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Canvas drywall-finishing robot.

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