Robot model
Formic Cobot RaaS
Robots-as-a-Service offering for manufacturing.
- Manufacturer
- Formic
- Form factor
- cobot
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- formic.co ↗
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Formic Cobot RaaS, a cobot by Formic (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 1 source back the record.
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Robots-as-a-Service offering for manufacturing. Pay-per-hour model with no upfront capital. It is a robotic system designed for physical AI applications. Key specifications include Focus: Robots-as-a-Service for manufacturing, Technology: Cobot deployments, Key round: $27.4M (Blackhorn Ventures), VP Product: Misa Ilkhechi.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Focus
Technology
Key round
VP Product
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Pricing
No verified price is on record for Formic Cobot RaaS. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- Formic Cobot RaaS at Chicagooperational
Formic RaaS cobots deployed at US manufacturing facilities on pay-per-hour basis.
Formic Cobot RaaS on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
How Formic's Pay-for-Productivity Robotics Works
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at Chicago
Supply chain (3)
Mechanical / contract manufacturing
- KUKA AGKUKA collaborative and industrial robot arms -- Formic Core OS runs across KUKA robot systems deployed in customer facilities; Formic owns/operates hardware under RaaS modelsupplies
- ABB RoboticsABB collaborative and industrial robot arms -- Formic Core OS runs across ABB robot systems deployed in customer facilities; Formic owns/operates hardware under RaaS modelsupplies
- FANUC CorporationFANUC collaborative and industrial robot arms -- Formic Core OS runs across FANUC robot systems deployed in customer facilities; Formic owns/operates hardware under RaaS modelsupplies
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Formic Cobot RaaS.
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Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-12
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: cobot
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Formic Cobot RaaS.Recent coverage
Formic Cobot RaaS in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Formic Cobot RaaS from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/formic-cobot-ras.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/15b1140c-9f16-4e94-99a0-6b0f2f769294
- Revision history: /models/formic-cobot-ras/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Formic Cobot RaaS draws attention at the 5th percentile but verifies reality at the 41st percentile among cobot robots. Hype Gap -36.1, 8th widest among cobot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Sep 6, 2026