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Renault co-developed the robot and took a minority stake in June 2025. DEPLOY holds Calvin-40 at pilot: Renault describes the Douai unit as being tested, Wandercraft's own site puts first series delivery in H1 2027, and the fleet figures in circulation (10 by end 2026, 350 by end 2027, 12 signed customers) are roadmap and order commitments rather than units at work.","formFactor":"humanoid","industryVertical":"manufacturing","environment":"indoor","maturityStage":"pilot","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByModelId":null,"specs":{"form":"headless humanoid, no head or face; LED status lights","tasks":"part handling, flow logistics (boxes, crates, parcels, tires, panels, carts), picking and kitting, assembly and machine tending","naming":"Calvin is named after Susan Calvin, the robopsychologist in Isaac Asimov's fiction, per Renault Group","control":"full-body control algorithm that auto-adapts to the load, inherited from the Atalante exoskeleton balance stack","sensing":"waist-mounted RGBD camera; inertial measurement units in each limb; force sensors under the feet","availability":"first series delivery expected H1 2027, per Wandercraft","end_effectors":"swappable: suction cups, grippers, or dexterous hands","not_disclosed":"height, mass, degrees of freedom, battery runtime and price are not stated by Wandercraft or Renault; 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