Startup Spotlight: Strive Robotics builds a verification layer between factory software and machines
Craig Cheney's MIT-trained team is connecting robotic work and verification directly to manufacturers' production systems.
By Ryan Merket · Published
Why it matters
Strive is testing whether robotics can become the verified execution layer between factory software and physical production without requiring large upfront automation projects.
Craig Cheney's Strive Robotics has begun deploying a manufacturing automation platform that executes factory work, checks the result and sends verified production data back into enterprise software. Its first deployment handles overnight CNC machine tending at Sjogren Industries under a robot-as-a-service contract, according to company materials reviewed by RuntimeWire.
The approach targets a persistent gap between factory software and the factory floor. Enterprise resource planning, manufacturing execution, quality management and warehouse management systems can schedule jobs, track inventory and record quality events. Those systems still depend on machines, operators and other equipment to report what physically occurred. Strive is building the robotic layer that performs a task and produces evidence that the task was completed.