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Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
Publisher description: Industrial Next helps manufacturers automate complex, delicate tasks that have traditionally required human labor.
TechCrunch | Oct 13, 2026 | Aisha Malik
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San Francisco-based Industrial Next says it’s changing that. Industrial Next was founded in 2021 by Lukas Pankau and Allen Pan, both of whom previously worked at Tesla. Like, this is three years later, we should start the company. ” Pankau notes that traditional industrial robots are typically programmed to perform highly specific, repeatable tasks.
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