18 June 2026 | News
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Autonomique Inc., a Physical AI software company, announced that robots powered by its AI platform are progressing towards production deployment at F&P Mfg., a Canada-based Tier‑1 automotive supplier and subsidiary of Japan‑listed F.tech Inc. (TYO: 7212), marking a key milestone in the transition of Physical AI from lab demos to industrial production.
The collaboration began in Fall 2025 with a paid pilot, where a bi-manual wheeled robot performed precision-critical, multi-part assembly task in automotive chassis and suspension component manufacturing. With the system delivering consistent results, deployment is moving to live production line and expanding to additional tasks. The two companies are advancing toward a strategic partnership that would see Autonomique-powered robots deployed in a global rollout across multiple tasks and factory sites of F&P's parent company, F.tech.
As manufacturers face persistent labor shortages, rising costs, and growing production complexity, traditional automation, built for fixed and repetitive tasks, often struggles to adapt. Autonomique's robot autonomy platform addresses this gap through its Generalist-Specialist architecture, enabling industrial robots to perceive, reason, and execute multi-step workflows while adapting quickly to new tasks without major retraining. The result is human-like adaptability with the cycle time, reliability, precision, and scrap-reduction targets required in real production environments. As a hardware-agnostic platform, each deployment creates a blueprint for scaling across additional tasks, lines, and sites.
Autonomique is supported by a global syndicate of investors with deep expertise in backing category-defining robotics, AI, and deep-tech companies, led by White Star Capital, alongside Garage Capital, iNovia, Innovobot IRV Fund, and proven robotics operators, including Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors co-founders Ryan Gariepy, Matt Rendall, and Bryan Webb.
"There is enormous excitement in robotics today, but most of it remains demo-grade: systems that look impressive yet routinely fail under real production demands," said Vikrant Tomar, CEO of Autonomique. "Manufacturing demands precision, repeatability, and zero tolerance for fragility. We built Autonomique to close that gap; our intelligence layer brings genuine adaptability to industrial robotics without sacrificing the reliability manufacturers depend on."
"As a Tier-1 supplier to the world's leading automakers, our production standards leave no margin for error. We evaluated numerous robotics solutions, and Autonomique stood out for delivering both the flexibility of a generalist system and the precision our lines demand. As we scale into full production, the focus is on driving measurable gains in efficiency and productivity across a growing range of tasks and facilities in our global operations." said Luis Mideros, General Manager at F&P Mfg.
"We backed Autonomique for its rare ability to marry generalist AI-native adaptability with production-grade precision — paired with an exceptional founding team and an enormous market opportunity in automotive manufacturing and beyond. The industrial automation market is ready for an intelligence layer, and Autonomique is building it." said Catherine Ouellet-Dupuis, General Partner at White Star Capital.
"Unlike what many think, deploying AI into real world industrial applications goes far beyond simply collecting more data and creating bigger models. Autonomique's unique approach to combining deterministic reliability and AI-powered adaptability is the sort of approach the industry needs to unlock autonomous manufacturing at scale," said Ryan Gariepy, Co-Founder/CTO of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors.
