Mission Robotics by New Theory

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Bring your robot to work.

Mission Robotics is 8,500 square feet in San Francisco's Mission District for founders at the frontier of Physical AI. Come build your robotics startup in a converted factory hardwired for hardware, with more than a dozen embodiments, chalkboards dusty from derivations, and a frontier world model on tap.

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A crowd around a Franka arm on demo day, one builder driving it in a VR headset

Hardware-first.
Community-driven.

This community exists because Embodied AI won’t ship itself. No one team can solve the tangled nest of challenges. So we’re filling the room with experts across every part of the robotics stack.

Set up alongside deployment experts. Tap into our data collection operation. Jump onto a shared robot to test your stack on a new humanoid. Ship something hard with us.

If your robot got you kicked out of a WeWork, we want to work with you.

A researcher working through VLA model notation on the floor's chalkboard

A Trossen arm running a putting task against the floor's exposed brick

On the floor

The factory floor packed out for an evening talk, timber beams overhead

Builders at work beside a bench of robot arms

A robot arm parked on a workbench in the window light

A shoot in progress on the floor — lighting rig up, arm rigged on the bench

Two people mid-laugh in the lounge between sessions

The floor gathered around the projector on a build night

Our members are backed by

Pick the space that
fits your build.

Floating Desk

$300 /month

For solo builders dropping in to ship a sprint, get hands on a robot, or plug into the room. Pick any open desk, day to day.

Any open desk, day to day
Access to all house robots
Full community + events

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Permanent Desk

$500 /month

For the people who treat this as their primary workspace; your desk, monitor, and gear stay put between sessions.

Your desk, your gear stays put
Access to all house robots
Data collection services

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Robot Bay

$900 /month

A 5x5 footprint with power and ethernet, ready for a humanoid or custom workstation.

5ft x 5ft robot-ready footprint
Direct power + ethernet
Customizable work surface

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Private Office

$3K–$5K /month

Puts your team and your robots behind walls and a door, with up to six desks included and room for hardware.

Private office for 6+ people
One free event booking/month
Sizes: 154 to 266 sqft

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What's included.

Access to Robots

Residents get access to New Theory’s house robots. Current models include: Unitree G1, Franka, SO-101s, and Trossen arms.

Foundation Model on Tap

Direct access to New Theory’s developer stack and early NT-0 checkpoints for seamless model deployment.

Tool Library

Borrow what you need, when you need it. Cables, sensors, cameras, shared parts, and professional soldering stations.

Hands-on Support

Roboticists work in the room beside you, so questions get answered where they're asked. Expert debugging on-site.

Data Collection

Tap into our rig for high-quality demonstration data. Residents can access our trained data collection team at a discount.

Events + Community

The best programming in embodied AI – reading clubs, community meetups, and hackathons already filling the calendar.

Come see the space.

Tours run by appointment. Join the next decade of Embodied AI getting built in the heart of San Francisco.