Industrial Next 用 AI 让工厂机器人分钟级切换任务
原标题：Industrial Next wants factory robots to switch tasks in minutes, not weeks
AI 摘要
旧金山初创公司 Industrial Next 在 TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 的 Startup Battlefield 上展示其 AI 驱动的自包含机器人工作站，利用专有基础模型连接视觉、任务上下文与运动，使产线换型从数周缩短到数分钟。公司宣布与宝马集团技术办公室合作评估其 AI 灵巧操作技术，并透露其工作站已用于某款全球热门智能手机的生产，完成绕柔性排线、扣合微型连接器等任务。两位创始人来自特斯拉，目标是将该技术扩展到整车端到端制造。
正文节选
In most factories, automation is fixed: robots and machines are programmed for one specific task and product. Changing a line means reprogramming and physical retooling, or swapping out equipment, which can take weeks or months. San Francisco-based Industrial Next says it’s changing that. The startup, which presented today on the Startup Battlefield stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, builds AI-driven, self-contained robotic stations powered by proprietary foundation models that connect vision, ta