Build the Data-Driven Dexterous Hand
The single biggest bottleneck in robotics is the hand — and the high-quality data to train it. We build the hand together with the data engine that captures human work and the data that feeds the foundation model behind a robot that performs on a real production line.
Precise
Sub-millimeter accuracy and force-controlled contact, so the hand can take on the tight-tolerance, fragile-part work fixed automation can't.
Fast
Production cycle times, not research demos. Every layer of the stack is designed to hit takt time on a real line.
Reliable
Built for 24/7 uptime. Calibration that holds shift after shift, sensors that survive the factory floor, parts you can swap in minutes.
Low cost
Engineered for production economics from day one. The price point that makes general-purpose deployment make sense at every cell, not just every plant.
Hard problems, small team, fast loops.
Chestnut is a tightly-knit team of researchers, mechanical engineers, and operators who have shipped robots, semiconductor tools, and consumer hardware at scale. We work in tight loops, in person, on real hardware, and we hire people who do the same.
Build, then learn.
We prefer one working prototype to ten polished decks. Every Friday we put something new on the line.
Dexterity is the unlock.
The bottleneck for useful robots isn't AI alone. It's hands that can do real work without breaking the bank.
Earn the data.
The best dataset is the one collected by the system that will use it. We design data and deployment together.
Ship to learn.
Robots that never leave the lab don't get better. We deploy early, instrument everything, and compound.
