On 15 July, Walden Robotics emerged from stealth with US $300 million in funding at a valuation of $1.1 billion. Walden RoboticsWalden Robotics’ Manufacturing FocusRuss Tedrake is the CEO and cofounder of Walden Robotics. Wheeled Humanoid Robots in FactoriesMany other humanoid robotics companies are also targeting these logistics and manufacturing spaces with general-purpose robots, and they’re doing so by making robots that are as humanlike as possible. Walden’s long-term plan is to build “general-purpose robots.” “Fundamentally, multitasking is a way to get to a general-purpose robot,” Tedrake says.