General Robotics, led by Microsoft vets, says its AI has cut robot setup from a month to hours

A robot arm pours from a test tube into a beaker in General Robotics’ lab. The company used the task, and progressively harder versions of it, to test its Auto Engineering system. (General Robotics Photo) A Redmond, Wash., robotics software startup founded by former Microsoft researchers says its platform can now handle much of the work of getting a robot up and running in a factory, warehouse or other industrial setting, a job that used to take a team of engineers.