Shepherd Robotics
Shepherd Robotics is a YC Fall 2026 (F26) company. Based in San Francisco, CA, USA. Team of 4.
About Shepherd Robotics
Summary
Shepherd Robotics builds general-purpose robots that perform skilled physical tasks in data center construction and advanced manufacturing. The robots handle work such as cable assembly, wire harness production, kitting, and factory packaging, jobs that resist conventional automation because they demand fine dexterity and tolerance for changing conditions. Underlying the hardware is a foundation model trained on real-world and simulated data so the robots can transfer skills across different workflows without task-specific reprogramming.
From the Y Combinator listing
Robots for high skilled labor powering AI infrastructure
Shepherd Robotics builds general purpose robots for skilled physical work across AI infrastructure and advanced manufacturing. Our robots are powered by robot foundation models and use modular, flexible hardware designed to adapt to different environments and tasks. We train our systems on a combination of real world and simulation data so they can learn complex manipulation skills and generalize across workflows. We also provide integration into customers’ existing workflows, starting with data center construction and operations, electrical manufacturing and testing, and electronics manufacturing, where traditional automation struggles with variability, dexterity, and changing environments.
Facts
- Industrials / Industrials -> Manufacturing and Robotics
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- 4
- Active
- Early
Founders (3)
- David Fang
- Feifei Duan
- Kai Ru
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