DOGMA builds a biomimetic robotic hand and force-intelligent control stack for the manufacturing tasks rigid grippers can't solve.
Nearshoring is not just moving production south. It means more suppliers, more mid-sized lines, tighter quality standards — and growing pressure to automate tasks too variable for rigid grippers.
DOGMA is building the manipulation layer for this new wave.
Mexico became the largest source of U.S. imports in 2023. Over 40% of surveyed companies expected nearshoring’s biggest impact between 2024 and 2025. Among manufacturers in global supply chains, 20.3% reported nearshoring-driven increases by 2024–25.
63% of Mexico’s robot installations are automotive line cells. The whitespace is everything else: quality inspection, packaging, reorientation, insertion, and verification — tasks where human hands still dominate because rigid grippers fail at variable geometry.
Every joint, every linkage, every tendon path is derived from 3D-scanned human anatomy. A 27-DOF system with over 100 ligaments, capable of the compliant, force-aware grasps that rigid mechanisms cannot achieve.
Pneumatic artificial muscles. Compliant, high-force, inherently backdrivable.
Flexor and extensor geometry faithful to human anatomy.
Real human bone geometry via 3D scanning — the anatomical foundation.
Most robotic hands are position-controlled. DOGMA is force-controlled. The system predicts contact, estimates state without encoders, and adjusts through multimodal sensor fusion.
DOGMA has published the full modular control architecture — from safety supervision and pressure servo to skill-conditioned policy and language interface. Ten modules, frequency-matched from 5 kHz down to 0.5 Hz.
Modular Control Architecture M0–M9 for DOGMA Génesis Hand V7.1. Four layers from real-time safety supervision through proprioception, fusion observer, to skill-conditioned policy and meta-supervisor with language API.
V1 focus: structured, repetitive, high-value manipulation in export manufacturing. Specific tasks that rigid automation cannot solve.
Visual and tactile inspection of parts with variable geometry.
Dexterous repositioning of non-fragile parts between process steps.
Precise placement into fixtures, jigs, or packaging with compliant force.
End-of-line operations where object variation defeats rigid grippers.
Tactile and visual confirmation of assembly completeness and compliance.
Repetitive assembly in controlled environments — the bridge to adaptive tasks.
Mexico is not just growing — it is restructuring. Every new supplier line, every quality-sensitive export contract creates demand for the dexterity DOGMA delivers.
Mexico became the U.S.’s largest import source in 2023. Manufacturing FDI hit $19.4B in nine months of 2024, with $373B cumulative since 1999.
More suppliers means more SKU variation. Tighter standards mean stricter QC. Mid-sized lines need flexible automation — not $2M rigid cells.
5,600 robots installed in 2024, 63% automotive. Electronics, aerospace, packaging, consumer goods — vastly underserved.
Start with QC and pick-and-place. Expand as the control stack matures. The hand stays — the intelligence compounds.
Integrate the hand on existing industrial arms. Charge per-task or per-station. Every deployment makes the system smarter.
Structured QC and packaging with anchor customers in export manufacturing.
Broaden from fixed tasks to adaptive manipulation using learned force models.
Full dexterous manipulation platform for industrial verticals across North America.
Hiring the founding engineering team, iterating on hardware, validating the control stack in pilots, and preparing first commercial deployments.
For investors, strategic partners, and pilot customers.