CloudMinds launches XR-1 at Mobile World Congress 2019
CloudMinds launched the XR-1 cloud-based humanoid service robot and demonstrated its compliant manipulation at Mobile World Congress Barcelona.

Evidence notes
- XR-1 combined Smart Compliant Actuators with the HARIX cloud platform for perception, language, motion control and grasping.
- The robot served beverages and coffee using flexible arms that detected and responded to contact forces.
- A precision demonstration coordinated 14 actuators to guide thread repeatedly through the eye of a needle.
Company context
Cloud robotics company developing a "cloud brain" architecture where robots offload perception, reasoning, and control to centralized AI systems connected via high-speed networks.