Automation ecosystems
for the physical world

DMR builds modular robotic hardware, integration software, and the deployment workflow that gets a real laboratory or production floor automating in weeks, not quarters.

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BumblBee

Built for

Laboratory operations· Life sciences R&D· Pharmaceutical workflows· Precision manufacturing· Materials & chemistry· Bench-scale production· Custom industrial cells· Laboratory operations· Life sciences R&D· Pharmaceutical workflows· Precision manufacturing· Materials & chemistry· Bench-scale production· Custom industrial cells·

Automation should fit the work—not the other way around. Today's industrial robotics is sold as a project: long integration cycles, brittle custom code, single-vendor lock-in. Labs and small manufacturers want the outcome, not the program.

One ecosystem
Three coordinated layers

DMR is built as a single stack—hardware, integration software, and the intelligence between them. Each layer ships independently. Together they make a deployable automation cell.

L · 01 Hardware Mobile and benchtop robots with quick-change tooling, vision, and torque-aware actuation. Fitted

L · 02 Integration software Workflow authoring, instrument drivers, and a single operator console for the cell. Connected

L · 03 Robotics intelligence Narrow vision–language–action models constrained to industrial tasks. Designed to fine-tune per site. Adaptive

Many robots
One contracted workflow

Hardware is designed against real procedures—sample transport, pick-and-place, instrument loading. Choose a form factor, or have DMR design a solution.

BumblBee

A 6-DOF arm on a wheeled mobile base. Auto-docks, swaps end-effectors, and walks itself between stations.

DOF

6-axis

Payload

10 kg

Form

Mobile base

Use

Transport & load

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DragnFly

A fixed SCARA cell for first-time automators. Hand-guided teach, custom enclosure, bench-matched 500 mm reach.

Setup

< 1 hr

Reach

500 mm

Form

Benchtop fixed

Use

Pick & place

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Custom contracting

When your workflow doesn't fit a catalog robot, our engineering team builds the mechanics, vision, and integration software end-to-end.

Scope

Mech + SW

Output

Fitted cell

Cycle

Quarters

Format

Contract

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BumblBee

A six-axis manipulator on a wheeled base, designed to roam a lab or floor and dock itself to fixed stations. Built around a quick-change tool interface, onboard perception, and a fleet-aware control plane.

Auto-docking. Vision-aligned approach to fixed station fiducials.
Quick-change tooling. Designed for unattended end-effector swaps in seconds.
Torque-aware actuation. Joint-level resistance sensing for collision handling.
Onboard perception. Stereo + depth, runs cell-local; no cloud dependency for motion.

PAYLOAD

10 kg

REACH

~ 850 mm

BASE

600 × 600 mm

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DragnFly

For teams running their first automated step. DragnFly is a precise SCARA arm in a speed-rated safety enclosure, with hand-guided teach—no controls engineer required.

Hand-guided teach. Walk through the motion; DragnFly remembers.
Speed-rated enclosure. Custom housing designed for adjacent-bench safety.
Bench-matched reach. 500 mm working envelope sized for a standard bench.
Single-cable drop-in. Designed for < 1 hour first-task setup.

REACH

500 mm

PAYLOAD

5 kg

SETUP

< 1 hr

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DragnFly · enclosure

Designed to drop into a working site

DMR cells coordinate with existing instruments, fume hoods, and stations. The schematic below shows a typical mid-size lab integration—not a live dashboard, just the topology.

01 · MAP

Site survey, not site disruption

We map your space, instruments, and procedures. Cells are designed around existing benches and traffic, not in spite of them.

02 · COMMISSION

Integration in weeks, not quarters

Hardware lands on standardized signals. Drivers, workflows, and operator console are designed for < 2 month commissioning targets.

03 · OPERATE

One operator. One console. The cell.

A no-code workflow surface for the people who actually run the bench. Edits, escalations, and audit trail in one place.

Where the cell
actually lives

Laboratories &
research

Sample transport, instrument loading, and routine prep—automated around the bench layout you already have. First pilot deployments target academic and applied research groups.

Sample prepInstrument loadTransport

Manufacturing &
production

Bench-scale and SMB lines that need pick-and-place, kitting, or tending work without committing to a full factory automation program.

Pick & placeKittingMachine tending

Custom automation
contracts

Workflows that don't fit a catalog robot. DMR's engineering team scopes mechanics, vision, and software for fitted cells—then maintains them.

Engineered cellsVision systemsIntegration

Team

DMR is a hardtech company building deployable automation for labs and businesses that need the outcome of robotics without the integration overhead. We've spent the past 18 months on customer discovery, mechanical iteration, and software design—then put it all in front of paying pilots.

Headquartered in Champaign, Illinois. Hardware fabricated in-house; software, integration, and intelligence built in close coordination with the engineering floor.

FOUNDED

2025 · Champaign IL

STAGE

Pre-seed → Seed

FOCUS

Lab + SMB automation

DISCIPLINES

Mech · SW · Robotics

Founding team

MichaelTalapin

Founder & CEO

NithinDurgam

Co-Founder

VervinFernandes

VP Software

MatthewGiraldo

Mechanical Eng.

EricFang

Mechanical Eng.

KevinTomasiak

Mechanical Eng.

News

All updates

Q1 · 2026 — ENGINEERING

Tell us what you want to automate

If you run a lab, small business, or bench-scale line and a single repeatable task is eating your week—start there. We'll talk through whether DMR fits.

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SALES

sales@dmrobotics.io

PARTNERSHIPS

partner@dmrobotics.io

HIRING

hiring@dmrobotics.io

HEADQUARTERS

Champaign · IL

Automation ecosystems
for the physical world

One ecosystem
Three coordinated layers