Ex-DeepMind Robotics Lead Exits Stealth with 'Monkey-See, Monkey-Do' Training Startup
lukas_m_ziegler · x · 2026-08-05
Robotics startup Reimagine Robots has emerged from stealth. Founded by Jonathan Scholz, who previously spent seven years leading Google DeepMind's Applied Robotics team in London.
The company champions a highly human-centric "monkey-see, monkey-do" training philosophy: human workers physically demonstrate a task, watch the robot attempt it, and correct it on the spot. This eliminates the need for specialist programmers and months of integration.
The approach already has real-world deployments. For example, a made-to-order plastics business trained robots to manage 3D printers overnight (removing print beds, operating latches), and a hard drive disassembly facility built a three-robot human-robot collaboration cell.
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