We Started With a Simple Question
Why is automation still so hard for the manufacturers who need it most?
The Problem We're Solving
American manufacturing is facing a workforce crisis that's only getting worse.
Second and third shifts run perpetually short, turnover is relentless, and the workers who remain are burning out covering the gaps.
Traditional automation was never designed for this problem. It demands hundreds of thousands in capital, 12+ months to deploy, and only delivers value at high-volume scale.
The manufacturers running high-mix operations are the backbone of American industry, they have been the most resilient, the most adaptive, and the most overlooked.
WORKR was built for them.
Built by People Who've Worked the Floor
Ken Macken spent 20+ years in manufacturing before founding WORKR. He's run production lines, he's scrambled to cover shifts, he's seen what works and what ends up collecting dust in the corner of the shop.
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That's why he built a team with the same background. Our people have managed plants, staffed shifts, and integrated systems that actually had to perform.
We're not a robotics company that discovered manufacturing. We're manufacturing people who build robots.
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WORKR starts with the problem, not the technology.
How We're Different
We didn't set out to build robots. We set out to solve a labor problem. That difference shapes everything we do.​
Workforce, Not Equipment
We don't sell robots, we provide workers. Robotic workers that show up every shift and scale with your demand. Pay by the hour, not by the asset.
Simple Enough for Anyone
Your team programs our robots with an iPad interface. No coding. No robotics expertise. If someone can use an iPad, they can run a WORKR.
Built for High-Mix
Designed for job shops and contract manufacturers running dozens of different parts a week. Your complexity is our specialty.