Companies
Robotics and physical-AI companies by country, sector, technology and stage.
- $10M
San Francisco and Munich developer of autonomous delivery robots used for food delivery and industrial material transport.
- $10M
San Jose maker of autonomous indoor delivery robots for hospitals and hotels, formed from Savioke's robot business.
- $8M
Brooklyn startup building robot-agnostic software that assigns warehouse work across robots from different makers and gives mobile manipulators skills learned from human demonstration.
- $7.7M
Zurich ETH spin-off making Visual SLAM navigation for autonomous mobile robots, acquired by ABB in January 2024.
- $7.6M
US maker of an open-hardware, wheeled two-armed robot platform sold to developers who bring their own compute and AI models.
- $7.5M
Startup building autonomous surgical robots on embodied foundation models, with a purpose-built robot called Mark 0.
- $7M
Salt Lake City company listed on Nasdaq that sells AI software for robots and drones, including the Palladyne IQ industrial autonomy system and SwarmOS swarming software for defense customers.
- $6.5M
San Francisco start-up that staffs warehouse and factory jobs with humanoid robots run by remote operators and AI.
- $5.5M
Boston developer of Alfred, a robot arm system that assembles meals in existing commercial kitchens using standard utensils.
- $5.1M
Los Angeles developer of the Labrador Retriever, a home robot that carries and fetches items for people with limited mobility and takes commands from a phone app or Alexa.
Mantis Robotics makes fenceless industrial robot arms with built-in safety sensing so they can work right next to people.
- $4.5M
Columbia University spinout in New York building robot hands with light-based touch sensing and learning methods for fine assembly work.
- $3.99M
Plant City, Florida developer of autonomous strawberry harvesters that carry 16 picking robots and use AI vision to judge ripeness.
- $3.2M
San Carlos, California company offering a robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for e-commerce fulfillment as a service.
- $2.54M
Martinez, California maker of Stretch, a compact mobile manipulator for homes, care settings and research labs.
- $2.5M
Zurich ETH spin-off making multi-axis force-torque sensors that give robots a sense of touch.
- $2.5M
Zurich ETH spin-off building AI models and humanoid robotic hands for dexterous industrial work.
Atlanta developer of SCUTL, a segmented multilegged robot modelled on centipedes for cluttered and confined spaces in pest control, construction and specialty agriculture.
Zurich-based electrification and automation group that agreed in October 2025 to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for USD 5.375 billion.
ABB's robotics division, supplier of industrial and collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, controllers and software, which ABB agreed in October 2025 to sell to SoftBank Group.
| Company | Country | Sector | Stage | Total funding | Valuation | Founded | Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cartken San Francisco and Munich developer of autonomous delivery robots used for food delivery and industrial material transport. | US | — | — | $10M | $10M | — | |
| Relay Robotics San Jose maker of autonomous indoor delivery robots for hospitals and hotels, formed from Savioke's robot business. | US | — | Series A | $10M | $10M | — | |
| Destro AI Brooklyn startup building robot-agnostic software that assigns warehouse work across robots from different makers and gives mobile manipulators skills learned from human demonstration. | US | — | Seed | $8M | $8M | 2026 | |
| Sevensense Robotics Zurich ETH spin-off making Visual SLAM navigation for autonomous mobile robots, acquired by ABB in January 2024. | CH | — | Acquired | $7.7M | $7.7M | 2018 | |
| Feather Robotics US maker of an open-hardware, wheeled two-armed robot platform sold to developers who bring their own compute and AI models. | US | — | — | $7.6M | $7.6M | — | |
| Aleph Surgical Startup building autonomous surgical robots on embodied foundation models, with a purpose-built robot called Mark 0. | — | — | Pre-seed | $7.5M | $7.5M | — | |
| Palladyne AI Salt Lake City company listed on Nasdaq that sells AI software for robots and drones, including the Palladyne IQ industrial autonomy system and SwarmOS swarming software for defense customers. | US | — | Public | $7M | $7M | — | |
| Avatar Robotics San Francisco start-up that staffs warehouse and factory jobs with humanoid robots run by remote operators and AI. | US | — | Seed | $6.5M | $6.5M | — | |
| Dexai Robotics Boston developer of Alfred, a robot arm system that assembles meals in existing commercial kitchens using standard utensils. | US | — | Seed | $5.5M | $5.5M | 2018 | |
| Labrador Systems Los Angeles developer of the Labrador Retriever, a home robot that carries and fetches items for people with limited mobility and takes commands from a phone app or Alexa. | US | — | Seed | $5.1M | $5.1M | — | |
| Mantis Robotics Mantis Robotics makes fenceless industrial robot arms with built-in safety sensing so they can work right next to people. | US | — | — | $5M | $5M | — | |
| Tangent Robotics Columbia University spinout in New York building robot hands with light-based touch sensing and learning methods for fine assembly work. | US | — | Pre-seed | $4.5M | $4.5M | — | |
| Harvest CROO Robotics Plant City, Florida developer of autonomous strawberry harvesters that carry 16 picking robots and use AI vision to judge ripeness. | US | — | — | $3.99M | $3.99M | 2012 | |
| Instock San Carlos, California company offering a robot-based automated storage and retrieval system for e-commerce fulfillment as a service. | US | — | Seed | $3.2M | $3.2M | 2020 | |
| Hello Robot Martinez, California maker of Stretch, a compact mobile manipulator for homes, care settings and research labs. | US | — | — | $2.54M | $2.54M | 2017 | |
| Bota Systems Zurich ETH spin-off making multi-axis force-torque sensors that give robots a sense of touch. | CH | — | Seed | $2.5M | $2.5M | — | |
| mimic Zurich ETH spin-off building AI models and humanoid robotic hands for dexterous industrial work. | CH | — | — | $2.5M | $2.5M | 2024 | |
| Ground Control Robotics Atlanta developer of SCUTL, a segmented multilegged robot modelled on centipedes for cluttered and confined spaces in pest control, construction and specialty agriculture. | US | — | — | $275K | $275K | — | |
| ABB Zurich-based electrification and automation group that agreed in October 2025 to sell its robotics division to SoftBank Group for USD 5.375 billion. | CH | — | Public | — | — | ||
| ABB Robotics ABB's robotics division, supplier of industrial and collaborative robots, autonomous mobile robots, controllers and software, which ABB agreed in October 2025 to sell to SoftBank Group. | CH | — | Subsidiary | — | — |