Category, product, customers, business model, maturity, deployment evidence, funding and sources for 129 robotics and Physical AI companies.
| Company | Category | Product | Customers | Business model | Maturity | Funding | Grade | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD ↗ | Chips & compute | Kria system-on-module (SOM) family, originally from Xilinx and launched in April 2021. | Industrial vision, robot control and embedded-device OEMs that need deterministic low latency. | Chip and module sales. | Paid Deployment | Public (NASDAQ: AMD); completed its Xilinx acquisition on 2022-02-14. Robotics revenue not disclosed. | C | 1 |
| Horizon Robotics 地平线 / D-Robotics 地瓜机器人 ↗ | Chips & compute | Horizon: Journey 6 series (J6P/J6H), HSD driving solution, Journey 7 launched March 2026. D-Robotics: Sunrise chips and RDK robot dev kits. | Horizon: automakers such as Volkswagen and FAW-Volkswagen. D-Robotics: consumer and service robots, embodied-AI robot makers and robot developers. | Chip sales, software licensing (Horizon HSD) and dev kit sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Horizon: public (HKEX: 9660), raised $696M in its October 2024 IPO, 2024 revenue CN¥2.38B. D-Robotics: $400M Series C on 2026-09-18; investors not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Qualcomm ↗ | Chips & compute | Robotics RB3 Gen 2 dev kit, Dragonwing industrial and embedded line, and Arduino (acquired October 2025), including the QRB2210-based Arduino Uno Q. | OEMs of AMRs, service robots, drones and industrial IoT devices; makers and education developers via Arduino. | Chip sales, dev kits and Arduino hardware sales. | Paid Deployment | Public (NASDAQ: QCOM). Robotics revenue not disclosed separately. | C | 1 |
| NVIDIA ↗ | Chips & compute | Jetson AGX Thor (T5000 module, dev kit from $3,499), IGX Thor industrial edge platform, Isaac robotics stack, and open Isaac GR00T VLA models (current version GR00T N1.7-3B). | Humanoid and general-purpose robot makers, AMR and industrial automation, medical and agricultural OEMs, robot foundation model companies. | Chip and module sales, dev kits, and a mostly free software platform that locks in the ecosystem. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (NASDAQ: NVDA). Automotive and robotics are reported together ($592M in FY26 Q3); robotics revenue is not broken out. | A | 1 2 3 |
| Hailo ↗ | Chips & compute | Hailo-8 / Hailo-8L AI accelerators, Hailo-10H for generative AI at the edge (GA July 2025), and Hailo-15 vision processors. | Smart cameras, PCs and peripherals (ASUS), Raspberry Pi developers, robotic mower and agricultural robot OEMs. | Chip and module sales. | Paid Deployment | Last independent round: $120M Series C extension in April 2024. Acquired by Microchip in 2026. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Ambarella ↗ | Chips & compute | CVflow AI vision SoCs (CV3 and others) and the X7 standalone AI accelerator, pitched as adding Physical AI to any host processor. | Automotive ADAS, security cameras, AIoT, industrial and robotics OEMs. | Chip sales. | Paid Deployment | Public (NASDAQ: AMBA). FY2024 (ended 2024-01-31) revenue $226M; robotics revenue not broken out and latest fiscal-year figures not confirmed. | C | 1 2 |
| RealSense ↗ | Sensors & components | D400/D500 stereo depth cameras (D405, D415, D430, D450, D555, D585 Pro), industrial GMSL 3D vision, and RealSense ID face authentication. | Makers of vision-guided fixed arms, AMRs, quadrupeds and humanoids. | Sensor hardware sales. | Paid Deployment | $50M Series A at the 2025 spin-out, led by a semiconductor private equity firm with MediaTek Innovation Fund and Intel Capital. Cognex announced on 2026-09-22 a deal of about $500M cash plus $56.5M in three-year retention cash and about $50M in RSUs; RealSense expects $80–90M revenue in 2026. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Orbbec 奥比中光 ↗ | Sensors & components | Gemini stereo cameras (Gemini 330 / 335Lg / 305 / 345Lg / 435Le and more), all compatible with Jetson Thor, plus OEM manufacturing for robot makers. | AMRs, cleaning robots, humanoids, rehabilitation robots and industrial automation. | Sensor hardware sales plus OEM manufacturing. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (SSE: 688322). 2025 revenue CN¥941M; Q1 2026 revenue CN¥203M. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Nabtesco ↗ | Sensors & components | RV cycloidal precision reducers for industrial robot joints; also hydraulics, railway and aerospace businesses. | Industrial robot makers (heavy-load joints) and factory automation. | Component sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (TYO: 6268). Latest revenue not confirmed. | B | 1 2 |
| PaXini 帕西尼感知 ↗ | Sensors & components | Six-axis force and tactile sensors such as PX6AX GEN4, the DexH13 tactile dexterous hand, TORA-ONE / TORA-DOUBLE ONE tactile humanoids, and the OmniSharing DB embodied dataset with PXCap capture devices. | Humanoid and dexterous-hand makers, embodied-AI research labs, and buyers of data collection. | Sensor and dexterous-hand hardware sales plus datasets. | Pilot | Not confirmed (investor logos shown without amounts or dates). | C | 1 2 |
| Ouster ↗ | Sensors & components | OS-series digital lidar, REV8 (launched May 2026, billed as the first native color lidar), and Stereolabs ZED stereo cameras (acquired February 2026). | Industrial and logistics automation, robotics, smart transport infrastructure, defense and automotive. | Sensor hardware sales plus software. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (NASDAQ: OUST). 2025 revenue about $169M, net loss about $60M. | B | 1 |
| Hesai Group 禾赛科技 ↗ | Sensors & components | AT128 automotive lidar, JT-series robotics lidar (JT128/64P, JT32/16), and the Kosmo 3D world data engine launched in October 2026. | Automakers and robotaxis, AMRs and forklifts, robotic mowers (MOVA), and autonomous port vehicles (Westwell). | Sensor hardware sales plus a new data platform. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (NASDAQ: HSAI; HKEX: 2525, seeking about $497M in a Hong Kong secondary listing in September 2025). Latest revenue and robotics shipments not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| RoboSense 速腾聚创 ↗ | Sensors & components | Automotive ADAS lidar and robotics lidar for mowers, humanoids, quadrupeds and more. | Automakers, robotaxis, robotic mowers (Segway Navimow), humanoid and quadruped makers. | Sensor hardware sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (HKEX: 2498). H1 2026 revenue about RMB 1.02B. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Inspire Robots 因时机器人 ↗ | Sensors & components | RH56 dexterous hands (RH56DFX, RH56E2, RH56F2 and more), the RH524J1 24-DoF tendon-driven hand (launched August 2026), and micro servo linear actuators. | Humanoid makers, research institutions and industrial gripper buyers. | Component sales (dexterous hands and actuators). | Pilot | Not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| Shadow Robot Company ↗ | Sensors & components | Shadow Dexterous Hand (20 DoF), the DEX-EE series co-developed with Google DeepMind (including the new DEX-EE Chiral), and the Shadow Glove teleoperation system. | AI research labs (Google DeepMind), universities and institutes, and industrial users in manufacturing, pharma and hazardous environments. | Custom system sales, leasing (new in 2026) and consulting. | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Wonik Robotics (Allegro Hand) ↗ | Sensors & components | Allegro Hand V4 / V5 (9 or 16 DoF) / V5 Plus / V5 Sense / V6 V / V6 F (five-finger version launched September 2026). | Universities and AI research labs working on dexterous manipulation, reinforcement learning and touch. | Hardware sales. | Pilot | Not confirmed (KOSDAQ listing status not confirmed). | C | 1 |
| GelSight ↗ | Sensors & components | GelSight Mini robotic tactile sensor, Digit 360 (launched with Meta AI in November 2024), and Modulus / Mobile / Max surface metrology tools. | Robotics research labs and AI companies; industrial inspection customers in aerospace, automotive and energy. | Sensor hardware plus industrial inspection equipment sales. | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed. | C | 1 2 |
| Harmonic Drive Systems ↗ | Sensors & components | Harmonic Drive reducers, FHA-C mini actuators and FPA servo actuators (HarmonicPlanetary). | Industrial robots, collaborative arms, humanoid joints, semiconductor equipment and aerospace. | Component sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (TSE: 6324, ticker not confirmed). Latest fiscal-year revenue not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Leaderdrive 绿的谐波 ↗ | Sensors & components | Harmonic reducers (21 series), rotary actuators, frameless torque motors, turntables and humanoid joint assemblies. | Chinese industrial robots, cobots, humanoids and automotive. | Component sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (listed on the Shanghai STAR Market in 2020; ticker and revenue not confirmed). | B | 1 2 |
| Fourier 傅利叶 ↗ | Humanoids | GR-1 / GR-2 / GR-3 humanoids; rehabilitation exoskeletons and robots (Fourier X1, EXOPS, MetaMotus Galileo). | Hospitals and rehab centers, universities and AI companies (research humanoids). | System sales. | Paid Deployment | Investors include IDG and Saudi Aramco; latest round not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| NEURA Robotics ↗ | Humanoids | 4NE1 humanoid (4th generation launched October 2026, plus 4NE1 Mini), MAiRA cognitive cobot, MAV mobile robot, Neuraverse platform and Neuron AI. | Industrial manufacturing (Schaeffler, Bosch), healthcare, professional cleaning, and OEMs (Kawasaki CL cobots run on its platform). | System sales, platform and software, and OEM licensing. | Paid Deployment | Series C of up to $1.4B led by Tether in June 2026; €120M Series B in January 2025. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Sanctuary AI ↗ | Humanoids | Phoenix humanoid (8th generation used for data collection); from 2026, physical AI control software deployable on existing industrial robots. | Automotive Tier 1 suppliers, manufacturing and logistics companies, and other robot makers. | Software licensing (new); previously full robot systems. | Pilot | Not confirmed (strategic funding from BDC Capital Thrive Venture Fund and InBC plus a Zeon investment, amounts and dates undisclosed). | B | 1 2 3 |
| Leju Robotics 乐聚机器人 ↗ | Humanoids | KUAVO 4Pro / KUAVO 5 / 5-W humanoids, Roban2 mid-size humanoid, and Pando educational coding robot. | Research institutions, guided tours in showrooms, stores and banks, automotive and 3C manufacturing, and education. | System sales plus training-ground and data services. | Prototype | Not confirmed. | B | 1 |
| 1X Technologies ↗ | Humanoids | NEO home humanoid robot ($20,000 early-bird price or $499/month subscription). | US households; from December 2025 also factories and warehouses in EQT portfolio companies. | System sales plus subscription (RaaS-style). | Prototype | $100M Series B led by EQT Ventures in January 2024. Reported to seek $1B in September 2025 (not confirmed). Reuters, citing The Information, reported on 2026-08-27 that SoftBank was in talks to buy a majority stake at about a $6B valuation; no completion reported. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Weave Robotics ↗ | Humanoids | Isaac 0 stationary laundry-folding robot (shipping in California) and Isaac 1 home robot (first shipments planned for fall 2026). | California household consumers. | System sales or service (pricing not public). | Paid Deployment | About $500K pre-seed led by Y Combinator in October 2024; no priced round announced since, per a third-party tracker. | C | 1 2 |
| The Bot Company ↗ | Humanoids | An undisclosed home robot ("a helpful robot for every home"). | Household consumers. | Not confirmed (likely system sales). | Prototype | Raised $150M at a $2B valuation on 2025-03-24 with Greenoaks participating; Bloomberg reported in October 2025 talks for a new round at about $4B (close not confirmed). | C | 1 2 3 4 |
| Foundation Robotics ↗ | Humanoids | Phantom humanoid robot with Cortex AI. | Manufacturing (consumer goods, beverages, glass) and defense. | Not confirmed. | Pilot | Not confirmed. | C | 1 2 |
| UBTech Robotics 优必选 ↗ | Humanoids | Walker S / S1 / S2 industrial humanoids, plus education and consumer robots. | Automotive and 3C factories, logistics (European retail logistics announced July 2026) and education. | System sales plus solutions. | Paid Deployment | Public on HKEX (9880.HK) since December 2023; added to the Hang Seng TECH 100 in July 2026. 2025 revenue and humanoid revenue not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Humanoid ↗ | Humanoids | HMND 01 Alpha Wheeled (early access) and HMND 01 Alpha Bipedal, running the KinetIQ AI stack. | Automotive and parts manufacturing (Schaeffler, Siemens, Bosch) and automotive logistics (Martur Fompak via SAP). | System sales and preorders (terms undisclosed). | Pilot | $152M Series A at a $1.35B valuation in July 2026; lead investor not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| K-Scale Labs ↗ | Humanoids | K-Bot humanoid, Z-Bot (Zeroth Bot) small open-source humanoid, and the K-Sim/ksim reinforcement learning library. | Developers, researchers and universities. | System sales (developer kits) plus open source. | Prototype | Undisclosed; the CEO told customers it raised only a small amount and found no lead investor (November 2025). | C | 1 2 3 |
| Boston Dynamics ↗ | Humanoids | Electric Atlas humanoid (production version), plus the Spot quadruped and Stretch truck-unloading robot. | Parent Hyundai Motor Group (including Kia) auto plants, and later existing Spot and Stretch customers. | System sales, mainly within the group. | Pilot | Controlled subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Group (not separately listed); Atlas revenue not disclosed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Agility Robotics ↗ | Humanoids | Digit 4 (in service), Digit 5 (launched fall 2026, able to work alongside people) and the Agility Arc fleet management cloud. | 3PL logistics (GXO), automotive and parts manufacturing (Toyota, Schaeffler, AGCO) and e-commerce (Amazon). | Multi-year RaaS including Arc software. | Multi-site Production | Merging with SPAC Churchill Capital Corp XI: shareholder vote 2026-11-02, expected close 11-04 and Nasdaq trading as AGLT from 11-05. PIPE of about $201M at $10/share led by Foxconn; about $465M gross proceeds assuming no redemptions; WSJ reported a deal valuation of about $2.5B. Claims $300M+ in multi-year Digit 5 orders (not current revenue). | A | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| XPeng Robotics 小鹏机器人 ↗ | Humanoids | IRON humanoid robot. | XPeng's own factories and stores (planned) and commercial service settings. | Not confirmed (no evidence of external sales). | Prototype | Parent XPeng Motors is public; separate funding for the robotics unit not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| Galbot 银河通用 ↗ | Humanoids | G1 / S1 / ET1 robots, AstraBrain whole-body end-to-end models (AstraBrain-WBC/Dex), and a consumer robot opened for preorder in September 2026. | Retail pharmacies, supermarkets, restaurants and other service settings; households (consumer robot). | System sales plus solutions. | Pilot | Not confirmed. | B | 1 |
| Unitree Robotics 宇树科技 ↗ | Humanoids | Humanoids G1 / H1 / H2 / R1 and quadrupeds Go2 / B2 / A2. | Research and education institutions (70%+ of 2025 humanoid sales), developers and industry customers; a high share of overseas revenue. | System sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Listed on the Shanghai STAR Market (688836.SH) on 2026-08-19 at ¥150.80 per share, peaking intraday at ¥1,100 on day one; fell to ¥404.03 on 2026-10-15 (63.3% below the high) and closed at ¥495.92 on 10-19, back above ¥200B market cap. A June 2025 round valued it at RMB 12.7B post-money. | A | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| AgiBot 智元机器人 ↗ | Humanoids | A3 / A2 and X1 / X2 humanoids, Genie G1 / G2 wheeled dual-arm robots, D1 quadruped, C5 cleaning robot and OmniHand dexterous hand; AGIBOT WORLD dataset and Genie Studio 2.0. | Manufacturing, commercial services, and research and data collection customers (no named customers). | System sales plus data services and dev platform. | Paid Deployment | Investors include HongShan, Hillhouse and BYD. Confirmed to Caixin in July 2026 that it began a Hong Kong IPO process at a valuation above RMB 20B; reported in October 2026 to be near a RMB 1–1.5B round at about RMB 50B, which could delay the IPO past 2026. 2025 revenue RMB 1.05B; new round not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Apptronik ↗ | Humanoids | Apollo humanoid robot (Apollo 2 also listed). | Automotive manufacturing (Mercedes-Benz), 3PL (GXO) and electronics manufacturing (Jabil, also its contract manufacturer). | System sales and partnership deployments (terms undisclosed). | Pilot | Series A extension in February 2026 brought the total to $935M ($520M from Google, Mercedes-Benz, B Capital and new investors), at a reported post-money valuation of about $5.3B; first close of $350M in February 2025. | A | 1 2 3 |
| Figure AI ↗ | Humanoids | Figure 03 (F.03) humanoid with the Helix 02 VLA model, built on its own BotQ production line. | Automotive manufacturing (BMW), retail and logistics distribution centers (Catalyst Brands), and later homes. | System and commercial agreements (terms undisclosed, likely RaaS-style). | Pilot | Series C of over $1B at a $39B post-money valuation in September 2025 (Brookfield, Intel, Macquarie, NVIDIA, Parkway, Qualcomm, Salesforce, T-Mobile and others). No new round found in 2026; Forbes put total funding at about $1.9B against $35B in compute commitments. | A | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Mentee Robotics ↗ | Humanoids | Third-generation MenteeBot humanoid. | Warehousing and logistics, and later homes. | Not confirmed (targets commercial volume production in 2028). | Prototype | Mobileye announced on 2026-01-06 an acquisition for about $900M (about $612M cash plus up to about 26.2 million Mobileye Class A shares), expected to close in Q1 2026. | B | 1 2 |
| Tesla ↗ | Humanoids | Optimus humanoid robot (Gen 3 not yet unveiled). | Tesla's own factories first; later outside businesses and homes. | Mainly internal use; external system sales planned but not started. | Prototype | Public (TSLA). Optimus revenue not disclosed separately. | B | 1 2 |
| Persona AI ↗ | Humanoids | Modular industrial humanoid platform with roles such as Welder, Fabricator and Assembler. | Shipyards, steel fabrication, energy infrastructure and construction. | Not confirmed. | Pilot | Not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| EngineAI 众擎机器人 ↗ | Humanoids | SE01, PM01 and T800 full-size humanoids, SA01 biped platform and JS01 quadruped. | Researchers and developers, competitions and exhibitions. | System sales. | Prototype | Not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| Amazon Robotics ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | Kiva-derived drive units, Proteus autonomous AMR (2022), Sparrow item-picking arm, Vulcan force-sensing dual-arm picker (2025), Sequoia containerized storage and the DeepFleet coordination model (July 2025). | Amazon's own fulfillment network; not sold externally (a scale reference). | Internal use for cost and efficiency; no external sales. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Wholly owned by Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN); Kiva acquired in 2012. Robotics revenue not disclosed. | A | 1 |
| Geek+ 极智嘉 ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | PopPick shelf-to-person, RoboShuttle tote-to-person, Skycube pallet-to-person, sorting robots, the GINO general-purpose robot, and WES/RMS software. | E-commerce, retail, 3PL and manufacturing, with cases including UPS, Walmart, Siemens, ASKUL and Newegg. | Hardware sales, software and systems integration. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Listed as H shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, trading from 2025-07-09; 2025 revenue RMB 3.17B. | A | 1 2 |
| Locus Robotics ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | LocusBots collaborative picking AMRs and LocusONE orchestration software. | 3PLs, e-commerce, retail and pharmaceutical distribution warehouses. | RaaS (subscription or usage-based) plus software. | Multi-site Production | Series F of $117M in 2022-11 led by Goldman Sachs, G2 Venture Partners and Stack, at a valuation near $2B and over $400M raised in total (TechCrunch). Later funding not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| ANYbotics ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | ANYmal quadruped inspection robot, ANYmal X explosion-proof version (2026) and the ANYbotics Shift operations platform from mission planning to work orders. | Energy and power (Siemens Energy, GE Vernova, SMUD), steel and materials (Cleveland-Cliffs, BlueScope), oil, gas and chemicals (Equinor, SLB, bp). | Hardware sales or leasing plus software subscription. | Multi-site Production | Series B of $50M in 2023-05 (Wikipedia). Any later round not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Boston Dynamics (Spot) ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | Spot quadruped, Spot Arm and Orbit fleet and inspection management software. | Energy (bp, Woodside, National Grid), infrastructure and construction (Acciona, Turner Construction, RATP), manufacturing, public safety and research. | Hardware sales (public price of $74,500 in 2020) plus software subscription. | Multi-site Production | Not independently funded: Hyundai Motor Group acquired about 80% in 2021-06 in a deal valuing the company at about $880M; SoftBank retains about 20% (Wikipedia). | B | 1 2 |
| Ghost Robotics ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | Vision 60 quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle (Q-UGV) with modular payloads; a manipulator arm was added in 2025-12. | Military (US Air Force base security, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force), homeland security, telecom (AT&T) and transportation agencies (Ohio DOT bridge inspection). | Hardware sales plus government and defense contracts. | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed; a reported acquisition by LIG Nex1 is not confirmed. | B | 1 2 |
| Deep Robotics 云深处科技 ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | Jueying X30, Lite3, LYNX M20 and LYNX S10 quadrupeds; DR02 all-weather industrial humanoid. | Power and energy inspection, emergency response, research and city management. | Hardware sales plus industry solutions. | Paid Deployment | Closed a new round of nearly RMB 500M on 2025-07-08 (Xinhua via Wikipedia); investors and IPO progress not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Hai Robotics 海柔创新 ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | HaiPick System 1/2/3, HaiPick Climb rack-climbing robot, a range of ACR tote robots and HaiQ software. | 3PL, retail, manufacturing and healthcare (Boot Barn, St. Luke's, NAPA Auto Parts and others). | Hardware sales plus systems integration, including through integrators such as Hy-Tek. | Multi-site Production | Not confirmed | B | 1 |
| Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) ↗ | Mobile, AMR & quadrupeds | Proxie mobile manipulator with a 360-degree omnidirectional base, Gen 2 dual arms and self-swapping batteries. | Hospitals, medical distribution centers, and manufacturing and logistics facilities. | Not confirmed; the website offers to reserve a Proxie fleet. | Paid Deployment | Series B of $100M in 2024-04; Series A of $30M in 2023-07 (Sequoia, Khosla, Mayo Clinic). No 2025–2026 round found. | B | 1 2 |
| JAKA Robotics 节卡机器人 ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | JAKA Zu, Pro and MiniCobo collaborative arm series (models not confirmed). | Automotive, 3C electronics, semiconductor and new-energy manufacturing. | Hardware sales | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed; STAR Market IPO progress not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| Universal Robots (Teradyne Robotics) ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | UR collaborative arm series, including the 2024 UR30 (30 kg payload, 1300 mm reach), and the UR+ ecosystem. | Small and mid-sized manufacturers for machine tending, palletizing, assembly and welding; systems integrators. | Hardware sales through distributors and integrators. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Subsidiary of Teradyne (NASDAQ: TER), acquired in 2015 for $285M; UR revenue $311M in 2021 (Wikipedia). Teradyne group revenue $2.82B in 2024; robotics segment revenue not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| Dobot 越疆 ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | CRA, Nova, CRS and CR 30H collaborative arms, MG400 and Magician education arms; DOBOT ATOM humanoid and X-Trainer dual-arm teleoperation data-collection platform. | Small and mid-sized manufacturers, 3C electronics, education and research; overseas channels in 100+ countries. | Hardware sales | Scaled Commercial Operations | Listed in Hong Kong (2432.HK) on 2024-12-23, raising HK$681M; 2025–2026 financials not confirmed. | A | 1 2 3 |
| Standard Bots ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | Spark (7 kg / 900 mm, from $29,500), Core (18 kg / 1.3 m, $39,500), Thor (30 kg / 2 m, $49,500) and the Bolt mobile manipulator (private beta). | US small and mid-sized manufacturers (machine tending, palletizing and similar). | Hardware sales | Paid Deployment | Company says it raised a $200M Series C at a $1B valuation, with investors including RoboStrategy, General Catalyst, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Samsung Next and Box Group; date and lead not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| KUKA 库卡 ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | KR QUANTEC (90–300 kg), KR AGILUS small arms, LBR collaborative arms and the KUKA Titan heavy-payload arm. | Automotive (traditional strength), general manufacturing, logistics and entertainment (theme-park robot-arm rides). | Hardware sales, systems integration and service. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Not independently listed: Midea took a 94.55% stake in 2017-01 (offer about €4.5B) and squeezed out the remaining 4.69% on 2022-11-16; now wholly owned by Midea (Wikipedia). | A | 1 |
| FANUC ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | Full industrial robot range (0.5 kg to 2.3 t payload), CRX collaborative arms (portable CRX launched 2025-12), SR series SCARA and the R-50iA controller. | Automotive, electronics, metalworking, food and other manufacturing; systems integrators. | Hardware sales plus service and spare parts. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Listed (TYO: 6954); group revenue ¥795.3B in 2023 (Wikipedia citing annual report); robotics segment revenue not confirmed. | A | 1 2 3 |
| ABB Robotics ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | Industrial robots, YuMi dual-arm collaborative robot, FlexPicker parallel robot and robot software such as RobotStudio. | Automotive, electronics, logistics, food and beverage, and general manufacturing. | Hardware sales, software and service. | Scaled Commercial Operations | SoftBank Group agreed on 2025-10-08 to acquire ABB's robotics business at an enterprise value of $5.375B, subject to EU, China and US approval. ABB said on 2026-07-15 that closing is expected in H2 2026 with net cash proceeds of about $4.8B; closing not confirmed. | A | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Yaskawa Electric 安川电机 ↗ | Industrial arms & cobots | Motoman industrial robots (welding, handling, painting, assembly), SCARA and collaborative arms; servo drives and inverters. | Automotive, electronics, metalworking, packaging and other manufacturing. | Hardware sales, motion-control component sales and service. | Scaled Commercial Operations | Listed (TYO: 6506); latest revenue on Wikipedia is ¥448.5B for FY2018, which is outdated; current financials and robotics segment revenue not confirmed. | B | 1 2 |
| Physical Intelligence (π) ↗ | Robot foundation models | π0, π0.5, π*0.6 and π0.7 VLA models (π0 is open source); Pi API beta (2026-10) for data upload, hosted fine-tuning and cloud inference. | Robot hardware and application companies (warehouse packing, laundry folding, kitchens, agriculture, heavy machinery) and developers. | Model licensing and API (beta, pricing not public). | Pilot | Over $1B raised in total, last valued at $5.6B. Bloomberg reported talks at over $11B in 2026-03 and, on 2026-10-27, talks to raise at least $1B at about $20B led by Avenir and Lux; the company has not confirmed whether the new round closed. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Covariant ↗ | Robot foundation models | Covariant Brain and RFM-1 robot foundation model; since 2024-08 the website shows only a logo and copyright line. | Originally warehouse and e-commerce picking robot integrators and operators. | Originally software licensing; now technology licensing to Amazon for a fee. | Pilot | Last public valuation $625M (2023 round, Wikipedia). A 2025 whistleblower filing claims the Amazon deal was about $380M plus a $20M payment a year later (claim not ruled on by regulators). | C | 1 2 |
| Genesis AI ↗ | Robot foundation models | GENE-26.5 model (2026-05); Eno (waitlist, commercial and home); a humanoid hand built with Wuji Tech, a data-collection glove and a simulation evaluation system. | Lab automation, pharma and manufacturing (in talks, unnamed). | Not confirmed; plans to deliver hardware and model together. | Prototype | $105M seed in 2025-07 co-led by Eclipse and Khosla Ventures, with Bpifrance, HSG, Eric Schmidt and Xavier Niel participating (TechCrunch). | A | 1 2 |
| Generalist AI ↗ | Robot foundation models | GEN-0 (2025-11), GEN-1 (2026-04) and GEN-1.5 (2026-08), which the company says can learn a new task in context from a 12-second demonstration; limited waitlist access. | Not named; the company says it will partner across industries. | Not confirmed; model access via waitlist. | Prototype | Raised $400M at a $2B valuation on 2026-06-04, led by Radical Ventures with 8VC, Union Square Ventures, Norwest and Hanabi Capital joining and NVIDIA, Spark and Bezos Expeditions participating; over $500M in total (SiliconANGLE). A further ~$200M reported by Axios is not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Dyna Robotics ↗ | Robot foundation models | DYNA-1 (2025-04, towel and napkin folding) and Dyna-2 / Dyna-2.1 general physical agents; robots delivered by RaaS subscription. | Laundries, hotel housekeeping, restaurants, gyms and warehouse fulfillment. | RaaS subscription | Paid Deployment | $120M Series A on 2025-09-15 led by RoboStrategy, CRV and First Round Capital, with Salesforce Ventures, NVentures, Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund, Samsung Next and LG Technology Ventures; valuation undisclosed. No 2026 round found. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Google DeepMind · Gemini Robotics ↗ | Robot foundation models | Gemini Robotics 2 (VLA), Gemini Robotics ER 2 (embodied reasoning, available in AI Studio as gemini-robotics-er-2-preview) and Gemini Robotics On-Device 2. | Robot makers and developers (trusted testers and accelerator startups). | API (ER model via the Gemini API and AI Studio) plus partnerships; pricing not public. | Pilot | Not applicable; an internal Alphabet team (GOOGL), robotics revenue not disclosed. | B | 1 2 |
| Toyota Research Institute (TRI) · Large Behavior Models ↗ | Robot foundation models | Large Behavior Models, language-conditioned end-to-end manipulation policies, applied to the Atlas humanoid with Boston Dynamics. | Internal Toyota research; not a commercial product. | None; a corporate research institute funded by Toyota. | Research | Not applicable; a wholly owned Toyota research subsidiary, launched in 2016 with a $1B five-year commitment (Wikipedia). | B | 1 2 3 |
| FieldAI ↗ | Robot foundation models | Field Foundation Models (FFM), robot models with physics constraints and uncertainty quantification; FAIRI. | Construction, energy and industrial, federal and defense, mining, utilities and agriculture. | Software licensing and solutions deployed on customer robots; pricing not public. | Paid Deployment | Announced two rounds totaling $405M on 2025-08-20 (including a $314M round), lifting valuation from $500M to about $2B (OCBJ). Investors include Bezos Expeditions, Emerson Collective, Khosla, Canaan, NVentures, Prysm Capital and Temasek. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| RLWRLD ↗ | Robot foundation models | RLDX-1, a dexterity-first five-finger manipulation foundation model (2026-04, shown at GTC Taipei 2026); DexBench dexterous manipulation benchmark. | Japanese and Korean manufacturing, hospitality and logistics, including strategic investors CJ Logistics and Lotte. | Not confirmed (model licensing or joint development). | Pilot | Seed 2 of about $26M on 2026-06-19 led by Headline Asia and Z Venture Capital, with CJ Logistics, Kakao Investment, Lotte Ventures and Hashed; about $41M in seed funding total; valuation undisclosed. | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Skild AI ↗ | Robot foundation models | Skild Brain omni-bodied robot brain and the S1 flagship model (2026-08); acquired Zebra Technologies' robotics unit (formerly Fetch Robotics) and the Symmetry Fulfillment orchestration platform in 2026-04. | Warehouse, factory and data center operators; robot makers (partnerships with ABB Robotics and Universal Robots). | Software licensing and solutions, including the acquired AMR business. | Paid Deployment | $1.4B Series C on 2026-01-14 led by SoftBank at a valuation above $14B, with NVentures, Macquarie, Bezos Expeditions, LG, Schneider Electric and Salesforce Ventures; the CEO says over $2B raised in total. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
| Segments.ai ↗ | Data platforms | Multi-sensor labeling platform (synced 3D point cloud and 2D images, cuboid tracking, SAM-assisted segmentation), Python SDK and labeling services. | Autonomous driving, AMRs, agricultural and mowing robots, and drones (logos include Zipline, Torc, Ford, ABB, Oxbotica, Outrider and Scythe). | SaaS subscription plus labeling services. | Paid Deployment | Acquired by Uber for an undisclosed amount (PYMNTS, Silicon Canals, 2025-10). | B | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Encord ↗ | Data platforms | Encord data development platform for curation, labeling and model evaluation across images, video, medical imaging and sensor data. | AI teams in healthcare, generative AI, defense and government, and robotics and physical AI. | SaaS subscription | Paid Deployment | $60M (about €50M) Series C on 2026-02-26 led by Wellington Management with YC, CRV, N47 and Crane, plus new investors Bright Pixel and Isomer Capital; about $110M raised in total (TNW). Previously a $30M Series B in 2024-08. | A | 1 2 3 |
| Scale AI · Physical AI Data Engine ↗ | Data platforms | Physical AI Data Engine: teleoperated dual-arm demonstrations, robot-free egocentric capture with Scale Harness, and hosting of customer hardware, across data factory, distributed home and commercial or industrial settings, plus labeling and policy fine-tuning validation. | Robot foundation model companies and robot makers (website lists Physical Intelligence, Generalist, Dyna, Cobot and Walden Robotics). | Data services billed by project. | Paid Deployment | Meta took a 49% non-voting stake for about $14B in 2025-06 and founder Alexandr Wang left for Meta (TechCrunch, Wikipedia). Francis deSouza became CEO in 2026-07. 2026 revenue not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Build AI ↗ | Data platforms | Head-mounted cameras (Build AI Gen 1) capturing first-person video of real factory workers; open datasets Egocentric-10K (2025-08) and Egocentric-100K (2025-12); custom collection services. | Physical AI and robot model research teams. | Dataset licensing plus custom collection services (pricing not public). | Prototype | About $15M in total: founder Eddy Xu corrected the $5M seed announced in 2025-09 to $15M, led by Abstract, Pear and HF0, with angels including Balaji Srinivasan, Guillermo Rauch and Thomas Wolf (Humanoids Daily). | A | 1 2 3 |
| Roboflow ↗ | Data platforms | Roboflow platform (Annotate, Train, Deploy for edge and cloud inference, Workflows, Analyze), Universe public datasets, open-source supervision, RF-DETR and inference, and the AI1 camera. | Manufacturing, logistics, rail, energy, robotics companies and developers. | SaaS subscription (self-serve and enterprise). | Multi-site Production | $40M on 2024-11-19 led by GV with Craft Ventures and YC, plus individuals including Jeff Dean and Guillermo Rauch. No 2025–2026 round found. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Lightwheel ↗ | Simulation | SimReady Library of physically accurate assets and scenes, EgoSuite egocentric human demonstration data, RoboFinals simulation benchmarks for VLAs and world models, and Lightwheel-Platform Enterprise. | Robotics and AI teams training VLA and embodied models. | Data and asset sales plus enterprise platform licensing. | Prototype | Three rounds in 2026: RMB 1B across A++ and A+++ rounds in March (New Hope, Dingbang, AUX and others), a round led by Ant Group in late May (amount undisclosed) and a RMB 1B strategic round in June (including the Zhongguancun Science City fund) (Gasgoo). | C | 1 2 |
| Parallel Domain ↗ | Simulation | PD Replica for photoreal neural reconstruction from drive and flight logs, and PD Sim for deterministic camera, lidar and radar simulation and scenario setup. | Autonomous driving and ADAS teams, and drone and aviation autonomy teams. | Software licensing / SaaS | Paid Deployment | $30M Series B on 2022-11-16 led by March Capital; $11M Series A in 2020-12 led by Foundry Group. No later round found. | C | 1 2 |
| Duality AI ↗ | Simulation | Falcon digital twin simulator (Unreal Engine editor, SimReady twin catalog, open-loop synthetic data and closed-loop autonomy validation, Python API, ROS/ROS2 middleware) and Vibe Sim, an agentic copilot that generates synthetic data from prompts. | Consumer goods manufacturing (visual inspection), drones and aviation, underwater ROVs, and defense and aerospace autonomy teams. | Software licensing / SaaS plus project services. | Pilot | Not confirmed; the website shows Drive Capital, HG Ventures and Lemnos VC logos without amounts or rounds. | B | 1 2 |
| Applied Intuition ↗ | Simulation | Dana agentic platform for developing, testing and deploying intelligent machines, Tools for Vehicle Intelligence, Self-Driving System (SDS) and Vehicle OS. | Automotive OEMs, trucking, defense, mining, construction and agricultural machinery makers. | Software licensing, engineering services and government and defense contracts. | Scaled Commercial Operations | $600M Series F plus tender offer in 2025-06 at a $15B valuation, co-led by BlackRock-managed funds and Kleiner Perkins (Wikipedia). | A | 1 2 3 |
| InOrbit ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Space Intelligence AI orchestration platform, RobOps Copilot, Ground Control, the IOWA warehouse automation offering and RTLS integration. | Warehouse and manufacturing operators running mixed robot fleets, and robot developers. | SaaS subscription | Prototype | Series A in 2025-10 co-led by L'ATTITUDE Ventures and Globant Ventures, with ANIMO, Kärcher New Ventures and Yamaha Motor Ventures (amount undisclosed); $2.6M seed in 2020-07 led by ANIMO Ventures (VentureBeat). | C | 1 2 3 |
| Rerun ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Open-source Rerun SDK and Viewer, and Rerun Hub, a commercial data catalog and storage engine. | Research and engineering teams in robotics, spatial computing and autonomous driving. | Open source plus a commercial data platform (Rerun Hub). | Prototype | $17M seed (date and lead not confirmed); the website lists Costanoa, Point Nine, Seedcamp and Sunflower. | C | 1 2 |
| Intrinsic ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Intrinsic Flowstate development environment, Intrinsic Capabilities (perception, motion planning, force control), Intrinsic Vision Model and Intrinsic Core (open-sourced and ROS-compatible, 2026-09). | Industrial automation in electronics, machine tools and CNC, and automotive, plus systems integrators. | Software platform licensing plus a joint venture (Foxconn). | Pilot | An Alphabet unit with no independent funding; merged into Google on 2026-02-25. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| Hugging Face (LeRobot / Pollen Robotics) ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | LeRobot open-source library (teleoperate, record, train, deploy), SO-101 3D-printed arm, LeKiwi and the Reachy 2 humanoid ($70,000). | University labs, researchers, makers and robot learning developers. | Open source plus hardware sales and the Hub platform. | Prototype | Raised $235M at a $4.5B valuation in 2023-08 (Salesforce, Google, Nvidia and others). NVIDIA announced on 2026-09-03 it will acquire Hugging Face for about $12.93B (about $11.9B to shareholders plus up to about $1.0B in retention equity), expected to close in H1 2027 subject to regulatory approval. | B | 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
| Foxglove ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Foxglove platform: visualization, MCAP data recording, Data Search & Curation, Agentic Data Platform, and remote visualization and teleoperation. | Autonomous driving, robotics, drone and maritime teams, and university labs. | SaaS subscription (Basic Seats and self-serve pricing) plus enterprise. | Paid Deployment | $40M Series B on 2025-11-12 led by Bessemer Venture Partners with Eclipse and Amplify; over $58M raised in total (The Robot Report). | B | 1 2 3 |
| Formant ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Formant platform, positioned as a physical AI operations layer (telemetry, teleoperation, diagnostics), plus 7-month forward-deployed engineering engagements. | Energy inspection, agricultural and logistics robots, underwater cleaning, and robot makers' service teams. | SaaS plus services | Paid Deployment | $21M round in 2023-10 led by BMW i Ventures (TechCrunch); $18M Series A in 2022-01. No later round found. | B | 1 2 |
| Viam ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Viam platform, open-source viam-server, Viam Registry, Viam agent and an MCP server. | Manufacturing (surface finishing), systems integrators, maritime, logistics and entertainment venues. | SaaS / platform subscription | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed; the website lists Union Square Ventures, Battery Ventures and others without amounts. | C | 1 2 |
| Realtime Robotics ↗ | Middleware & developer platforms | Resolver, cloud motion planning and AI optimization that pre-plans collision-free paths and interlocks; RapidPlan (coming soon). | Automotive OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers and line integrators (multi-robot workcells such as body-in-white welding). | Software licensing / SaaS | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed | B | 1 |
| Formic ↗ | Deployment & integration | Formic Full Service, robotic automation for a fixed monthly fee (palletizing, packaging, machine tending and more), and Fast Track. | US small and mid-sized manufacturers, mainly food and beverage, packaging and plastics plants. | RaaS (fixed monthly fee, no capex). | Multi-site Production | Announced a $50M raise on 2026-10-22 (lead not confirmed); previously raised $27.4M on 2024-06-25. | B | 1 2 |
| Rapid Robotics ↗ | Deployment & integration | Rapid Machine Operator, a pre-trained robot-arm workcell delivered on lease. Preconfigured cobot cells deployed quickly and rented by subscription. | Small and mid-sized manufacturers | RaaS | Prototype | Acquired by RobCo on undisclosed terms (Munich Startup, 2025-09-26). Historical funding not confirmed. | C | 1 2 |
| Mujin ↗ | Deployment & integration | MujinOS for no-code deployment of palletizing, picking and fleet automation. Hardware-agnostic control software using real-time motion planning and 3D vision, so industrial arms pick and palletize without point-by-point teaching. | Factory and warehouse logistics operators | Software + system integration | Prototype | Series D first close of $233M (equity and debt) in Dec 2025, bringing total funding to $411M (Robotics 24/7, 2025-12-03). NTT and QIA reportedly led, per Japanese media; not confirmed. | C | 1 2 |
| Bonsai Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Bonsai Intelligence (Foundation, World and Distilled models), the Bonsai Pilot mixed-fleet app and OEM retrofit kits, with partner machines including Amiga, AR-500, Flory and OMC Shockwave. Vision-only autonomy (no GPS) installed as software and retrofit kits on diesel, hybrid and electric farm machines from multiple OEMs. | Growers of nuts and orchards (almonds, pistachios, citrus), strawberries and wine grapes, plus farm equipment OEMs | Software licensing + OEM retrofit kits | Multi-site Production | $15M Series A on 2025-01-28 led by Bison Ventures (Business Wire release via silicon.co.uk). The website lists investors including ACRE, Bison, Congruent, Fall Line and Xplorer. | C | 1 2 3 |
| Burro (Augean Robotics) ↗ | Vertical applications | Burro, Burro Grande 15 and Grande 44 collaborative transport robots, Cortador mowing and Sprayito spraying add-ons, and the BOSS operating system. Autonomous carts that follow or replay taught routes to haul for pickers, with optional work modules. | Vineyards, nurseries and orchards (Petitti Family Farms, Altman Plants, Sierra Gold Nurseries) | Hardware sales + software | Multi-site Production | Not confirmed; the website shows S2G as an investor. | B | 1 2 |
| Carbon Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | LaserWeeder G2, the Carbon Autonomy tractor retrofit kit (for John Deere 6R/8R) and Carbon AI (Large Plant Model). Computer vision tells crops from weeds and high-power lasers kill the weeds; the model is trained on 150M labeled plant images across 100+ crops. | Row-crop vegetable and specialty crop growers (Grimmway Farms, Duncan Family Farms, Gills Onions and others) | Hardware sales (with financing) + autonomy kits + software | Multi-site Production | Not confirmed; the website lists investors including NVentures, Bond and Anthos Capital but not the latest round. | B | 1 2 |
| Iron Ox ↗ | Vertical applications | Robotic indoor greenhouse growing system, with mobile robots moving grow modules. Mobile robots and robot arms transplant and move crops inside the greenhouse. | Grocery retail channels | Self-operated farming, selling produce | Pilot | $53M in Sep 2021 (TechCrunch). Later funding not confirmed. | A | 1 |
| Monarch Tractor ↗ | Vertical applications | MK-V electric smart tractor (driver-operated or autonomous) and the WingspanAI farm data platform. Electric tractor with camera perception for follow-me or autonomous work and operations data capture. | Vineyards, orchards and dairy farms | Hardware sales + software subscription | Paid Deployment | $133M in Jul 2024 (TechCrunch); round and lead investor not confirmed. | A | 1 |
| Tortuga AgTech ↗ | Vertical applications | Greenhouse strawberry and tomato harvesting robots, using vision and dual-arm end effectors to pick soft fruit. | Greenhouse growers | RaaS (priced per volume harvested) | Pilot | Not confirmed | C | 1 |
| Bright Machines ↗ | Vertical applications | Software-defined electronics assembly: Bright Designer (design-stage simulation on NVIDIA Omniverse), enclosed and open robotic assembly cells, and Brightware, Smart Skills and Data Hub. Assembly is simulated from CAD/PLM data, then vision- and force-guided robot cells install CPUs, heatsinks, memory and GPUs with every step traceable. | AI infrastructure hardware makers (GPU servers, storage, racks), hyperscalers and their EMS supply chains | Hardware deployment and integration services + recurring software fees (Sacra estimates about $150K per line per year) | Paid Deployment | Series C in Jun 2024: $106M equity led by BlackRock-managed funds plus $20M J.P. Morgan venture debt ($126M total), with NVIDIA and Microsoft participating; over $400M raised in total. No new round found for 2025–2026. | C | 1 2 3 |
| Machina Labs ↗ | Vertical applications | RoboCraftsman platform: AI-guided sheet-metal forming (incremental forming) and assembly with two industrial arms. The arms clamp a metal sheet and form it point by point from a digital design with sensor feedback, producing parts without dies; Machina can also run flexible factories itself. | US Department of Defense and Air Force, defense primes (Lockheed Martin), aerospace and automotive (Toyota) | Per-part and contract manufacturing (manufacturing as a service) + defense R&D contracts | Pilot | $124M Series C on 2026-02-04, led by Woven Capital, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures and others, to build a 200,000 sq ft Intelligent Factory in the US (its third factory). | B | 1 2 3 |
| Path Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | AI adaptive welding cells, the Obsidian welding foundation model, and Rove, a mobile welding system pairing Obsidian with a quadruped (launched Apr 2026). Vision scans the part and Obsidian plans welds in real time without teach programming; trained on tens of millions of inches of weld data. | Metal fabricators, shipyards (HII, Saronic, LAD Services) and the defense supply chain | Cell sales + performance-based production agreements (shipbuilding) | Paid Deployment | $100M Series D in Oct 2024, led by Matter Venture Partners and Drive Capital (The Robot Report, TechCrunch). No new round confirmed for 2025–2026. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Vention ↗ | Vertical applications | MachineBuilder cloud CAD, the MachineMotion AI controller (with NVIDIA Jetson) and Rapid Series prebuilt applications (cobot palletizing, sanding, Rapid Operator AI bin picking). Modular hardware, in-browser design and simulation and an AI controller turn custom automation into configure, order and self-install; the 2026 GRIIP physical AI pipeline sets up picking from CAD in about 15 minutes. | Small, mid-sized and large manufacturers automating lines (palletizing, machine tending, picking), plus research institutions | Modular hardware and full application sales + software | Scaled Commercial Operations | Raised US$110M (C$150M) in Jan 2026 for physical AI and North American and European expansion; round and lead investor not confirmed. Previously a $95M Series C in 2022. | B | 1 2 |
| Diligent Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Moxi, a mobile manipulation robot for hospital supply delivery. A single-arm mobile robot that rides elevators and badges through doors on its own to carry medications, lab samples and supplies between units. | Hospital nursing, pharmacy and lab departments | Not confirmed (pricing not disclosed; RaaS subscription is common in the industry) | Multi-site Production | Latest confirmed round: $25M (Sep 2023, company press page); lead investor not confirmed. Any 2025–2026 funding not confirmed. | B | 1 2 |
| Intuitive Surgical ↗ | Vertical applications | da Vinci surgical systems (including da Vinci 5) and the Ion bronchoscopy robotic platform. Multi-arm surgical robots teleoperated by the surgeon from a console (not autonomous), with dedicated instruments and consumables. | Hospitals and surgical centers worldwide | System sales and leases + instruments and accessories (per procedure) + services | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (Nasdaq: ISRG). FY2025 revenue about $10.1B (+21%), including $6.02B instruments and accessories and $2.47B systems (10-K FY2025). | A | 1 2 3 |
| Ecovacs 科沃斯 ↗ | Vertical applications | DEEBOT robot vacuums, WINBOT window cleaners, GOAT robot mowers, ULTRAMARINE pool robots, and Tineco. Mass-produced home cleaning robots with in-house navigation, expanding into outdoor categories such as mowing and pools. | Consumer households | Hardware sales (consumer electronics) | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (603486.SH). Latest fiscal-year revenue not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| Matic Robots ↗ | Vertical applications | Matic vacuum-and-mop robot (plus Matic Serene). Vision-only mapping and navigation with on-device processing for privacy. | US household consumers | Hardware sales (from $1,495) | Paid Deployment | Announced $60M in new funding on its blog on 2026-01-29 (investors not listed). Earlier funding in 2023 reported at about $24–29.5M; figures vary and are not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| Roborock 石头科技 ↗ | Vertical applications | Saros 10R and Saros Z70 robot vacuums; the Z70 has a robot arm to pick up small items. High-end robot vacuums plus the first mass-produced vacuum with an arm, extending toward home manipulation. | Consumer households | Hardware sales (consumer electronics) | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (688169.SH). Latest fiscal-year revenue not confirmed. | A | 1 |
| Sunday Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Memo home robot. A general-purpose manipulation robot for chores, learning tasks such as folding socks, handling glassware and making coffee. | US households (2026 Founding Family beta) | Hardware sales (not yet on sale; pricing not announced) | Prototype | $165M Series B on 2026-03-12 at a $1.15B valuation, led by Coatue (TechCrunch). Reportedly about $35M at stealth exit in Nov 2025 (Benchmark, Conviction); not confirmed. | C | 1 2 |
| iRobot ↗ | Vertical applications | Roomba robot vacuums and Braava mopping robots. Consumer vacuum-and-mop robots with SLAM navigation; the new product line is designed and built by Picea. | Consumers worldwide | Hardware sales (retail channels) | Scaled Commercial Operations | Formerly public (Nasdaq: IRBT); taken private after Picea completed its acquisition of 100% of the equity on 2026-01-23. FY2025 revenue not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| Gecko Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Wall-climbing inspection robots (TOKA, Komodo), the Cantilever data platform and the AI+R suite, plus Navy sustainment for ship maintenance. Magnetic climbing robots carry ultrasonic and other sensors to densely map asset wall thickness; Cantilever turns that into remaining-life and maintenance decisions. | US Navy and Air Force, power and refining (HF Sinclair, NAES, ADNOC), defense shipbuilding (Anduril) | Inspection services + SaaS subscriptions + government contracts (IDIQ) | Multi-site Production | $125M Series D in Jun 2025 at a $1.25B valuation (company About page); lead investor not confirmed. | B | 1 2 3 |
| Korial (formerly Energy Robotics) ↗ | Vertical applications | Enterprise AI platform for robotic inspection: Recreate (digital twin and simulation), Kore (AI core), Connect (API integration) and Sustain, plus the Drone Connect Box. A hardware-agnostic software layer that dispatches quadrupeds such as Boston Dynamics Spot, ground robots and drones for automated inspection. | Energy, chemicals and pharma (Evonik, E.ON, Shell Rheinland, Merck, illwerke vkw) | SaaS subscription / software licensing | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed | B | 1 |
| Skydio ↗ | Vertical applications | X10 and X10D autonomous drones, Dock for X10, the R10 indoor drone and the F10 Lightrunner fixed-wing, plus DFR, Asset and ISR Command software. Vision-based autonomous obstacle avoidance on NVIDIA Jetson Orin, with docks enabling fully remote autonomous missions. | US Department of Defense and allied militaries, police and public safety (drone as first responder), utilities (Dominion Energy, BGE), transportation (Caltrans) | Hardware sales + software subscriptions | Scaled Commercial Operations | $230M Series E in Feb 2023 led by Linse Capital; TechCrunch cited a $170M extension in Nov 2024 (via Wikipedia). | A | 1 2 |
| Built Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | RPD 35 autonomous solar pile driver (built on a modified Caterpillar 335) and the Exosystem excavator autonomy kit. Adds GPS, cameras and AI to existing heavy equipment; RPD 35 surveys, distributes piles, drives them and generates as-built data in one machine. | Utility-scale solar EPCs and earthwork contractors | Not confirmed (equipment sale, lease or per-pile pricing) | Prototype | About $112M raised across Series A–C from investors including Tiger Global, Next47, NEA and Founders Fund (Wikipedia). Latest round amount and date not confirmed. | C | 1 |
| Civ Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | CivDot+ robotic total-station layout, CivDot Mini, CivNav machine control and CivMove. Autonomous mobile survey robots mark coordinates with laser accuracy (about 8mm), replacing manual staking. | Solar and battery storage (BESS) EPCs and earthwork survey teams | Not confirmed | Paid Deployment | $7.5M Series A on 2025-07-01 led by AlleyCorp, bringing total funding to $12.5M (The Robot Report). | C | 1 2 |
| Dusty Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | FieldPrinter layout robot plus the Dusty Platform, Portal and AutoCAD plugin. A mobile robot prints wall lines and embed locations from BIM/CAD drawings directly onto the slab, replacing manual chalk-line layout. | General contractors and specialty trades (drywall, MEP and others) | Not confirmed (not disclosed on the website) | Multi-site Production | Latest confirmed: $45M Series B on 2022-05-10 led by Scale Venture Partners (Robotics 24/7). No later round found. | B | 1 2 |
| Avidbots ↗ | Vertical applications | Neo and Neo 2W autonomous floor scrubbers and the compact Kas scrubber, with Avidbots Autonomy software and Command Center remote management. Vertically integrated: in-house machines and in-house autonomy software. | Airports (Changi, Narita, Montreal-Trudeau), logistics (DHL, DB Schenker, Ryder), manufacturing (3M, Toyota) and hospitals | Hardware sales / subscription leasing + remote management services | Multi-site Production | $70M Series C in Sep 2022 (company news; lead investor not listed). No new public round since 2023. | B | 1 2 |
| Brain Corp ↗ | Vertical applications | BrainOS autonomous navigation platform (licensed to OEMs such as Tennant for floor scrubbers), Clean Suite and Sense Suite shelf scanning, and the ShelfOptix managed shelf intelligence service. It embeds autonomy software in OEMs' commercial scrubbers and scanning towers rather than building machines; version 2.0 SelfPath AI needs no taught routes. | Retail and grocery (Walmart, Kroger, Target and others), warehouses, airports, schools and hospitals, plus cleaning equipment OEMs | Software licensing to OEMs + end-user SaaS subscriptions + scanning as a service | Scaled Commercial Operations | Tennant made a $32M strategic investment with an exclusive technology agreement on 2024-02-22 (Automated Warehouse). $36M Series D in Apr 2020 (company website). | B | 1 2 3 4 |
| Gausium 高仙机器人 ↗ | Vertical applications | Phantas, Beetle, Scrubber 75, Vacuum 40, Omnie, Mira and Marvel commercial cleaning robots, plus charging and work stations. In-house SLAM navigation with commercial scrubbing and vacuuming robots; auto stations reduce manual refilling. | Malls, offices, factories, metro systems and schools | Hardware sales + leasing | Multi-site Production | Not confirmed | B | 1 |
| Ambi Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | AmbiSort A-Series (small-parcel sortation into cubbies), AmbiSort B-Series (sorting into gaylords, up to 1,200 picks per hour), AmbiStack (AI palletizing, first deployments mid-2025) and AmbiOS. Spun out of Ken Goldberg's lab; grasping is trained in simulation (claimed 10,000x faster than real time) with suction picking for parcel sorting and stacking. | Parcel, courier and e-commerce sortation centers (Pitney Bowes) | RaaS / system sales (pricing details not confirmed) | Paid Deployment | Over $67M raised in total from investors including Tiger Global, Bow Capital and Vertex; $26M Series A in 2021 and $32M more in 2022 (company timeline). No 2025–2026 round found. | A | 1 2 3 4 5 |
| AutoStore ↗ | Vertical applications | The Cube goods-to-person storage system (grid with top-running robots), CarouselAI (AI picking co-developed with Berkshire Grey, Mar 2025), the CubeVerse cloud platform and AutoStore Intelligence (Mar 2026), and multi-temperature solutions. Sold through a network of integrators. | E-commerce, retail, manufacturing and 3PLs (Best Buy, Crocs, Chewy, H-E-B, DHL, Siemens, ASDA and others) | System and software licensing sold via integrators + services | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (AUTO.OL, listed Oct 2021); 2025 revenue $538.6M. | A | 1 |
| Dexterity ↗ | Vertical applications | Mech, a dual-arm mobile industrial robot (truck loading, palletizing), plus truck loading and parcel sorting; launched the Foresight physical AI world model in 2026. Multiple task-specific AI models with dual-arm force-controlled manipulation for heavy box handling. | Parcel logistics (FedEx, UPS) and Japanese logistics (Sagawa Express, Sumitomo Corp) | RaaS / system sales (pricing details not confirmed) | Paid Deployment | Raised $95M in Mar 2025 at a $1.65B post-money valuation, with Lightspeed and Sumitomo Corp participating; nearly $300M raised in total (TechCrunch citing Bloomberg). | A | 1 2 |
| Ocado Technology (Ocado Group) ↗ | Vertical applications | Ocado Smart Platform (OSP): grid robot systems for automated customer fulfillment centers (CFCs) plus e-commerce software. Grid-based automated grocery fulfillment and full-stack e-commerce and routing software, licensed to retailers. | Large grocers (Kroger, Sobeys, Coles, Casino, Morrisons, and a European retailer signed in 2026) | Technology licensing + capacity-based fees (OSP) | Multi-site Production | Public (LSE: OCDO, FTSE 250). Group FY2025 revenue £1,361.5M with an operating loss of £241.4M; Technology Solutions segment revenue not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| Pickle Robot ↗ | Vertical applications | Unloading robots for floor-loaded trailers and containers, running the Dill Autonomy Engine (DAE). A mobile base, industrial arm and vision AI unload loose, non-palletized boxes; the company claims a trailer can be unloaded in about 90 minutes at best. | Parcel carriers and retail/distribution centers (UPS; Cintas logo also on the website) | RaaS / system sales (pricing details not confirmed) | Paid Deployment | $50M Series B announced 2024-11-20 (Supply Chain 24/7, via Pickle news page); lead investor not confirmed. | B | 1 2 |
| Symbotic ↗ | Vertical applications | AI-driven whole-warehouse case-level storage and retrieval (autonomous robots up to 25 mph) and software; took over Walmart's accelerated pickup and delivery (APD) automation program. Free-roaming case-handling robots, a high-density storage structure and orchestration software replace distribution center operations as one system. | Large retail, grocery and wholesale distribution centers (Walmart, Target, Albertsons, C&S, Giant Tiger) | Project-based system sales + software subscriptions + operations services; formed a warehouse-as-a-service joint venture with SoftBank (2023) | Scaled Commercial Operations | Public (NASDAQ: SYM); announced its listing via a SoftBank-backed SPAC in Dec 2021. FY2025 revenue $2.25B. | A | 1 2 |
| Serve Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. Level 4 low-speed sidewalk robots with remote monitoring and on-the-ground robot wranglers. | Food delivery platforms (Uber Eats, DoorDash) and restaurants | Per-delivery fees / platform partnerships | Multi-site Production | Public (Nasdaq: SERV). FY2025 revenue about $2.65M with a net loss of about $101M (Wikipedia citing FY2025 10-K). | A | 1 |
| Starship Technologies ↗ | Vertical applications | Six-wheeled autonomous sidewalk delivery robots. Small, low-speed robots with autonomous navigation and remote assistance. | University campuses, food delivery platforms (Grubhub, Bolt, Wolt, Foodora) and urban retail | Per-delivery fees / platform partnerships | Scaled Commercial Operations | $50M Series C on 2025-10-15 led by Plural (Yahoo Finance release); previously $90M in Feb 2024. | B | 1 2 |
| Zipline ↗ | Vertical applications | Platform 1 fixed-wing long-range medical delivery drone and Platform 2 (P2) VTOL home delivery drone. In-house drones with autonomous flight and airspace systems; P2 hovers and lowers a tethered droid for precise home drop-off. | Health systems (Intermountain, Novant and others), African health ministries and retailers (Walmart) | Per-delivery fees / service contracts | Scaled Commercial Operations | Announced over $600M in funding at a $7.6B valuation on 2026-01-22, from investors including Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, Valor Equity Partners and Tiger Global (The Robot Report). | A | 1 2 |
| Bear Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Servi Plus and Servi Q restaurant serving robots, the Carti warehouse AMR and the Kinisi wheeled humanoid (described on the website as now part of Bear). Indoor AMRs for serving and hauling, extending into warehouse AMRs and wheeled humanoids. | Restaurants, senior living, hotels, entertainment venues and warehouses | Hardware sales / leasing (not confirmed) | Multi-site Production | LG Electronics invested $60M for 21% in Mar 2024, then exercised a call option on 2025-01-22 for another 30%, taking its stake to 51% and making Bear a subsidiary (LG release, 2025-01-24). | C | 1 2 |
| Chef Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | AI food assembly robots and ChefOS. Robot arms with vision portion and plate real ingredients on customers' existing conveyor lines, with data feeding back to train ChefOS. | Large prepared meal, airline catering and frozen food plants | RaaS (covering hardware, software, AI updates and operations) | Multi-site Production | $43.1M Series A in total on 2025-03-31 ($20.6M equity plus $22.5M equipment financing debt), with Avataar Ventures leading the equity (Robotics 24/7). | B | 1 2 |
| Miso Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Flippy fryer and grill robots (Flippy ROAR, Flippy 2). A rail-mounted robot arm with vision drops and lifts fry baskets automatically. | Fast-food chains (White Castle, Jack in the Box, CaliBurger) | Not confirmed (historically a monthly RaaS fee) | Pilot | The company says it has raised over $130M through equity crowdfunding (website About page). 2025–2026 round sizes not confirmed. | A | 1 2 |
| Pudu Robotics 普渡科技 ↗ | Vertical applications | Commercial serving and delivery robots, commercial cleaning robots, industrial delivery robots and embodied AI robots. Indoor autonomous delivery and cleaning robots, expanding into embodied forms. | Restaurants, hotels, retail, buildings and factories | Hardware sales (through channels) | Paid Deployment | Not confirmed | C | 1 |
| Simbe Robotics ↗ | Vertical applications | Tally autonomous shelf-scanning robot, Tally Spot fixed sensors, Tally RFID and the Store Intelligence platform. Mobile robots, fixed cameras and RFID capture shelf data, and computer vision flags out-of-stocks, pricing errors and misplacements. | Supermarkets and warehouse clubs (BJ's, Schnucks, Wakefern, SPAR Austria) and consumer brands | SaaS subscriptions + robots (RaaS) + brand data services | Multi-site Production | $50M Series C on 2024-10-24 led by Growth Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives (The Robot Report). The CEO said the valuation tripled from the prior round; no figure disclosed. | B | 1 2 |
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