Companies
Robotics companies we cover, with every briefing that mentions them.
1X Technologies
Maker of the NEO home humanoid ($20,000 or $499/month); factory in Hayward, California.
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ABB Robotics
Swiss-Swedish industrial robot maker; launched the IRB 1700 family in October 2026.
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Agility Robotics
Oregon maker of the Digit warehouse humanoid; CEO Peggy Johnson; going public via SPAC (AGLT).
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon's cloud unit; launched an open-source Physical AI Toolchain with NVIDIA stack hooks in Oct 2026; operates 1M+ warehouse robots.
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Apptronik
Austin humanoid company building Apollo; Robot Park data facilities with Google DeepMind; Apollo 3 is the planned commercial product.
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Astribot (Stardust Intelligence)
Shenzhen maker of cable-driven AI humanoids (S1, T1); raised RMB 1B in Oct 2026 at ~RMB 15B valuation.
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Boston Dynamics
Hyundai-owned maker of Spot, Stretch and the electric Atlas humanoid; CEO Rohit Prasad from Oct 2026.
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Bright Machines
Burlingame software-defined manufacturing platform with 130+ microfactories; Teradyne strategic investee for AI infrastructure production (Oct 2026).
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BYD
Chinese EV maker expanding into embodied AI; design patent for a bipedal humanoid published Oct 2026; plans dealership demos.
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Chaifu Robotics
Shanghai maker of heavy-payload industrial robots, including the 5-ton CR5000-3700.
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Danu Robotics
Edinburgh cleantech startup building H.E.R.O., an AI claw robot for recycling sorting; raising a $5M late-seed round with ~$500k in signed contracts.
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DH-Robotics
Maker of electric grippers and dexterous hands, including the 13-DoF ADH-5-13.
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Didin Robotics
Korean maker of Spider, a magnetic quadruped for wall and ceiling work in shipyards; validations with Korea's three major shipbuilders.
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Elite Robots
Chinese cobot maker that settled a software copyright dispute with Teradyne Robotics in October 2026.
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FANUC
Japanese industrial robot maker; previously held a 2,300 kg payload record.
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Figure AI
U.S. humanoid developer whose Figure 02 handled 90,000+ parts at BMW Spartanburg.
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Galbot
Chinese embodied-AI company; partnered with Hesai on Kosmo for robot training data in Oct 2026.
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GMO AI & Robotics
GMO Internet Group unit; Unitree's official distributor in Japan.
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Google DeepMind
Google's AI lab; Gemini Robotics models; research partner with Apptronik on Apollo data collection.
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GXO Logistics
Global contract logistics firm; Apptronik Robot Park partner site for Apollo data collection.
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Hesai Group
Shanghai lidar and Physical AI company (Nasdaq: HSAI); launched Kosmo 3D world data engine in Oct 2026.
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Hitachi
Japanese conglomerate; partnering with FANUC on Physical AI for manufacturing (customer rollout from FY2027).
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Hyundai Motor Group
Korean automaker that owns Boston Dynamics and plans 25,000 Atlas robots across Hyundai and Kia plants.
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JAKA Robotics
Chinese cobot maker; its German subsidiary faces a patent suit from Teradyne Robotics.
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Kalman
Korean pipe-inspection robotics firm; PYPER 20 inspects nuclear plant piping; selected for KAIF 2026 Super-gap Startup Project.
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Kore Robotics
Korean construction-site robotics firm; AMR-style material transporters (e.g. ND-3, 500 kg payload) deploying at Gwangmyeong and Songdo sites in Oct 2026.
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KUKA
German industrial robot maker whose arms power Promise Robotics' microfactories.
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Mecka
Robotics data company that captures human motion for training robots; $60M Series B led by Sequoia in Oct 2026.
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Mercedes-Benz
German automaker; Apptronik investor and Robot Park data-collection customer for Apollo robots.
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Minerva Humanoids
San Francisco / Germany humanoid startup building Roger for hazardous energy and EOD work; ~$10M pre-seed led by General Catalyst.
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Multiply Labs
San Francisco physical-AI company building robotic clusters for cell/gene and biologics manufacturing; $75M Series B in Oct 2026.
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NEURA Robotics
German cognitive-robotics company (Metzingen) behind the 4NE1 humanoid and the Neuron AI foundation model.
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Nscale
UK AI cloud provider; Figure's preferred compute partner (up to 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs) and shareholder.
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NVIDIA
Chipmaker supplying robot compute (Jetson Thor) and training GPUs; investor in Figure.
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Ørsted
Danish renewable-energy company; ran a BVLOS heavy-cargo drone trial at Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm with Skyports in 2026.
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Physical Intelligence
San Francisco lab building general robot foundation models (π0, π0.5); launched the Pi API beta in Oct 2026.
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Promise Robotics
Toronto startup offering robotic Factory-as-a-Service for homebuilding.
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PSYONIC
San Diego maker of the touch-sensing Ability Hand for prosthetics and robots.
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RobCo
Industrial robotics startup with modular arms and the two-armed Alfie robot; valued at $1B+.
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Robros
Korean maker of AI-powered bipedal humanoids, piloting 20 robots in chip, auto, shipbuilding and logistics sites.
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SafeWorld
Carnegie Mellon spin-out offering simulation-based safety testing for autonomous robots.
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Sanhua Intelligent Drives
Chinese actuator maker investing 1.8 billion baht in a Thai humanoid-parts plant.
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Sharpa
Maker of tactile dexterous hands (W01, W02), the D01 robot and the AE01 haptic data glove.
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Skild AI
Robotics foundation-model lab behind S1 (in-context video demos) and Physical Self-Play post-training.
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Skyports Drone Services
UK drone logistics firm; partnered with Ørsted on automated cargo pickup/drop at Hornsea 2, delivering 55–65 kg kits BVLOS.
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Teradyne
North Reading, Mass. test and robotics group (owns Universal Robots); invested in Bright Machines and joined Multiply Labs' Oct 2026 Series B.
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Tesla
EV maker running a Cybercab robotaxi service in Austin and developing the Optimus humanoid.
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Ubitium
Düsseldorf chip startup building a reconfigurable RISC-V 'universal processor' for physical AI.
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UBTECH
Chinese humanoid maker (Walker S, Cruzr) operating a plant with 10,000 units of annual capacity in Liuzhou.
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Ultra
Brooklyn warehouse robotics company; Operator (OP1) dual-arm packer sold as robots-as-a-service; $62M raised with Physical Intelligence partnership.
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Unitree
Chinese maker of legged and humanoid robots; chairman Wang Xingxing.
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Universal Robots
Danish cobot leader (part of Teradyne Robotics) with 100,000+ cobots sold; launched Gen 7 in 2026.
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Waymo
Alphabet's autonomous driving company: 4,000+ driverless vehicles, 15 U.S. markets, 500,000+ paid rides a week.
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