Robotics Startups

Hoverfly Technologies manufactures tethered unmanned aerial systems for government and commercial markets, enabling persistent surveillance, targeting, and communications relay through continuous power and data delivery via a persistent tether link. The company serves armed forces branches and defense industry partners with integrated aerial platforms and open-API software solutions.

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Interplai builds a smart logistics platform for last-mile delivery, combining route-optimization software, on-demand delivery, and robotics designed to work with autonomous vehicles. It serves logistics companies looking to optimize delivery performance and use crowdsourced delivery.

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Levatas develops AI and computer vision software for automated industrial asset inspection, using mobile robots and autonomous drones to perform anomaly detection and predictive failure analysis. It serves industrial and energy-sector customers and integrates with hardware platforms such as Skydio and Boston Dynamics.

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Lifeward develops products for physical rehabilitation and recovery, aimed at improving function and daily-life health for people with conditions such as spinal cord injury, brain injury, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. Its offerings serve rehabilitation and orthopedic/sports medicine care settings.

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Minute Key offers automotive key copying through self-service kiosks, where customers scan an original car key to order a spare. The service is available in select areas and is expanding geographically.

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Most Cardio develops cardiovascular surgical instrumentation using a reposable design platform (reusable handles with disposable end effectors) combined with micro-robotics and nanotechnology to emulsify and remove arterial plaque via minimally invasive procedures. Its products, including a robotic control station, catheters, micro-emulsifiers, extractor wires and MIS access ports, target clinicians at hospitals and surgery centers as alternatives to stents, angioplasty and heart bypass surgery.

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Navflex develops autonomous mobile robots and AI systems that automate trailer loading and unloading in warehouse and logistics environments. The company serves logistics operations across North America and Europe with robotics solutions designed to reduce labor costs, safety risks, and inefficiencies.

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Neuro-Kinesis develops biosensor-integrated surgical instruments that deliver real-time biological feedback to surgeons during procedures. The company focuses on catheter-based imaging tools and neurosurgical retractors designed to improve procedural outcomes in cardiac mapping, organ visualization, and brain surgery.

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Nexscient is an AI venture studio that invests in, funds, and operationally supports AI projects focused on embodied intelligence. Its subsidiary Flipside AI produces training-ready datasets through structured data collection, annotation, and human-in-the-loop workflows for Physical AI, Vision-Language-Action models, and robotics.

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Next Wave Partners is a venture studio and fund investing exclusively in companies at the intersection of autonomy, physical AI, and infrastructure, including agentic AI, robotics, edge computing, and intelligent infrastructure. The firm provides patient capital, embedded operational support from experienced executives, and founder-aligned revenue-based capital structures designed for deep tech companies.

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Palladyne AI develops an edge AI platform (DECA architecture) that runs on-device without cloud dependency, enabling machines to perceive and act locally in real time. It serves aerospace and defense with loitering munitions, drone swarming software, and avionics, and serves industrial customers with software deployed on existing robots for tasks like pick-and-place and surface preparation.

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Perrone Robotics develops autonomous vehicle technology, notably its TONY (To Navigate You) retrofit kit and MAX platform, to convert shuttles, transit buses, yard trucks, and off-road vehicles into self-driving vehicles. It serves transit authorities, universities, government agencies, and logistics and mining operators, primarily through pilots and deployments in the United States.

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Quantum Surgical develops Epione, a robotic-assisted percutaneous ablation platform that helps interventional radiologists treat inoperable or difficult early-stage tumors without surgery by guiding needle placement for tumor destruction. The company serves cancer centers and hospitals in Europe and the United States, operating in the medical robotics and interventional oncology field.

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Primordial Labs is a defense technology company building combat capability for national security missions, founded by a team of engineers and former special operators. It focuses on understanding warfighter challenges across military domains.

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RAS Labs develops ultra-sensitive touch sensing systems that add tactile awareness to robotic grippers. Its Tactile Fingertip combines soft, durable compliance with dynamic grip sensing so robots can grasp objects firmly yet gently, similar to a human fingertip.

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Renu Robotics manufactures electric autonomous mowers (the Renubot) for vegetation management on utility-scale solar facilities, along with a Recharge Pod for autonomous battery charging and a Mission Control center for remote monitoring and software updates. It serves solar asset owners and O&M providers, with customers across 20 U.S. states.

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Softeq Development is a technical software development company founded in 1997, providing firmware, hardware, embedded, mobile, and web engineering as well as complex IoT and AI systems for enterprise clients. It offers software outsourcing and product engineering services and also operates the Softeq Venture Fund.

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Square Robot builds autonomous inspection robots, including its SR-3 platform, that perform on-stream internal inspections of aboveground storage tanks without taking them out of service, using high-resolution sensors and phased array ultrasonic testing. It serves operators in refining, petrochemicals, aviation, terminals, and power generation, delivering API 653 and EEMUA 159 compliant inspection data and reports.

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SS Innovations International develops surgical robotic systems, including the SSi Mantra platform, for use in robotic surgery such as cardiothoracic procedures. The medical technology company focuses on making robotic surgery more affordable and accessible to underserved populations.

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Swarm Defense Technologies designs drones, software, and ground systems for coordinated drone swarm operations, allowing a single operator to control thousands of aircraft. Its products include the Swarm Threat Emulator (STE) for training counter-UAS teams and a software ecosystem (Swarm Studio, STE, Strike Deck) for mission planning, training, and live operations in defense applications.

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TendedBar builds automated beverage dispensing hardware that mixes and pours cocktails, beer, wine, and specialty non-alcoholic drinks like boba tea and energy drinks at the tap of a button. It targets stadiums, arenas, hotels, restaurants, and other high-volume hospitality venues, offering brandable machines, customizable menus, and operational data visibility.

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Tertill made a solar-powered weeding robot for home gardens, sold directly to consumers after a 2017 Kickstarter launch. The product has since been discontinued, with only limited accessories still available.

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Thoro builds an industrial autonomy platform combining embodied AI, proprietary vision models, and cloud-based fleet orchestration to help industrial OEMs deploy safety-certified autonomous robotics at scale. Its stack includes computer vision, 3D SLAM perception, digital twins for simulation, and features like pallet detection, drivable space detection, and person detection for material handling workflows.

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Unmanned Experts (UMEX) designs airspace infrastructure and autonomous systems that let commercial and government operators safely fly unmanned aircraft in uncontrolled airspace, using unmanned traffic management (UTM), robotics, and swarming. It serves sectors including emergency response, oil and gas, agriculture, logistics, defense, and homeland security.

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