Robotics Startups

Katalyst designs satellite upgrades and modules that can be deployed flexibly across different orbits via orbital transfer vehicles, robotic servicers, or pre-launch installation.

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Kinetic builds hardware, robotics, and AI systems for automotive repair, helping service providers diagnose and repair modern vehicles with precision and speed.

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Korial provides a software platform that orchestrates fleets of robots, drones, and sensors for autonomous industrial operations, monitoring, diagnosing, and acting on data across critical facilities. It targets industrial leaders and operators of essential services and critical infrastructure such as refineries, chemical plants, power stations, and offshore platforms.

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Light Links develops Wi-OW, an optical wireless communication technology positioned as an alternative to RF-based wireless for AI-driven connectivity. The company builds hardware and networking infrastructure for next-generation wireless data transmission.

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Linkwiz develops software that enables industrial robots to adapt to variations in workpiece position and shape, making them capable of handling complex, context-dependent tasks in manufacturing environments. The company targets factories and production facilities facing labor shortages due to aging workforces and population decline.

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Loombotic manufactures custom wire harnesses for hardware teams using AI-powered design interpretation and automated assembly. The company delivers IPC-certified harnesses from prototype to production volumes with lead times as short as 7 days.

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Macrodata Labs builds data pipelines that transform raw robot and egocentric recordings into training-ready datasets, segmenting recordings into timestamped subtasks, recovering 3D hand motion, assessing signal quality, and estimating task progress and reward signals. It serves robotics and embodied AI teams looking to train better policies from their fleet and wearable-camera data.

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Monumental develops autonomous construction robots with in-house hardware, software, and machine vision to lay bricks and build structures on real building sites. The company targets housing and construction projects, and operates with customers in the Netherlands and the UK.

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Mara designs and manufactures autonomous systems and defense technology for government and military applications, including tactical drones and related hardware.

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Mars Auto develops autonomous trucks aimed at automating long-haul freight shipping, and is exploring the "middle-mile" trucking market. The company is based in South Korea.

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Mechasys develops an XR Projector for the construction industry, providing robotics and advanced layout solutions to improve field productivity and worker efficiency on construction sites.

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Mentee Robotics designs and manufactures vertically integrated humanoid robots that combine proprietary hardware and AI software to perform tasks in households, warehouses, and manufacturing environments. The robots learn from human demonstrations and operate autonomously without teleoperation.

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Mesodyne develops patented electricity generation technology, including LightCell, for military and commercial users requiring portable and durable power solutions.

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Micropsi Industries develops MIRAI, an AI-based vision and control system that trains industrial robots to handle tasks with variance, such as picking and insertion, and to adapt to changing factory conditions. It serves manufacturers automating robot operations, and includes a customer-success team that helps deploy and maintain the system on the factory floor.

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Milliray develops millimeter-wave radar systems designed to detect, track, and classify small unmanned aircraft systems that conventional radar misses. The company serves airports, critical infrastructure operators, defense agencies, and VIP protection teams across defense and counter-UAS applications.

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Mobius Industry uses robotics, AI, and materials science to automate demanufacturing and recover high-value raw materials from electronic waste, bulky goods, and industrial scrap. The company operates in the recycling and urban mining space, aiming to build a circular economy and a domestic supply chain for critical materials.

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Moon Surgical develops the Maestro robotic surgery system, a digital surgical robotics platform used by surgeons to perform procedures. The company, with a French-American team, has received FDA clearance and CE mark for its system.

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Moonlake builds a real-to-sim API and world modeling stack that turns an image, video, or text description into physically accurate 3D models with joints, ranges, and drive limits for export to formats like USD, Isaac Sim, and MuJoCo. The product targets enterprise and robotics simulation use cases.

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Myolab develops MyoSapiens, an embodied AI system designed to understand and learn from human full-body movements, behaviors, and interactions by combining embodied behavior data with environmental context and world knowledge.

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Neptune Medical is a medical device company developing GI endoscopy products based on its Dynamic Rigidization technology, including the FDA-cleared Pathfinder endoscope and the Triton robotic endoscopy system for colon navigation. It designs, manufactures, and commercializes minimally invasive devices used by hospitals and academic medical centers in the U.S.

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NextStep Robotics develops AMBLE, a wearable robotic device for foot drop rehabilitation in stroke survivors and other neurological conditions. The device combines robotics and algorithms to provide graded assistance for gait retraining in clinical rehabilitation settings.

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Nine Fives develops RF (radio frequency) test equipment for hardware engineers. The company focuses on delivering simple, easy-to-use testing equipment backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee and 2-year warranty.

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Noble Machines builds general-purpose industrial humanoid robots designed to perform hazardous and physically demanding tasks. The company, founded in the United States, targets industrial environments and positions its product as America's first industrial humanoid robot.

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