Robotics Startups

Dawn Industries builds VIM, a system that connects to industrial automation cells—including PLCs, robots, CNC machines, and sensors—to diagnose faults, stage operator-approved fixes, and detect part deviations shortly after machining. It serves manufacturers looking to reduce equipment recovery time and fault-related costs.

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Daya Defense develops affordable, scalable end-to-end defense systems designed to counter low-cost threats such as drone swarms and unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Its solutions target border protection and asset security in the defense sector.

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Deep Trekker manufactures remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) for underwater exploration and inspection. The company serves expedition teams, research organizations, and industrial inspection customers with dedicated technical support and spare parts availability.

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Silicon Valley Robotics Center is a full-stack robotics infrastructure provider offering hardware procurement, data collection, AI training, and fleet teleoperation services for robot learning and deployment. It serves academic labs, startups, and enterprises developing physical AI systems.

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Deep Maze AI develops 3D spatial intelligence technology using proprietary algorithms, sensor fusion, and edge-AI hardware optimization, enabling service robots to perceive and reconstruct 3D environments accurately. Its work covers depth-sensor correction, translucent object reconstruction, point cloud generation, and material estimation, with R&D based in South Korea.

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Deep Ocean Group provides full lifecycle subsea and ocean services — including survey, project management, engineering, maintenance, and recycling — across the renewables, oil and gas, ocean minerals, and ocean services industries. The company focuses on remote and unmanned operations, digitalization, and reducing carbon emissions in the energy sector.

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DeepScenario builds spatial AI software that turns video streams from standard cameras into 3D understanding of structure, motion, and interaction. Its technology serves applications such as autonomous driving and surveillance, with custom solutions offered across industries.

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Defy-Hi builds inspection and defect management systems for commercial building portfolios, combining robotic and drone-based data capture with engineer-validated workflows, defect tracking and remediation management. It serves real estate owners, managers and service providers, with a proprietary defect dataset and AI algorithms built for Australian building conditions.

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Degla provides a natural language platform for coordinating autonomous drone fleets for search and rescue, emergency response, infrastructure inspection, and critical field operations. The system automatically plans missions, assigns aircraft, and adapts to real-time conditions without requiring flight plans or specialist training.

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Delair builds long-range professional drones and mission-planning software for inspecting and mapping linear infrastructure such as electric power transmission and distribution lines. Its systems, used by asset managers and subcontractors including French power operator RTE, integrate with data analytics platforms to assess infrastructure condition and support maintenance planning.

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Delivery Couple develops semi-autonomous robots for last-mile food and grocery delivery in urban environments. The company serves food and grocery businesses seeking to reduce delivery costs and improve logistics efficiency.

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Delta Engine develops cross-platform game development technology and tools. The company has expanded into cryptocurrency and AI/robotics research since 2017 and 2019 respectively.

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Delta Robotics designs artificial muscle systems and a hardware-as-code validation platform for robotic applications. The company offers electric and pneumatic muscle actuators alongside an AI-assisted design validation tool built on open standards.

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DELTAsort makes a retrofittable robotic sorting station built around a high-speed delta robot and AI classification models that detect and extract recyclable materials such as clear PET, colored PET, and aluminum cans from household plastic waste. It is aimed at waste sorting facilities in Europe, offering automated sorting alongside a web dashboard for wastestream analysis.

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Deploy develops the software and integration layer between AI models and physical tasks to put general-purpose robots to work. It serves businesses across a range of industries that want to apply robots to real operational tasks.

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DesherbEx develops AI-guided equipment for physical, chemical-free weed removal in agricultural fields, adaptable to different crops and field layouts. Its embedded artificial intelligence improves over time by learning from each crop and weed it encounters.

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Destro AI builds a robot-agnostic intelligence layer that coordinates fleets of physical robots and human associates to run autonomous warehouse and factory operations. It targets global enterprises seeking to automate industrial workflows such as cart, pallet, case, and tote manipulation across different robot types and facilities.

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Devol Robots develops AI-driven robotics that use force-control and real-time adaptation to perform contact-rich tasks such as precision assembly and pick-and-place operations. Its applications include manufacturing assembly, plug and pin insertion, and hearing aid assembly.

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DF Automation & Robotics is a Malaysian company that designs and manufactures Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR) and Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) for industrial customers across multiple sectors, aiming to increase production capacity and efficiency while reducing downtime and cost. It offers design, customization, manufacturing, sales, and after-sales support, powered by its in-house navigation and fleet-management software, serving a global clientele.

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DIDEN Robotics designs and builds quadruped robots with special electro-permanent magnet feet that climb and walk on steel walls and ceilings for autonomous, unmanned work in confined and high-risk industrial settings. It targets shipbuilding and steel structure manufacturing, automating tasks such as welding and inspection.

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Differential Bio offers a virtual scale-up platform for bioprocess optimization, using robotic lab automation to gather microliter-scale fermentation data and AI models to simulate and optimize microbial growth, yield, and cost. It serves biotech and industrial fermentation R&D teams looking to derisk and accelerate strain and process development before large-scale production.

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Digital Dream Labs (Anki) builds AI-enabled, cloud-connected consumer robots, including the Vector companion robot and the Cozmo educational robot that teaches block-based programming. Its Elemental Platform provides perception/AI, mobility, and interface technology for consumer robotic products, with an emphasis on STEAM education from pre-K to adult.

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DIH is a healthcare technology company that develops rehabilitation and robotic therapy devices and software (including the Hocoma product line) for the medical and healthcare industry. It serves clinical and rehabilitation providers with movement therapy and robotics-based solutions.

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CX2 is the early-stage AI investment vehicle for Cox Enterprises, backing technical founders applying AI and robotics in real-world applications. The firm takes a hands-on, engineering-led approach to supporting portfolio companies, with ties to the Cox family of businesses.

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