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A directory of 161 companies , 87 robots and 31 components across civil, agriculture and defense robotics, drones and embodied AI.
Companies (161) Figure AI United States · Founded 2022 · Humanoid · private
The highest-valued humanoid developer. Figure 03 is deployed on the BMW Spartanburg line; the BotQ facility targets 12,000 robots annually. Helix is its in-house vision-language-action model.
HQ San Jose, California Founders Brett Adcock CEO Brett Adcock Funding $1.9B cumulative Valuation $39B (Sep 2025) Robots Figure 03, Figure 02 Website https://figure.ai Tesla United States · Founded 2003 · Humanoid / EV · public
Optimus leverages Tesla's EV supply chain and in-house actuator design. Vertical integration is the strategic bet; production targets have repeatedly slipped.
HQ Austin, Texas Founders Martin Eberhard, Marc Tarpenning CEO Elon Musk Funding Public Valuation Public Robots Tesla Optimus Website https://tesla.com Unitree Robotics China · Founded 2016 · Humanoid / Quadruped · public
Price and volume leader. Shipped ~5,500 units in 2025, targeting 10,000–20,000 in 2026. G1 base price cut from ~$16,000 to ~$13,500.
HQ Hangzhou Founders Wang Xingxing (王兴兴) CEO Wang Xingxing Funding ~$618M IPO Valuation ~$5.9B Robots Unitree G1, Unitree H1, Unitree Go2, Unitree B2 Website https://unitree.com AgiBot (智元机器人) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
Ranked #1 for 2025 humanoid shipments by Omdia (5,168 units, 39% share) — a ranking Unitree disputes with its own 5,500+ figure. Rolled out its 10,000th unit in March 2026.
HQ Shanghai Founders Peng Zhihui (彭志辉), Deng Taihua CEO Deng Taihua Funding Multiple rounds Valuation Multi-billion Robots AgiBot A2 Website https://agibot.com Agility Robotics United States · Founded 2015 · Humanoid · ipo-filed
Furthest along on paid deployments. Digit runs commercial workflows with GXO, Amazon, Schaeffler and Spanx; 100,000+ totes moved; $300M+ contracted Digit v5 orders.
HQ Salem, Oregon Founders Damion Shelton, Jonathan Hurst, Mikhail Jones CEO Peggy Johnson Funding $620M+ SPAC raise Valuation ~$2.5B Robots Digit Website https://agilityrobotics.com Apptronik United States · Founded 2016 · Humanoid · private
Apollo targets case picking, palletisation and machine tending. $403M Series A led by Google (Mar 2025), extended $520M (Feb 2026). Pilots with Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
HQ Austin, Texas Founders Jeff Cardenas, Nick Paine CEO Jeff Cardenas Funding $935M+ Series A Valuation $5.5B+ Robots Apollo Website https://apptronik.com Boston Dynamics United States · Founded 1992 · Humanoid / Quadruped · private
The longest-running legged robotics programme. Electric Atlas succeeded the hydraulic platform; Spot and Stretch are commercial products.
HQ Waltham, Massachusetts Founders Marc Raibert CEO Robert Playter Funding Hyundai-owned Valuation $1.1B (2021 acquisition) Robots Atlas (electric), Spot, Stretch Website https://bostondynamics.com 1X Technologies Norway · Founded 2014 · Humanoid · private
NEO targets the home rather than the factory — a distinct bet in a field focused on industrial work. Hand revised to 25 DOF.
HQ Moss / Palo Alto Founders Bernt Børnich CEO Bernt Børnich Funding $125M+ Valuation Reported $10B target Robots NEO Website https://1x.tech NEURA Robotics Germany · Founded 2019 · Cognitive robots · private
Europe's largest humanoid bet. 4NE-1 humanoid with deliveries targeted for late 2026; also builds cognitive cobots.
HQ Metzingen Founders David Reger CEO David Reger Funding Up to $1.4B (Tether-led) Valuation ~$7B Robots 4NE-1 Website https://neura-robotics.com UBTECH Robotics China · Founded 2012 · Humanoid · public
Walker series targets industrial and commercial service. Among the top three by 2025 humanoid shipment volume per Counterpoint.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Zhou Jian (周剑) CEO Zhou Jian Funding HKEX IPO Valuation Public Robots Walker S2 Website https://ubtrobot.com Fourier Intelligence China · Founded 2015 · Humanoid / Rehab · private
GR-series humanoids alongside a rehabilitation robotics business providing real clinical revenue.
HQ Shanghai Founders Gu Jie (顾捷) CEO Gu Jie Funding $100M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots Fourier GR-2 Website https://fourierintelligence.com Galbot (银河通用) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
Wheeled-base humanoid focused on retail and pharmacy operations; backers include CATL and Meituan.
HQ Beijing Founders Wang He (王鹤) CEO Wang He Funding $400M+ Valuation Multi-billion Robots Galbot G1 AI² Robotics China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
Wheeled humanoid developer that raised roughly $735M at a near-$3B valuation in mid-2026.
HQ Shenzhen Founders — CEO — Funding ~$735M Valuation ~$3B RobotEra (星动纪元) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
Tsinghua-affiliated humanoid developer; STAR series platforms with a dexterous-hand focus.
HQ Beijing Founders Chen Jianyu (陈建宇) CEO Chen Jianyu Funding $400M+ Valuation Undisclosed LimX Dynamics China · Founded 2022 · Humanoid / Legged · private
Biped and humanoid platforms with strong locomotion research; CL-series and TRON point-foot bipeds.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Shi Qingsong CEO Shi Qingsong Funding Nine-figure Valuation Undisclosed Website https://limxdynamics.com Pudu Robotics China · Founded 2016 · Service robots · private
One of the largest commercial service-robot fleets globally — delivery, cleaning and now semi-humanoid platforms.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Zhang Tao (张涛) CEO Zhang Tao Funding $150M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots PUDU D9 Website https://pudurobotics.com Sanctuary AI Canada · Founded 2018 · Robot software · private
Pivoted in June 2026 from building its own Phoenix humanoid to hardware-agnostic robot software — a notable strategic retreat.
HQ Vancouver Founders Geordie Rose, Suzanne Gildert, Ajay Agrawal, Olivia Norton CEO James Wells Funding $140M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://sanctuary.ai XPeng Robotics China · Founded 2020 · Humanoid · public
IRON humanoid developed inside EV maker XPeng, reusing automotive supply chain and autonomous-driving compute.
HQ Guangzhou Founders He Xiaopeng (何小鹏) CEO He Xiaopeng Funding Parent-funded Valuation Public parent Robots XPeng IRON PAL Robotics Spain · Founded 2004 · Humanoid / Service · private
One of Europe's longest-running humanoid makers — TALOS, TIAGo and ARI serve research and service markets.
HQ Barcelona Founders Francesco Ferro, Davide Faconti CEO Francesco Ferro Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots TALOS, TIAGo Website https://pal-robotics.com Kawasaki Heavy Industries Japan · Founded 1896 · Industrial / Humanoid · public
Industrial robot maker and one of the "Big Four"; Kaleido humanoid programme and Friends robotics line.
HQ Tokyo Founders Shozo Kawasaki CEO Yasuhiko Hashimoto Funding Public Valuation Public Robots Kaleido Website https://kawasakirobotics.com Astribot (星尘智能) China · Founded 2022 · Humanoid · private
S1 wheeled humanoid noted for high-speed manipulation demonstrations.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Lai Jie (来杰) CEO Lai Jie Funding Nine-figure Valuation Undisclosed Website https://astribot.com Noetix Robotics (松延动力) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
Low-cost humanoid maker; N2 platform aimed at education and research price points.
HQ Beijing Founders Jiang Zheyuan (姜哲源) CEO Jiang Zheyuan Funding Nine-figure Valuation Undisclosed EngineAI (众擎机器人) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
PM01 and SE01 bipeds known for natural gait demonstrations.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Zhao Tongyang (赵同阳) CEO Zhao Tongyang Funding Nine-figure Valuation Undisclosed Website https://engineai.com.cn MagicLab (魔法原子) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid · private
MagicBot humanoid series; backed by appliance and automotive group Tinavi.
HQ Changzhou Founders — CEO Wu Changzheng Funding Undisclosed Valuation Undisclosed Deep Robotics (云深处科技) China · Founded 2017 · Quadruped · private
X-series and Lite-series quadrupeds for power-grid inspection, emergency response and industrial patrol.
HQ Hangzhou Founders Zhu Qiuguo (朱秋国) CEO Zhu Qiuguo Funding $100M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots X30 Website https://deeprobotics.cn Ghost Robotics United States · Founded 2015 · Quadruped / Defense · private
Vision 60 quadruped built for defense and security patrol; deployed with US Air Force security forces.
HQ Philadelphia Founders Gavin Kenneally, Avik De, Jiren Parikh CEO Jiren Parikh Funding Acquired (LIG Nex1) Valuation ~$240M (majority stake) Robots Vision 60 Website https://ghostrobotics.io ANYbotics Switzerland · Founded 2016 · Quadruped / Inspection · private
ANYmal targets industrial inspection in energy, chemicals and utilities — an explicitly non-humanoid, ROI-first strategy.
HQ Zurich Founders Péter Fankhauser, Marco Hutter, Christian Gehring, Hanspeter Fässler CEO Péter Fankhauser Funding $70M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots ANYmal Website https://anybotics.com Physical Intelligence United States · Founded 2024 · Robot foundation models · private
Builds π0 and successor vision-language-action models intended to run across many robot bodies rather than one platform.
HQ San Francisco Founders Karol Hausman, Sergey Levine, Chelsea Finn, Brian Ichter, Lachy Groom CEO Karol Hausman Funding $400M+ Valuation ~$5.6B Website https://physicalintelligence.company Skild AI United States · Founded 2023 · Robot foundation models · private
Skild Brain is a general robot control model spanning industrial arms, quadrupeds and humanoids, learning substantially from human video.
HQ Pittsburgh Founders Deepak Pathak, Abhinav Gupta CEO Deepak Pathak Funding ~$1.4B Series C Valuation $14B+ Website https://skild.ai Field AI United States · Founded 2021 · Robot autonomy software · private
Field-ready autonomy for unstructured environments — mines, construction, industrial sites — without prior maps or GPS.
HQ Mission Viejo, California Founders Ali Agha CEO Ali Agha Funding $400M+ Valuation ~$2B Website https://fieldai.com Covariant United States · Founded 2017 · Manipulation AI · private
RFM-1 manipulation foundation model for warehouse picking; key staff moved to Amazon in 2024.
HQ Emeryville, California Founders Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, Rocky Duan, Tianhao Zhang CEO Peter Chen Funding $220M+ Valuation ~$625M Website https://covariant.ai Generalist AI United States · Founded 2024 · Robot foundation models · private
Dexterity-focused robot foundation models from a team of ex-DeepMind researchers.
HQ Palo Alto Founders Pete Florence CEO Pete Florence Funding Undisclosed Valuation Undisclosed Website https://generalist.ai World Labs United States · Founded 2024 · Spatial intelligence · private
Large world models for spatial reasoning — foundational to how robots understand 3D environments.
HQ San Francisco Founders Fei-Fei Li, Justin Johnson, Christoph Lassner, Ben Mildenhall CEO Fei-Fei Li Funding $230M+ Valuation $1B+ Website https://worldlabs.ai Anduril Industries United States · Founded 2017 · Defense autonomy · private
The most valuable venture-backed defense company. Lattice OS is an open-architecture command layer connecting sensors, drones and effectors; hardware spans Ghost, Altius, Roadrunner and Pulsar.
HQ Costa Mesa, California Founders Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, Brian Schimpf, Matt Grimm, Joe Chen CEO Brian Schimpf Funding $5B Series H Valuation $61B (May 2026) Robots Ghost 4, ALTIUS-700, Roadrunner-M Website https://anduril.com Shield AI United States · Founded 2015 · Autonomous flight · private
Hivemind is an autonomy stack that flies aircraft without GPS or human input. V-BAT is its flagship VTOL UAS.
HQ San Diego Founders Ryan Tseng, Brandon Tseng CEO Gary Steele Funding $2B Series G Valuation $12.7B Robots V-BAT Website https://shield.ai Helsing Germany · Founded 2021 · Defense AI · private
Europe's highest-valued defense-tech company, building AI software for sensor fusion and battlefield decision-making plus autonomous effectors across air, land, sea and undersea. Core products include the Altra combat-cloud AI, the HX-2 loitering munition and the CA-1 Europa autonomous-combat-aircraft concept.
HQ Munich Founders Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf, Niklas Köhler CEO Torsten Reil, Gundbert Scherf (co-CEOs) Funding ~$3.4B total Valuation ~$18B Robots HX-2 Website https://helsing.ai Skydio United States · Founded 2014 · Autonomous drones · private
The leading US-made autonomous drone maker. Onboard AI navigates GPS-denied environments; serves defense and public safety.
HQ San Mateo, California Founders Adam Bry, Abraham Bachrach, Matt Donahoe CEO Adam Bry Funding $850M+ Valuation ~$4.4B Robots Skydio X10 Website https://skydio.com Quantum Systems Germany · Founded 2015 · Reconnaissance UAS · private
VTOL fixed-wing reconnaissance drones (Vector, Trinity) widely deployed in Ukraine and across European forces.
HQ Gilching Founders Florian Seibel, Tobias Kloss CEO Florian Seibel Funding $1.2B Series D Valuation ~$8B Robots Vector Website https://quantum-systems.com Saronic Technologies United States · Founded 2022 · Autonomous surface vessels · private
Autonomous surface vessels (Spyglass, Cutlass, Corsair, Marauder) for maritime ISR and strike.
HQ Austin, Texas Founders Dino Mavrookas, Rob Lehman, Vibhav Altekar, Doug Lambert CEO Dino Mavrookas Funding $1.8B Valuation ~$4B Robots Corsair Website https://saronic.com Stark (SKD SE) Germany · Founded 2024 · Loitering munitions / unmanned systems · private
Software-defined, mass-producible unmanned strike systems for NATO allies, spanning loitering munitions, uncrewed surface vessels and multi-domain command software. Flagship is the Virtus eVTOL one-way effector (>130 km range, up to 90 min endurance), alongside Cascade, Gambit, the Vanta USV family and the Minerva swarm-control software.
HQ Berlin Founders Florian Seibel, Johannes Schaback CEO Uwe Horstmann Funding ~$670M total Valuation ~€3.2-3.5B Robots Virtus (OWE-V) Website https://stark-defence.com DJI China · Founded 2006 · Commercial drones · private
The dominant global commercial drone maker by volume, with an estimated majority share of the consumer and prosumer market.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Frank Wang (汪滔) CEO Frank Wang Funding Private Valuation Est. $15B+ Robots Mavic 3 Enterprise, Matrice 350 RTK Website https://dji.com Zipline United States · Founded 2014 · Delivery drones · private
The largest autonomous delivery network by flight volume — medical supplies in Rwanda and Ghana, retail delivery in the US.
HQ South San Francisco Founders Keller Rinaudo Cliffton, Keenan Wyrobek, Will Hetzler CEO Keller Rinaudo Cliffton Funding $500M+ Valuation ~$4.2B Robots Zipline P2 Website https://flyzipline.com Wing United States · Founded 2012 · Delivery drones · private
Alphabet's drone delivery arm, operating in the US, Australia, Ireland and Finland; partnership with Walmart.
HQ Palo Alto Founders Google X project CEO Adam Woodworth Funding Alphabet-funded Valuation Alphabet subsidiary Website https://wing.com DroneShield Australia · Founded 2014 · Counter-UAS · public
Counter-drone detection and defeat systems — DroneGun, DroneSentry — sold to defense and critical infrastructure.
HQ Sydney Founders Oleg Vornik, John Russell CEO Oleg Vornik Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://droneshield.com Epirus United States · Founded 2018 · Directed energy · private
Leonidas high-power microwave systems that disable drone swarms electronically rather than kinetically.
HQ Torrance, California Founders Joe Lonsdale, Bo Marr, Grant Verstandig, Nathan Mintz CEO Andy Lowery Funding $550M+ Valuation ~$1.35B Website https://epirusinc.com XTEND Israel · Founded 2018 · Tactical drones · private
Operator-guided tactical drones with XOS software enabling non-expert operation in complex indoor and urban environments.
HQ Tel Aviv Founders Aviv Shapira, Rubi Liani CEO Aviv Shapira Funding $152M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://xtend.me Chaos Industries United States · Founded 2022 · Counter-UAS radar · private
Compact counter-drone radar for detecting and tracking small low-altitude UAS.
HQ Los Angeles Founders Sean Kelly, Jack Kelly CEO Sean Kelly Funding $200M+ Valuation ~$4.5B Website https://chaosindustries.com ICEYE Finland · Founded 2014 · SAR satellites · private
Operates the world's largest private synthetic aperture radar satellite constellation — all-weather, day-night imaging.
HQ Espoo Founders Rafal Modrzewski, Pekka Laurila CEO Rafal Modrzewski Funding $1.7B total Valuation $12.7B (Mar 2026) Website https://iceye.com Swift Beat United States · Founded 2022 · Autonomous drones · private
Formerly White Stork; low-cost autonomous strike drones supplied to Ukraine.
HQ — Founders Eric Schmidt CEO — Funding Undisclosed Valuation Undisclosed Unusual Machines United States · Founded 2019 · Drone components · public
US-based drone component maker (Fat Shark, Rotor Riot) building domestic motor and flight-controller supply.
HQ Orlando, Florida Founders — CEO Allan Evans Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://unusualmachines.com Symbotic United States · Founded 2007 · Warehouse automation · public
End-to-end AI-powered warehouse automation for large distribution centres. Customers include Walmart, Target and Albertsons.
HQ Wilmington, Massachusetts Founders Rick Cohen CEO Rick Cohen Funding Public Valuation Public Robots Symbotic System Website https://symbotic.com Locus Robotics United States · Founded 2014 · Warehouse AMR · private
Collaborative picking robots that guide warehouse workers; billions of units picked across customer sites.
HQ Wilmington, Massachusetts Founders Bruce Welty, Mike Johnson CEO Rick Faulk Funding $400M+ Valuation $1B+ Robots LocusBot Origin Website https://locusrobotics.com Geek+ (极智嘉) China · Founded 2015 · Warehouse AMR · public
The largest AMR maker by global installed base; goods-to-person, sorting and fulfilment systems in 40+ countries.
HQ Beijing Founders Yong Zheng (郑勇) CEO Yong Zheng Funding IPO 2025 Valuation Public Website https://geekplus.com Exotec France · Founded 2015 · Warehouse automation · private
Skypod climbing robots that access storage racks in three dimensions — a distinct approach to dense storage.
HQ Croix Founders Romain Moulin, Renaud Heitz CEO Romain Moulin Funding $450M+ Valuation $2B+ Robots Skypod Website https://exotec.com AutoStore Norway · Founded 1996 · Cube storage · public
Cube-based automated storage and retrieval — the densest storage-per-square-metre approach in the market.
HQ Nedre Vats Founders Ingvar Hognaland CEO Mats Hovland Vikse Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://autostoresystems.com Dexterity United States · Founded 2017 · Robotic manipulation · private
Truck-loading and palletising robots with force-aware manipulation; Mech platform deployed with FedEx and UPS.
HQ Redwood City, California Founders Samir Menon CEO Samir Menon Funding $250M+ Valuation $1.65B Robots Mech Website https://dexterity.ai Hai Robotics (海柔创新) China · Founded 2016 · Warehouse ASRS · private
HAIPICK case-handling robots that retrieve totes at height — a fast-growing ASRS category.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Chen Yuchuan (陈宇奇) CEO Chen Yuchuan Funding $400M+ Valuation $1B+ Website https://hairobotics.com Nimble Robotics United States · Founded 2017 · Fulfilment robotics · private
Fully autonomous fulfilment centres combining picking robots with teleoperation fallback.
HQ San Francisco Founders Simon Kalouche CEO Simon Kalouche Funding $200M+ Valuation $1B+ Website https://nimblerobotics.com GreyOrange United States · Founded 2011 · Warehouse robotics · private
GreyMatter fulfilment orchestration software with a multi-vendor robot fleet approach.
HQ Atlanta Founders Samay Kohli, Akash Gupta CEO Samay Kohli Funding $250M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://greyorange.com Amazon Robotics United States · Founded 2003 · Warehouse robotics · public
The largest robot fleet operator on earth — over a million units across Amazon's network, including Proteus, Sparrow, Sequoia and Digit pilots.
HQ North Reading, Massachusetts Founders Mick Mountz (as Kiva Systems) CEO — Funding Amazon subsidiary Valuation Amazon subsidiary Robots Proteus Website https://amazon.jobs/en/teams/amazon-robotics Pickle Robot United States · Founded 2018 · Truck unloading · private
Robotic truck and container unloading — one of the least automated, most physically punishing tasks in logistics.
HQ Cambridge, Massachusetts Founders AJ Meyer CEO AJ Meyer Funding $100M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://picklerobot.com Standard Bots United States · Founded 2018 · Cobots · private
RO1 six-axis collaborative robot arm built in the US, positioned on price against established cobot makers.
HQ Glen Cove, New York Founders Evan Beard CEO Evan Beard Funding $100M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots RO1 Website https://standardbots.com John Deere United States · Founded 1837 · Agricultural autonomy · public
The largest agricultural machinery maker and, through its autonomy programme, one of the biggest deployers of field robotics by acreage.
HQ Moline, Illinois Founders John Deere CEO John May Funding Public Valuation Public Robots Autonomous 9RX Website https://deere.com Carbon Robotics United States · Founded 2018 · Laser weeding · private
LaserWeeder uses computer vision and high-power lasers to kill weeds without herbicide — chemical-free at commercial scale.
HQ Seattle Founders Paul Mikesell CEO Paul Mikesell Funding $157M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots LaserWeeder G2 Website https://carbonrobotics.com Monarch Tractor United States · Founded 2018 · Electric autonomous tractors · private
MK-V electric driver-optional tractor targeting vineyards and specialty crops.
HQ Livermore, California Founders Praveen Penmetsa, Mark Schwager, Zachary Omohundro, Carlo Mondavi CEO Praveen Penmetsa Funding $220M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots MK-V Website https://monarchtractor.com Agtonomy United States · Founded 2020 · Farm autonomy software · private
Autonomy software retrofitted onto existing agricultural equipment rather than selling new machines.
HQ South San Francisco Founders Tim Bucher, Valerie Syme CEO Tim Bucher Funding $50M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://agtonomy.com Naïo Technologies France · Founded 2011 · Weeding robots · private
Oz, Ted and Orio autonomous weeding robots for vegetable and vineyard operations across Europe.
HQ Escalquens Founders Aymeric Barthes, Gaëtan Séverac CEO Aymeric Barthes Funding €40M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots Orio Website https://naio-technologies.com Burro United States · Founded 2017 · Agricultural transport · private
Autonomous ground carts that carry harvested produce, addressing farm labour shortage in the simplest possible way.
HQ Philadelphia Founders Charlie Andersen CEO Charlie Andersen Funding $50M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots Burro Grande Website https://burro.ai Verdant Robotics United States · Founded 2018 · Precision agriculture · private
Multi-action precision spraying that treats individual plants rather than whole fields.
HQ Hayward, California Founders Gabe Sibley, Curtis Garner, Lawrence Ibarria CEO Gabe Sibley Funding $70M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://verdantrobotics.com Built Robotics United States · Founded 2016 · Construction autonomy · private
Autonomy retrofit kits for excavators and heavy equipment; Exosystem for solar pile driving.
HQ San Francisco Founders Noah Ready-Campbell, Andrew Liang CEO Noah Ready-Campbell Funding $110M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://builtrobotics.com Dusty Robotics United States · Founded 2018 · Construction layout · private
FieldPrinter prints building layouts directly onto floors from BIM models, replacing manual chalk-line work.
HQ Mountain View, California Founders Tessa Lau, Philipp Herget CEO Tessa Lau Funding $90M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots FieldPrinter Website https://dustyrobotics.com Canvas United States · Founded 2017 · Construction robotics · private
Drywall finishing robots operated by union-trained workers — an explicitly labour-partnership model.
HQ San Francisco Founders Kevin Albert, Maria Davidson CEO Kevin Albert Funding $100M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://canvas.build Gecko Robotics United States · Founded 2013 · Industrial inspection · private
Wall-climbing inspection robots plus the Cantilever data platform for asset integrity in power, defense and heavy industry.
HQ Pittsburgh Founders Jake Loosararian, Troy Demmer CEO Jake Loosararian Funding $350M+ Valuation $1.25B+ Robots TOKA Website https://geckorobotics.com Intuitive Surgical United States · Founded 1995 · Surgical robotics · public
The da Vinci system defined surgical robotics; a large installed base with high-margin recurring instrument revenue.
HQ Sunnyvale, California Founders Frederic Moll, Robert Younge, John Freund CEO Dave Rosa Funding Public Valuation Public Robots da Vinci 5 Website https://intuitive.com CMR Surgical United Kingdom · Founded 2014 · Surgical robotics · private
Versius modular surgical robot designed as a lower-cost, smaller-footprint alternative to da Vinci.
HQ Cambridge Founders Martin Frost, Luke Hares, Keith Marshall, Mark Slack, Paul Roberts CEO Massimiliano Colella Funding $1B+ Valuation Multi-billion Robots Versius Website https://cmrsurgical.com FANUC Japan · Founded 1972 · Industrial robots · public
The world's largest industrial robot maker by installed base, and a major consumer of precision reducers.
HQ Oshino, Yamanashi Founders Seiuemon Inaba CEO Kenji Yamaguchi Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://fanuc.co.jp ABB Robotics Switzerland · Founded 1988 · Industrial robots · public
One of the "Big Four" industrial robot makers alongside FANUC, Yaskawa and KUKA.
HQ Zurich Founders Merger of ASEA and BBC CEO Morten Wierod Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://new.abb.com/products/robotics Yaskawa Electric Japan · Founded 1915 · Industrial robots / drives · public
Motoman industrial robots plus one of the largest servo drive and motor businesses globally.
HQ Kitakyushu Founders Keiichiro Yasukawa CEO Masahiro Ogawa Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://yaskawa-global.com KUKA Germany · Founded 1898 · Industrial robots · private
German industrial robot maker; a mainstay of European automotive body shops.
HQ Augsburg Founders Johann Josef Keller, Jakob Knappich CEO Peter Mohnen Funding Midea-owned Valuation Acquired (€4.5B, 2016) Website https://kuka.com Universal Robots Denmark · Founded 2005 · Collaborative robots · private
Created the collaborative robot category; the UR series remains the reference cobot platform.
HQ Odense Founders Esben Østergaard, Kasper Støy, Kristian Kassow CEO Kim Povlsen Funding Teradyne-owned Valuation Acquired ($285M, 2015) Robots UR10e Website https://universal-robots.com Doosan Robotics South Korea · Founded 2015 · Collaborative robots · public
Fast-growing cobot maker; among the global top five by unit share.
HQ Suwon Founders Doosan Group CEO Ryu Junghoon Funding IPO 2023 Valuation Public Website https://doosanrobotics.com Techman Robot Taiwan · Founded 2015 · Collaborative robots · private
Cobots with built-in vision as standard rather than an add-on.
HQ Taoyuan Founders Quanta Storage CEO Haw-Ching Yang Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://tm-robot.com Harmonic Drive Systems Japan · Founded 1970 · Precision reducers · public
The global quality benchmark for strain-wave (harmonic) gearing and the default Tier-1 supplier for high-spec humanoid joints.
HQ Tokyo Founders Licensed from USM Corp CEO Akira Nagai Funding Public Valuation ~$4.2B market cap Website https://harmonicdrive.net Nabtesco Japan · Founded 2003 · Precision reducers · public
Global leader in precision gear reducers — an estimated 22–25% of global harmonic and cycloidal reducer revenue, and roughly 60% of the RV-reducer market for medium-to-large robot joints.
HQ Tokyo Founders Merger of Teijin Seiki and Nabco CEO Atsushi Kimura Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://nabtesco.com Leaderdrive (绿的谐波) China · Founded 2003 · Harmonic reducers · public
China's leading domestic harmonic reducer maker, scaling cost-competitive alternatives to the Japanese incumbents.
HQ Suzhou Founders Zuo Yubo (左昱昱) CEO Zuo Yubo Funding Public Valuation Public Zhejiang Shuanghuan Driveline (双环传动) China · Founded 1980 · Reducers / gears · public
Automotive gear maker that moved into RV and harmonic reducers; reported supplier to both Tesla Optimus and Unitree.
HQ Yuhuan, Zhejiang Founders Wu Changhong (吴长鸿) CEO Wu Changhong Funding Public Valuation Public Ningbo Zhongda Leader (中大力德) China · Founded 1998 · Reducers / actuators · public
Integrated reducer and actuator maker; named among Figure AI's reducer suppliers.
HQ Ningbo Founders Cen Jianjun (岑建军) CEO Cen Jianjun Funding Public Valuation Public Sanhua Intelligent Controls China · Founded 1984 · Actuators / thermal · public
Existing Tesla EV thermal-management supplier, widely reported as an actuator and thermal supplier for Optimus.
HQ Shaoxing, Zhejiang Founders Zhang Daocai (张道才) CEO Zhang Yabo Funding Public Valuation Public Cone Drive United States · Founded 1926 · Harmonic / cycloidal · private
US-made harmonic strain-wave and cycloidal gearing positioned for humanoid joints — compact, lightweight, backlash-free.
HQ Traverse City, Michigan Founders Wildhaber-Cone design lineage CEO — Funding Timken-owned Valuation Undisclosed Website https://conedrive.com Zhejiang Laifual Drive China · Founded 2011 · Harmonic reducers · private
Harmonic reducer maker competing on published spec parity — ±15 arcsecond positioning precision and 10,000+ hour service life.
HQ Hangzhou Founders — CEO — Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://laifual.com maxon Switzerland · Founded 1961 · Precision motors · private
High-precision brushless DC and frameless motors used across robotics, medical devices and space systems.
HQ Sachseln Founders Erwin Braun CEO Eugen Elmiger Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://maxongroup.com Kollmorgen United States · Founded 1916 · Frameless motors · private
TBM frameless motor families designed for direct integration into robot joints.
HQ Radford, Virginia Founders Otto Kollmorgen CEO — Funding Regal Rexnord-owned Valuation Undisclosed Website https://kollmorgen.com Nidec Japan · Founded 1973 · Motors · public
The world's largest precision motor maker by volume, spanning micro motors to EV traction and robotics drives.
HQ Kyoto Founders Shigenobu Nagamori CEO Mitsuya Kishida Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://nidec.com Inovance Technology China · Founded 2003 · Servo drives · public
China's largest domestic servo drive and industrial automation supplier, increasingly displacing Japanese incumbents domestically.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Zhu Xingming (朱兴明) CEO Zhu Xingming Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://inovance.com Synapticon Germany · Founded 2010 · Servo drives · private
SOMANET integrated servo drive modules designed specifically for compact robot joints.
HQ Schönaich Founders Nikolai Ensslen CEO Nikolai Ensslen Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://synapticon.com THK Japan · Founded 1971 · Linear motion · public
Inventor of the linear guide; LM guides and ball screws are foundational to robot axes and humanoid limbs.
HQ Tokyo Founders Hiroshi Teramachi CEO Akihiro Teramachi Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://thk.com Hiwin Technologies Taiwan · Founded 1989 · Linear motion · public
Ball screws, linear guides and single-axis robots; a key non-Japanese alternative in precision motion.
HQ Taichung Founders Eric Chuo (卓永財) CEO Eric Chuo Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://hiwin.tw Ewellix Sweden · Founded 2019 · Linear actuators · private
Electric linear actuators and telescopic pillars used in mobile robots and cobot lifts.
HQ Gothenburg Founders SKF carve-out CEO — Funding Schaeffler-owned Valuation Undisclosed Website https://ewellix.com NVIDIA United States · Founded 1993 · Edge compute / AI · public
Jetson is the default onboard compute for a large share of robotics developers; Isaac provides simulation and Omniverse the training environment. Also an investor in Figure AI.
HQ Santa Clara, California Founders Jensen Huang, Chris Malachowsky, Curtis Priem CEO Jensen Huang Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://nvidia.com Qualcomm United States · Founded 1985 · Edge compute · public
Dragonwing and RB-series robotics platforms combining edge AI, connectivity and low power draw.
HQ San Diego Founders Irwin Jacobs, Andrew Viterbi and others CEO Cristiano Amon Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://qualcomm.com Ouster United States · Founded 2015 · LiDAR · public
Digital LiDAR across the OS0/OS1/OS2 families, widely used in robotics and industrial autonomy.
HQ San Francisco Founders Angus Pacala, Mark Frichtl CEO Angus Pacala Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://ouster.com Hesai Technology China · Founded 2014 · LiDAR · public
Among the global volume leaders in automotive-grade LiDAR; ATX and JT series target cost-sensitive robotics.
HQ Shanghai Founders David Li (李一帆), Kai Sun, Shaoqing Xiang CEO David Li Funding Public (Nasdaq) Valuation Public Website https://hesaitech.com RoboSense (速腾聚创) China · Founded 2014 · LiDAR · public
Automotive and robotics LiDAR; E1R and Airy target humanoid and mobile robot integration.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Qiu Chunchao (邱纯潮) CEO Qiu Chunchao Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://robosense.ai Livox China · Founded 2016 · LiDAR · private
Low-cost LiDAR spun out of DJI; Mid-360 series widely adopted in robotics research and mobile robots.
HQ Shenzhen Founders DJI spin-off CEO — Funding DJI-backed Valuation Undisclosed Website https://livoxtech.com Stereolabs United States · Founded 2010 · Depth cameras · private
ZED stereo depth cameras — a default perception sensor for robotics prototyping and deployment.
HQ San Francisco Founders Cecile Schmollgruber, Edwin Azzam CEO Cecile Schmollgruber Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://stereolabs.com Orbbec China · Founded 2013 · Depth cameras · public
Femto and Gemini depth camera families; partnership with Microsoft on Azure Kinect technology.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Huang Yuanhao (黄源浩) CEO Huang Yuanhao Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://orbbec3d.com Sony Semiconductor Solutions Japan · Founded 2016 · Image sensors · public
The dominant global image sensor supplier; IMX500 adds on-sensor AI inference.
HQ Atsugi Founders Sony subsidiary CEO Terushi Shimizu Funding Public parent Valuation Public parent Website https://sony-semicon.com Analog Devices United States · Founded 1965 · IMU / sensing ICs · public
ADIS tactical-grade IMUs and precision analog components for motion sensing and control.
HQ Wilmington, Massachusetts Founders Ray Stata, Matthew Lorber CEO Vincent Roche Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://analog.com Bosch Germany · Founded 1886 · MEMS sensors · private
The largest MEMS sensor maker globally; IMUs, pressure and environmental sensors used across robotics.
HQ Gerlingen Founders Robert Bosch CEO Stefan Hartung Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://bosch-sensortec.com Renishaw United Kingdom · Founded 1973 · Encoders / metrology · public
Absolute optical encoders providing the position feedback that closed-loop robot joints depend on.
HQ Wotton-under-Edge Founders David McMurtry, John Deer CEO Will Lee Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://renishaw.com ATI Industrial Automation United States · Founded 1989 · Force/torque sensors · private
Six-axis force/torque sensors and robotic tool changers — the standard for contact-aware manipulation.
HQ Apex, North Carolina Founders — CEO — Funding Novanta-owned Valuation Undisclosed Website https://ati-ia.com OnRobot Denmark · Founded 2018 · End effectors · private
Grippers, force/torque sensors and vision systems for collaborative robot arms.
HQ Odense Founders Enrico Krog Iversen CEO Enrico Krog Iversen Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://onrobot.com SCHUNK Germany · Founded 1945 · Grippers · private
The broadest gripper and clamping portfolio in industrial automation; increasingly relevant to humanoid hands.
HQ Lauffen am Neckar Founders Friedrich Schunk CEO Henrik A. Schunk Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://schunk.com Amprius Technologies United States · Founded 2008 · Battery cells · public
Silicon-anode battery cells with high energy density, targeting drones and mobile robots where weight dominates.
HQ Fremont, California Founders Yi Cui CEO Kang Sun Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://amprius.com CATL China · Founded 2011 · Batteries · public
The world's largest battery maker; also an investor in Chinese humanoid companies including Galbot.
HQ Ningde Founders Robin Zeng (曾毓群) CEO Robin Zeng Funding Public Valuation Public Website https://catl.com Agile Robots SE Germany · Founded 2018 · Industrial / Humanoid · private
DLR (German Aerospace Center) spin-off combining force-sensitive manipulation with AI. Diana 7 cobot, the Agile Hand, and a first industrial humanoid shown at Hannover Messe 2026.
HQ Munich Founders Zhaopeng Chen, Peter Meusel CEO Zhaopeng Chen Funding $384M+ Valuation ~$1B (unicorn) Robots Diana 7 Website https://agile-robots.com Franka Robotics Germany · Founded 2016 · Collaborative robots · private
Maker of the Franka research cobot, a standard platform in robot-learning labs worldwide. Now part of the Agile Robots group.
HQ Munich Founders Sami Haddadin, Simon Haddadin CEO Sami Haddadin Funding Acquired Valuation Part of Agile Robots Robots Franka Research 3 Website https://franka.de Flexiv Robotics United States / China · Founded 2016 · Adaptive robots · private
Rizon force-controlled adaptive robot arms combining industrial-grade force sensing with AI.
HQ Santa Clara / Shanghai Founders Shiquan Wang CEO Shiquan Wang Funding $100M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots Rizon 4 Website https://flexiv.com Leju Robot (乐聚机器人) China · Founded 2016 · Humanoid · private
KUAVO full-size humanoids plus AELOS educational robots and PANDO miniatures. Delivered its 100th full-size humanoid in 2025.
HQ Shenzhen Founders Leng Xiaokun (冷晓琨) CEO Leng Xiaokun Funding $255M+ Valuation Undisclosed Robots KUAVO Website https://lejurobot.com Simplexity Robotics (简概机器人) China · Founded 2025 · Humanoid · private
Embodied-intelligence startup that raised roughly ¥2B across five rounds in six months — a record fundraising pace for the sector.
HQ Beijing Founders Former Li Auto executives CEO — Funding ~¥2B (RMB) Valuation Undisclosed Humanoid United Kingdom · Founded 2024 · Humanoid · private
London-based developer of the HMND 01 general-purpose humanoid, built around an in-house control stack (KinetIQ) and NVIDIA Jetson Thor compute with Isaac Sim/Lab for training. Targets a ~15 kg payload for logistics and manufacturing work, and positions Britain in a field otherwise dominated by the US and China.
HQ London Founders Artem Sokolov CEO Artem Sokolov Funding Early-stage (seed) Valuation Undisclosed Robots HMND 01 Website https://thehumanoid.ai Baykar Türkiye · Founded 1984 · Combat UAS · private
Turkey's leading drone maker; the Bayraktar TB2 reshaped tactical drone warfare and export markets. Now spans TB3 (naval), Akıncı and the jet-powered Kızılelma.
HQ Istanbul Founders Özdemir Bayraktar CEO Haluk Bayraktar Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar TB3, Bayraktar Akıncı, Bayraktar Kızılelma Website https://baykartech.com General Atomics Aeronautical United States · Founded 1993 · MALE/HALE UAS · private
Maker of the Predator and Reaper family — the reference armed medium-altitude long-endurance drones of the last two decades.
HQ San Diego Founders General Atomics CEO Linden Blue Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-1C Gray Eagle Website https://ga-asi.com Northrop Grumman United States · Founded 1994 · HALE UAS · public
Builds the RQ-4 Global Hawk and MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance surveillance drones.
HQ Falls Church, Virginia Founders Merger CEO Kathy Warden Funding Public Valuation Public Robots RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-4C Triton Website https://northropgrumman.com AeroVironment United States · Founded 1971 · Small UAS / loitering · public
Small tactical drones (Puma, Raven) and the Switchblade family of loitering munitions widely used in Ukraine.
HQ Arlington, Virginia Founders Paul MacCready CEO Wahid Nawabi Funding Public Valuation Public Robots Switchblade 300, Switchblade 600, RQ-20 Puma AE Website https://avinc.com Boeing / Airpower Teaming Australia · Founded 2016 · Autonomous combat air · public
Developer of the MQ-28 Ghost Bat, an autonomous "loyal wingman" designed to fly alongside crewed fighters.
HQ Brisbane Founders Boeing CEO — Funding Public parent Valuation Public parent Robots MQ-28 Ghost Bat Website https://boeing.com.au Kratos Defense United States · Founded 1994 · Combat drones · public
Maker of the XQ-58 Valkyrie, a low-cost jet-powered combat drone for the loyal-wingman role.
HQ San Diego Founders — CEO Eric DeMarco Funding Public Valuation Public Robots XQ-58 Valkyrie Website https://kratosdefense.com Israel Aerospace Industries Israel · Founded 1953 · UAS / loitering · private
Heron MALE drones and the Harop/Harpy loitering munitions — a pioneer of the anti-radiation loitering weapon.
HQ Lod Founders State of Israel CEO Boaz Levy Funding State-owned Valuation Undisclosed Robots IAI Heron, IAI Harop Website https://iai.co.il Parrot France · Founded 1994 · Commercial drones · public
Europe's main commercial drone maker; the ANAFI series serves enterprise and defense micro-UAS needs.
HQ Paris Founders Henri Seydoux CEO Henri Seydoux Funding Public Valuation Public Robots Parrot ANAFI USA Website https://parrot.com Autel Robotics China · Founded 2014 · Commercial drones · private
The main challenger to DJI in the prosumer and enterprise drone segment; EVO series.
HQ Shenzhen Founders — CEO — Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots Autel EVO Max 4T Website https://auteldrones.com AgXeed Netherlands · Founded 2018 · Autonomous tractors · private
Maker of the AgBot autonomous tractor range, controlled through a cloud portal that plans and monitors field work. The AgBot T2 offers roughly 2.5 cm path precision; featured in Clarkson's Farm Season 5.
HQ Oploo Founders Joris Hiddema, Lars Schmitz CEO Joris Hiddema Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots AgBot T2 Website https://agxeed.com FarmDroid Denmark · Founded 2018 · Seeding / weeding robots · private
Danish maker of the solar-powered FD20, a field robot that both seeds and weeds using centimetre-level GPS to remember each seed's position. Seen at LAMMA 2025 and featured in Clarkson's Farm Season 5.
HQ Vejle Founders Jens Warming, Kristian Warming CEO — Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots FarmDroid FD20 Website https://farmdroid.com farm-ng United States · Founded 2019 · Modular ag robots · private
Maker of the Amiga, a compact modular electric robot platform for small and specialty farms, with a developer-friendly open approach.
HQ Watsonville, California Founders Ethan Rublee CEO Ethan Rublee Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Robots Amiga Website https://farm-ng.com Tytan Technologies Germany · Founded 2023 · Counter-UAS interceptors · private
Builds AI-guided kinetic interceptor drones for counter-UAS and air defense, aimed at cheaply countering mass low-cost drone threats such as Shahed-class attacks. Products span the EOS short-range multicopter interceptor and the faster fixed-wing METIS/TI series, wrapped in a sensor-plus-effector "Drone Defender" ecosystem.
HQ Munich Founders Balázs Nagy, Batuhan Yumurtacı CEO Balázs Nagy Funding ~€46M+ Valuation ~€150M Robots METIS / TI, EOS Website https://tytan-technologies.com Reactive Dynamics Germany · Founded 2025 · Uncrewed ground vehicles · private
Full-stack developer of autonomous uncrewed ground vehicles for squad-level land operations, positioning ground autonomy as the missing piece of battlefield robotics. Its RDX 1 is a modular electric tracked platform (~80 km/h, ~150 km range, up to 1,200 kg payload) coordinated in groups via its React OS under a single operator.
HQ Eichstätt, Bavaria Founders Julius Mahler, Maximilian Wunderlich, Joris Bauer-Ludwigs CEO — Funding Early-stage Valuation Undisclosed Robots RDX 1 Website https://reactive-dynamics.com Elbit Systems Israel · Founded 1966 · Robotic & autonomous systems · private
Israeli defense electronics group building robotic and autonomous systems for ISR, drone swarms and unmanned ground vehicles.
HQ Haifa Founders Michael Federmann CEO Bezhalel Machlis Funding Public Valuation ~$9B market cap Website https://elbitsystems.com Rheinmetall Germany · Founded 1889 · Uncrewed ground systems · private
German defense and automotive group; its Mission Master family of uncrewed ground vehicles brings autonomous navigation to military logistics and reconnaissance.
HQ Düsseldorf Founders — CEO Armin Papperger Funding Public Valuation ~$15B market cap Website https://rheinmetall.com Lockheed Martin Autonomous Systems United States · Founded 1995 · Autonomous systems · private
Autonomous systems division of Lockheed Martin, spanning air, ground and sea domains with a focus on cross-platform autonomy.
HQ Bethesda, Maryland Founders — CEO Jim Taiclet Funding Public Valuation ~$500B+ parent cap Website https://lockheedmartin.com Raytheon Advanced Technology United States · Founded 1922 · Defense robotics & AI · private
Advanced defense technology arm of RTX developing robotics, autonomous systems and AI-enabled military capabilities.
HQ Waltham, Massachusetts Founders — CEO Chris Tomaine Funding Public Valuation ~$150B+ parent cap Website https://rtx.com Applied Intuition United States · Founded 2017 · Autonomy software / simulation · private
Provides an end-to-end software stack — simulation, vehicle OS and self-driving systems — for autonomous vehicles and defense platforms.
HQ Sunnyvale, California Founders Qasar Rashid, Adeeb Ahmad CEO Qasar Rashid Funding ~$550M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://appliedintuition.com LIG Nex1 South Korea · Founded 1976 · Defense robotics / UGVs · private
South Korean defense company; acquired Ghost Robotics for a reported $400M to build autonomous robotic solutions for military use.
HQ Seongnam Founders — CEO Yoon Young-min Funding Public Valuation ~$3B market cap Website https://lignex1.com BlueHalo United States · Founded 2018 · Space / counter-UAS / autonomy · private
Space systems, counter-UAS, directed energy and autonomous systems specialist; acquired by AeroVironment in 2025.
HQ Huntsville, Alabama Founders — CEO Benjamin Reese Funding Acquired by AeroVironment ($4.1B) Valuation — Website https://bluehalo.com Cubic Defense United States · Founded 1951 · C5ISR / autonomous systems · private
Provides networked command, control and intelligence systems with edge computing for military operations.
HQ San Diego Founders — CEO John S. Holt Funding ~$2B+ segment Valuation — Website https://cubic.com General Atomics United States · Founded 1955 · MALE/HALE UAS · private
Maker of the MQ-9 Reaper and other long-endurance unmanned aircraft for persistent surveillance and precision strike.
HQ San Diego Founders Neal Blue CEO Neal Blue Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://ga-asi.com Agrobot Spain · Founded 2011 · Harvesting robotics · private
Develops autonomous strawberry-harvesting robots with up to 24 independent arms for gentle, precision fruit picking.
HQ Huelva Founders Dmitry Karp CEO Dmitry Karp Funding ~$20M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://agrobot.com Harvest CROO Robotics United States · Founded 2014 · Harvesting robotics · private
Builds fully autonomous strawberry-harvesting systems using computer vision and precision robotics for specialty crops.
HQ Tampa, Florida Founders Gary Wishnatzki CEO Gary Wishnatzki Funding ~$5.8M Valuation Undisclosed Website https://harvestcroorobotics.com Advanced Farm Technologies United States · Founded 2013 · Harvesting robotics · private
Autonomous harvesting robots for strawberries and other specialty crops with AI-driven precision picking.
HQ Davis, California Founders Joshua Lessing CEO Joshua Lessing Funding ~$7.5M Valuation Undisclosed Website https://advancedfarm.com Four Growers United States · Founded 2020 · Harvesting robotics · private
Developer of the GR-100 autonomous harvesting robot for greenhouse and field crops.
HQ Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Founders Michel van de Water CEO Michel van de Water Funding ~$9M Valuation Undisclosed Website https://fourgrowers.com Bear Robotics United States · Founded 2018 · Service / AMR · private
Service robots and industrial autonomous mobile robots for hospitality and logistics.
HQ Redwood City, California Founders John Seo CEO John Seo Funding ~$80M+ Valuation Undisclosed Website https://bearrobotics.ai Bear Flag Robotics United States · Founded 2017 · Agricultural autonomy · private
Developed autonomous driving technology for farm tractors; acquired by John Deere.
HQ Sunnyvale, California Founders — CEO — Funding Acquired by John Deere Valuation — Website https://bearflagrobotics.com Tortuga AgTech United States · Founded 2016 · Harvesting robotics · private
Robotics for autonomous inventory, grading, picking and packing of soft produce; acquired by Oishii in 2025.
HQ Denver, Colorado Founders Kenta Ikeda CEO Kenta Ikeda Funding $47.7M Valuation Undisclosed Website https://tortuga.ag Root AI United States · Founded 2016 · Greenhouse robotics · private
Built intelligent greenhouse-harvesting robots including the Virgo multi-crop picker; acquired by AppHarvest.
HQ Cambridge, Massachusetts Founders Josh Lessing CEO Josh Lessing Funding Acquired by AppHarvest Valuation — Website https://root.ai Robotiq Canada · Founded 2011 · End effectors / grippers · private
Adaptive grippers, vacuum grippers and force-torque sensors for collaborative robots.
HQ Lévis, Quebec Founders — CEO — Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://robotiq.com Festo Germany · Founded 1925 · Pneumatic actuators / automation · private
Leading supplier of pneumatic and electrical automation, handling systems and industrial robots.
HQ Esslingen Founders — CEO — Funding ~€4B+ revenue Valuation Private Website https://festo.com SMC Corporation Japan · Founded 1959 · Pneumatic actuators · private
World-leading maker of pneumatic control devices and actuators for industrial automation and robotics.
HQ Tokyo Founders — CEO — Funding Public Valuation ~$10B+ market cap Website https://smcworld.com Greenfield Robotics United States · Founded 2015 · Agricultural autonomy · private
Small autonomous field robots for herbicide-free weed control and soil-health improvement.
HQ Kansas City, Missouri Founders Jason Pieper CEO Jason Pieper Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://greenfieldincorporated.com Harvest Automation United States · Founded 2010 · Material handling · private
Mobile robots for material handling and crop maintenance in greenhouse and nursery operations.
HQ Boston, Massachusetts Founders David Gray CEO David Gray Funding Private Valuation Undisclosed Website https://harvestautomation.com X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center) China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid robotics · private
Beijing state-backed humanoid innovation center behind the Tiangong (Tien Kung) robot series. Its Tiangong Ultra set a 9.39-second 100m mark at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, faster than the human world record, and demonstrated a ~2.88m high jump.
HQ Beijing Founders — CEO — Funding State-backed Valuation Undisclosed Robots Tiangong Ultra Website https://www.x-humanoid.com Honor China · Founded 2013 · Consumer tech / humanoid · private
Chinese smartphone maker that entered humanoid robotics; its Lightning robot ran a 9.47-second 100m at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games and a reported 9.32s in a test run, at a peak speed of 14.5 m/s.
HQ Shenzhen Founders — CEO George Zhao Funding Undisclosed Valuation Undisclosed Robots Lightning Website https://www.honor.com Booster Robotics China · Founded 2023 · Humanoid robotics · private
Maker of the Booster T1 humanoid, a research and athletics platform strong in robot football. Tsinghua University teams using Booster hardware have won RoboCup humanoid honors.
HQ Beijing Founders Zhao Mingguo CEO Zhao Mingguo Funding Undisclosed Valuation Undisclosed Robots Booster T1 Website https://www.boosterobotics.com BYD Robotics (15th Division) China · Founded 2025 · Humanoid robotics · private
In-house humanoid robot division of Chinese EV and battery giant BYD. First prototype teased for an August 2026 reveal, with a planned dealership sales-advisor role at BYD "Di Space" experience centers; specifications undisclosed. [NEEDS VERIFICATION]
HQ Shenzhen Founders — CEO Wang Chuanfu (BYD) Funding BYD-backed Valuation Undisclosed Robots BYD humanoid prototype Website https://www.byd.com Robots (87) Figure 03 Humanoid · Figure AI · United States · 2025
Third-generation general-purpose humanoid running the Helix VLA model; deployed on the BMW Spartanburg line.
Price Not sold publicly Height ~1.68 m Status Deployed (pilot) Figure 02 Humanoid · Figure AI · United States · 2024
Completed an eleven-month BMW pilot: 90,000+ components moved across ~1,250 operating hours.
Price Not sold publicly Height ~1.68 m DoF 40+ Status Superseded Tesla Optimus Humanoid · Tesla · United States · 2025
Vertically integrated humanoid using Tesla-designed actuators and FSD-derived compute.
Price Target sub-$20,000 Height ~1.73 m Status Internal pilot Unitree G1 Humanoid · Unitree Robotics · China · 2024
The price-disruptive humanoid. Base price cut from ~$16,000, opening research and pilot markets.
Price ~$13,500 Height 1.32 m DoF 23 to 43 Status Shipping Unitree H1 Humanoid · Unitree Robotics · China · 2023
Full-size humanoid demonstrating running and dynamic balance at a fraction of Western pricing.
Price ~$90,000 Height 1.80 m Status Shipping Unitree Go2 Quadruped · Unitree Robotics · China · 2023
Consumer-priced quadruped that collapsed the entry cost of legged robotics.
Price ~$1,600 Height 0.40 m Status Shipping Unitree B2 Quadruped · Unitree Robotics · China · 2023
Industrial-grade quadruped for inspection and payload-carrying tasks.
Price Enterprise Height 0.65 m Status Shipping Digit Humanoid · Agility Robotics · United States · 2024
The most commercially deployed humanoid — paid workflows with GXO, Amazon, Schaeffler and Spanx.
Price Lease / contract Height 1.75 m DoF 16 Status Commercial deployment Apollo Humanoid · Apptronik · United States · 2024
Manufacturing and logistics humanoid; pilots with Mercedes-Benz and GXO.
Price Not sold publicly Height 1.73 m Status Pilot Atlas (electric) Humanoid · Boston Dynamics · United States · 2024
All-electric successor to the hydraulic Atlas; the field's benchmark for dynamic capability.
Price R&D platform Height 1.50 m Status Development Spot Quadruped · Boston Dynamics · United States · 2020
The most widely deployed commercial quadruped — inspection, mapping and data capture.
Price ~$74,500 Height 0.84 m DoF 20 Status Shipping Stretch Mobile manipulator · Boston Dynamics · United States · 2023
Purpose-built container-unloading robot — a narrow, high-ROI counterpoint to general-purpose humanoids.
Price Enterprise Status Shipping NEO Humanoid · 1X Technologies · Norway · 2025
Home-focused humanoid with 25-DOF hands — a distinct bet against the industrial consensus.
Price Pre-order Height 1.65 m Status Pre-production 4NE-1 Humanoid · NEURA Robotics · Germany · 2026
Europe's flagship humanoid; deliveries targeted for late 2026.
Price Not disclosed Height 1.80 m Status Pre-delivery Walker S2 Humanoid · UBTECH Robotics · China · 2025
Industrial humanoid with swappable battery design for continuous shift operation.
Price Enterprise Height 1.76 m Status Shipping AgiBot A2 Humanoid · AgiBot (智元机器人) · China · 2025
High-volume Chinese humanoid; AgiBot rolled out its 10,000th unit in March 2026.
Price Enterprise Height 1.75 m Status Shipping Fourier GR-2 Humanoid · Fourier Intelligence · China · 2024
Research and rehabilitation-oriented humanoid with an open SDK.
Price Enterprise Height 1.75 m Status Shipping Galbot G1 Wheeled humanoid · Galbot (银河通用) · China · 2024
Wheeled-base humanoid operating unmanned retail pharmacy storefronts in China.
Price Enterprise Height ~1.73 m Status Deployed XPeng IRON Humanoid · XPeng Robotics · China · 2025
Humanoid built on XPeng's automotive compute and supply chain.
Price Not disclosed Height 1.78 m Status Development Kaleido Humanoid · Kawasaki Heavy Industries · Japan · 2024
Kawasaki's long-running humanoid programme, aimed at disaster response and logistics.
Price R&D Height ~1.78 m Status Development TALOS Humanoid · PAL Robotics · Spain · 2017
Full-size torque-controlled research humanoid used in European robotics labs.
Price Research Height 1.75 m Status Shipping TIAGo Mobile manipulator · PAL Robotics · Spain · 2016
Modular mobile manipulator widely used in assistive and research robotics.
Price Research Height 1.45 m Status Shipping ANYmal Quadruped · ANYbotics · Switzerland · 2023
Industrial inspection quadruped certified for hazardous (Ex) environments.
Price Enterprise Height 0.70 m DoF 12 Status Shipping X30 Quadruped · Deep Robotics (云深处科技) · China · 2024
Inspection quadruped deployed across Chinese power substations and tunnels.
Price Enterprise Height 0.75 m Status Shipping Vision 60 Quadruped · Ghost Robotics · United States · 2021
Defense and security quadruped deployed with US Air Force security forces.
Price Defense contract Height 0.76 m DoF 12 Status Deployed PUDU D9 Humanoid · Pudu Robotics · China · 2025
Service humanoid extending Pudu's hospitality fleet into bipedal form.
Price Enterprise Height 1.70 m Status Shipping Ghost 4 sUAS · Anduril Industries · United States · 2022
Autonomous small UAS for ISR missions, operated through Lattice.
Price Defense contract Status Deployed ALTIUS-700 Loitering munition · Anduril Industries · United States · 2023
Tube-launched loitering munition used extensively in Ukraine.
Price Defense contract Status Deployed Roadrunner-M Counter-UAS interceptor · Anduril Industries · United States · 2023
Reusable VTOL interceptor for counter-drone defence — lands and re-arms if unused.
Price Defense contract Status Deployed V-BAT VTOL UAS · Shield AI · United States · 2022
VTOL fixed-wing UAS flying autonomously without GPS via the Hivemind stack.
Price Defense contract Status Deployed HX-2 Strike drone · Helsing · Germany · 2024
AI-enabled electric strike drone designed for mass European production.
Price Defense contract Status Production Skydio X10 sUAS · Skydio · United States · 2023
Autonomous drone navigating GPS-denied environments via onboard AI.
Price ~$11,000+ Status Shipping Vector VTOL UAS · Quantum Systems · Germany · 2021
VTOL fixed-wing reconnaissance drone widely deployed in Ukraine.
Price Defense contract Status Deployed Corsair Autonomous surface vessel · Saronic Technologies · United States · 2024
Medium autonomous surface vessel for maritime ISR and strike.
Price Defense contract Height ~7 m length Status Production Mavic 3 Enterprise sUAS · DJI · China · 2022
The reference commercial inspection drone globally, subject to escalating Western restrictions.
Price ~$3,500 DoF N/A Status Shipping Matrice 350 RTK Industrial UAS · DJI · China · 2023
Industrial survey and inspection platform with modular payloads.
Price ~$10,000 DoF N/A Status Shipping Zipline P2 Delivery drone · Zipline · United States · 2023
Delivery drone with a tethered droid that lowers packages precisely.
Price Service model Status Deployed Symbotic System Warehouse ASRS · Symbotic · United States · 2022
Fleet-based high-speed case storage and retrieval for large distribution centres.
Price System contract Status Deployed LocusBot Origin Warehouse AMR · Locus Robotics · United States · 2022
Collaborative picking AMR that meets workers at the pick face.
Price Robots-as-a-service Status Deployed Skypod Climbing AMR · Exotec · France · 2019
Robot that climbs storage racks to retrieve totes in three dimensions.
Price System contract Status Deployed Mech Truck-loading robot · Dexterity · United States · 2024
Force-aware truck loading and palletising robot deployed with FedEx and UPS.
Price System contract Status Deployed Proteus Warehouse AMR · Amazon Robotics · United States · 2022
Amazon's first fully autonomous mobile robot able to operate around people.
Price Internal Status Deployed RO1 Collaborative arm · Standard Bots · United States · 2023
US-built six-axis cobot priced against Asian competitors.
Price ~$37,000 DoF 6 Status Shipping UR10e Collaborative arm · Universal Robots · Denmark · 2018
The reference collaborative robot arm across manufacturing and labs.
Price ~$45,000 DoF 6 Status Shipping da Vinci 5 Surgical robot · Intuitive Surgical · United States · 2024
Fifth-generation surgical system with force feedback and integrated digital tooling.
Price ~$2M system Status Shipping Versius Surgical robot · CMR Surgical · United Kingdom · 2019
Modular surgical robot with independent arm carts and a smaller footprint than da Vinci.
Price System contract Status Shipping Autonomous 9RX Autonomous tractor · John Deere · United States · 2025
Second-generation fully autonomous large tractor for broadacre tillage.
Price Enterprise Status Shipping LaserWeeder G2 Weeding implement · Carbon Robotics · United States · 2024
Vision-guided laser weeding at commercial scale, eliminating herbicide for target rows.
Price ~$1.4M DoF N/A Status Shipping MK-V Electric tractor · Monarch Tractor · United States · 2023
Driver-optional electric tractor for vineyards and specialty crops.
Price ~$90,000 Status Shipping Orio Weeding robot · Naïo Technologies · France · 2022
Autonomous tool-carrier for large-scale vegetable weeding.
Price Enterprise Status Shipping Burro Grande Ag transport robot · Burro · United States · 2023
Autonomous cart that follows workers and hauls harvested produce.
Price ~$30,000 Status Shipping FieldPrinter Layout robot · Dusty Robotics · United States · 2022
Prints BIM building layouts directly onto construction floors.
Price Subscription Status Deployed TOKA Climbing inspection robot · Gecko Robotics · United States · 2021
Wall-climbing robot capturing ultrasonic thickness data on boilers, tanks and hulls.
Price Service model Status Deployed Diana 7 Collaborative arm · Agile Robots SE · Germany · 2020
Seven-axis force-sensitive cobot for precision assembly.
Price Enterprise Status Shipping Franka Research 3 Research arm · Franka Robotics · Germany · 2023
Torque-controlled research arm ubiquitous in robot-learning labs.
Price ~€20,000 Status Shipping Rizon 4 Adaptive arm · Flexiv Robotics · United States · 2019
Force-controlled adaptive robot arm with whole-arm sensing.
Price Enterprise Status Shipping KUAVO Humanoid · Leju Robot (乐聚机器人) · China · 2024
Full-size humanoid used in research and early commercial pilots.
Price Enterprise Height ~1.70 m Status Shipping Bayraktar TB2 MALE UCAV · Baykar · Türkiye · 2014
Medium-altitude armed drone that reshaped tactical drone warfare; operated by 30+ countries.
Price ~$5M system Height 12 m wingspan DoF N/A Status In service Bayraktar TB3 Naval UCAV · Baykar · Türkiye · 2024
Carrier-capable evolution of the TB2 with folding wings, built for the TCG Anadolu.
Price Low single-digit $M Height Folding wings Status In service Bayraktar Akıncı HALE UCAV · Baykar · Türkiye · 2021
Heavy high-altitude drone able to carry cruise missiles and standoff weapons.
Price Undisclosed Height 20 m wingspan Status In service Bayraktar Kızılelma Jet UCAV · Baykar · Türkiye · 2022
Jet-powered stealthy combat drone for carrier and contested-airspace operations.
Price Undisclosed Status Testing MQ-9 Reaper MALE UCAV · General Atomics Aeronautical · United States · 2007
The benchmark armed ISR drone, flying long-endurance strike and surveillance for the US and allies.
Price ~$30M Height 20 m wingspan DoF N/A Status In service MQ-1C Gray Eagle MALE UAS · General Atomics Aeronautical · United States · 2009
US Army long-endurance ISR and strike drone derived from the Predator line.
Price ~$21M Height 17 m wingspan Status In service RQ-4 Global Hawk HALE ISR · Northrop Grumman · United States · 2001
High-altitude, long-endurance strategic surveillance drone operating above 50,000 ft.
Price ~$130M Height 40 m wingspan Status In service MQ-4C Triton HALE maritime ISR · Northrop Grumman · United States · 2018
Maritime surveillance variant of Global Hawk for broad-ocean ISR.
Price ~$180M Height 40 m wingspan Status In service Switchblade 300 Loitering munition · AeroVironment · United States · 2011
Backpackable loitering munition for precision short-range strike.
Price ~$60,000 Height Man-portable DoF N/A Status In service Switchblade 600 Loitering munition · AeroVironment · United States · 2020
Larger anti-armor loitering munition with extended range and a shaped-charge warhead.
Price ~$170,000 Height Man-portable Status In service RQ-20 Puma AE Small ISR UAS · AeroVironment · United States · 2012
Hand-launched small ISR drone used by ground and special forces.
Price ~$250,000 system Height 2.8 m wingspan Status In service MQ-28 Ghost Bat Loyal wingman · Boeing / Airpower Teaming · Australia · 2021
Autonomous combat drone designed to team with crewed fighters.
Price Undisclosed Height ~11.7 m Status Testing XQ-58 Valkyrie Loyal wingman · Kratos Defense · United States · 2019
Low-cost attritable jet combat drone for the collaborative combat aircraft role.
Price ~$4M Height ~8.2 m Status Testing IAI Heron MALE ISR · Israel Aerospace Industries · Israel · 1994
Long-endurance surveillance drone operated by many air forces worldwide.
Price Undisclosed Height 16.6 m wingspan Status In service IAI Harop Loitering munition · Israel Aerospace Industries · Israel · 2009
Anti-radiation loitering munition that dives onto emitting targets.
Price Undisclosed Height 3 m Status In service Parrot ANAFI USA Micro ISR UAS · Parrot · France · 2020
Secure micro-drone built for defense and public-safety users needing non-Chinese hardware.
Price ~$7,000 Height Foldable Status Shipping Autel EVO Max 4T Enterprise UAS · Autel Robotics · China · 2023
Enterprise inspection drone competing directly with DJI's Matrice line.
Price ~$8,000 Height Foldable Status Shipping HMND 01 Humanoid · Humanoid · United Kingdom · 2025
General-purpose humanoid running the in-house KinetIQ control stack on NVIDIA Jetson Thor, aimed at logistics and light manufacturing tasks.
Price Not disclosed Height ~1.75 m Status Development AgBot T2 Autonomous tractor · AgXeed · Netherlands · 2023
Autonomous tracked field robot with ~2.5 cm path precision, planned and monitored via the AgXeed cloud portal.
Price ~€295,000 Status Shipping FarmDroid FD20 Seeding/weeding robot · FarmDroid · Denmark · 2020
Solar-powered robot that seeds and weeds chemical-free, using GPS seed-position memory for precise in-row weeding.
Price ~€75,000 DoF N/A Status Shipping Amiga Modular ag robot · farm-ng · United States · 2021
Compact modular electric platform for specialty crops, built to be extended by developers.
Price ~$20,000+ Status Shipping Virtus (OWE-V) Loitering munition (eVTOL) · Stark (SKD SE) · Germany · 2025
eVTOL one-way effector with over 130 km range and up to 90 minutes endurance; reusable in a training mode, cruising ~120 km/h and diving up to ~250 km/h.
Price Undisclosed Height >130 km range Status In service METIS / TI Kinetic interceptor · Tytan Technologies · Germany · 2025
Fixed-wing AI-guided interceptor for NATO Class II drones, high-speed and able to operate in GPS-denied conditions; thousands reported in Ukrainian use.
Price Low-cost Height ~0.9 m Status In service EOS Interceptor multicopter · Tytan Technologies · Germany · 2025
Short-range multicopter interceptor aimed at NATO Class I drone threats.
Price Low-cost Height Multicopter Status Development RDX 1 Uncrewed ground vehicle · Reactive Dynamics · Germany · 2025
Modular electric tracked UGV: ~80 km/h top speed, ~150 km range, 60% gradient, low signature; multiple units coordinated via React OS under one operator.
Price Undisclosed Height Tracked UGV Status Development Tiangong Ultra Humanoid · X-Humanoid (Beijing Humanoid Robot Innovation Center) · China · 2025
Record-setting athletic humanoid: 9.39s over 100m and ~2.88m high jump at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, both beating human world records in demonstration/heat conditions.
Price Research platform Height ~1.8 m Status Competition Lightning Humanoid · Honor · China · 2026
Athletic humanoid sprinter: 9.47s over 100m in competition and a reported 9.32s in testing, peak speed 14.5 m/s.
Price Prototype Status Competition Booster T1 Humanoid · Booster Robotics · China · 2024
Compact humanoid platform widely used in robot football and research; associated with RoboCup humanoid league success.
Price Research platform Height ~1.2 m Status Shipping Unitree R1 Humanoid · Unitree Robotics · China · 2025
Low-cost education/developer humanoid unveiled July 2025 — roughly $5,900, 25 kg, 26 degrees of freedom, 8-core CPU with optional NVIDIA Jetson Orin. Undercuts even the G1 on price.
Price ~$5,900 Height 1.2 m DoF 26 Status Shipping BYD humanoid prototype Humanoid · BYD Robotics (15th Division) · China · 2026
Unnamed humanoid prototype teased August 2026 for a planned dealership sales-advisor role; specifications undisclosed. [NEEDS VERIFICATION]
Price Undisclosed Status Prototype