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Moon Surgical
Surgical robotics platform for advanced surgical procedures.
⭐ Seed-funded surgical robotics startup launched June 2020
⚕️ Medical & Surgical
📍 United States · Est. 2020Website →
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Andromeda Surgical
Surgical robotic systems for minimally invasive procedures.
⭐ Y Combinator S2023 batch medical robotics startup
⚕️ Medical & Surgical
Backed by: Y Combinator
📍 United States · Est. 2023Website →
Series D$11B+
Waymo
World's only fully commercial driverless robotaxi — 50,000+ rides/week
⭐ 50,000+ weekly rides with zero human driver — only true commercial driverless service
🚗 Autonomous Vehicles
Backed by: Alphabet, Andreessen Horowitz
📍 Mountain View, USA · Est. 2009Website →
Series D$1.5B
Nuro
Autonomous delivery vehicles — first fully driverless road approval
⭐ First NHTSA driverless deployment permit — R2 operates with zero human onboard
🚗 Autonomous Vehicles📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: SoftBank, Google
📍 Mountain View, USA · Est. 2016Website →
🤝 AcquiredAcquired by Hyundai — $880M
Boston Dynamics
Atlas + Spot — world's most recognized robots
⭐ 10,000+ Spot robots deployed in 90+ countries — 500M+ YouTube views
🐕 Legged Robots🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Hyundai Motor Group
📍 Waltham, USA · Est. 1992Website →
Series B$675M
Figure AI
General-purpose humanoid for warehouses and homes
⭐ Figure 02 deploys at BMW Spartanburg — first humanoid in a real auto plant
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Nvidia, Microsoft, OpenAI
📍 Sunnyvale, USA · Est. 2022Website →
Series B$400M
Physical Intelligence (π)
Foundation models for general robotic dexterity
⭐ π0 can fold laundry, bus tables, pack boxes — zero task-specific training
🧠 AI & Robot Learning🦾 Manipulation & Arms
Backed by: Sequoia, OpenAI, Jeff Bezos
📍 San Francisco, USA · Est. 2023Website →
Series B$350M
Apptronik
Apollo humanoid deployed at GXO and Mercedes-Benz
⭐ Apollo deployed at GXO warehouses and Mercedes-Benz factories
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots
Backed by: Google, Mercedes-Benz, NASA collaboration
📍 Austin, USA · Est. 2016Website →
Series E$340M
Skydio
Most autonomous drone in the world — US-made for defense
⭐ US Army selected Skydio — only American drone that can beat DJI on autonomy
✈️ Aerial & Drones
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz, US Army
📍 San Mateo, USA · Est. 2014Website →
Series F$330M
Zipline
Drone delivery for medical supplies — 1M+ deliveries made
⭐ 1M+ deliveries in Africa and Asia — blood delivered in 30 mins vs 3 hours by road
✈️ Aerial & Drones📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs
📍 South San Francisco, USA · Est. 2014Website →
Series A$300M
Skild AI
A generalist robot brain that runs across any robot body
⭐ $300M raised at $1.5B valuation before shipping a single product
🧠 AI & Robot Learning
Backed by: Lightspeed, SoftBank, Amazon
📍 Pittsburgh, USA · Est. 2023Website →
Series C$222M
Covariant
Foundation models for warehouse picking at Amazon scale
⭐ RFM-1 picks any object with zero task-specific programming — deployed at scale
🧠 AI & Robot Learning📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Radical Ventures, Index Ventures
📍 Emeryville, USA · Est. 2017Website →
Series B$150M
Agility Robotics
Digit — first bipedal humanoid operating at Amazon scale
⭐ Digit is the only bipedal humanoid operating inside Amazon facilities today
🧑🤖 Humanoid Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Amazon, DCVC
📍 Salem, USA · Est. 2015Website →
📈 Public$90MSERV
Serve Robotics
Sidewalk delivery robots — public on NASDAQ
⭐ Only publicly traded sidewalk delivery robot company — NASDAQ: SERV
🤖 Service Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Nvidia, Uber
📍 Los Angeles, USA · Est. 2017Website →
Series B$81M
Bear Robotics
Servi robot in Chili's and Denny's — robot-as-a-service for restaurants
⭐ In Chili's and Denny's nationwide — $999/month subscription replaces $25/hr labor
🤖 Service Robots
Backed by: SoftBank, LG Electronics
📍 Redwood City, USA · Est. 2017Website →
📈 Public$50M+
Miso Robotics
Flippy — the burger-flipping robot at White Castle
⭐ Flippy 2 fries 300+ lbs of food per day — deployed in White Castle since 2021
🤖 Service Robots⚙️ Industrial Robots
Backed by: White Castle (partner)
📍 Pasadena, USA · Est. 2016Website →
Series A$32M
Machina Labs
Robot arms replace stamping dies for aerospace metal forming
⭐ SpaceX and US Air Force customer — robot arms replace $1M+ stamping dies
⚙️ Industrial Robots🦾 Manipulation & Arms
Backed by: Salesforce Ventures, SpaceX (customer)
📍 Los Angeles, USA · Est. 2019Website →
Series A$20M
Petal Surgical
Incisionless surgical robotic technology for minimally invasive procedures.
⭐ Pioneering incisionless surgical robotic technology platform
⚕️ Medical & Surgical
📍 United StatesWebsite →
Series A$20M
Robust AI
Carter warehouse robot — co-founded by iRobot's Rodney Brooks
⭐ Founded by Rodney Brooks — creator of Roomba and pioneer of behavior-based robotics
📦 Logistics & Warehouse
Backed by: Tiger Global
📍 Santa Clara, USA · Est. 2019Website →
Series A$17M
Hello Robot
Stretch — affordable home research robot for manipulation
⭐ Stretch 3 at $19,950 — most affordable capable home manipulation robot
🤖 Service Robots🦾 Manipulation & Arms
Backed by: Toyota Research Institute
📍 San Jose, USA · Est. 2019Website →
🤝 AcquiredAcquired by ST Engineering
Aethon (ST Engineering TUG)
TUG robot in 1,000+ hospitals — millions of miles of deliveries
⭐ 1,000+ hospitals, millions of miles — most deployed hospital robot ever
🤖 Service Robots⚕️ Medical & Surgical
Backed by: ST Engineering
📍 Pittsburgh, USA · Est. 2001Website →