🚀 Robotics Startups to Watch
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Autonomous delivery vehicles — first fully driverless road approval
⭐ First NHTSA driverless deployment permit — R2 operates with zero human onboard
Backed by: SoftBank, Google
Atlas + Spot — world's most recognized robots
⭐ 10,000+ Spot robots deployed in 90+ countries — 500M+ YouTube views
Backed by: Hyundai Motor Group
General-purpose humanoid for warehouses and homes
⭐ Figure 02 deploys at BMW Spartanburg — first humanoid in a real auto plant
Backed by: Nvidia, Microsoft, OpenAI
Humanoid robotics startup building AI-powered robots with record-breaking funding.
⭐ Record $455M pre-A round for Chinese humanoid robotics sector
Backed by: GL Ventures, HongShan, Meituan
Foundation models for general robotic dexterity
⭐ π0 can fold laundry, bus tables, pack boxes — zero task-specific training
Backed by: Sequoia, OpenAI, Jeff Bezos
Apollo humanoid deployed at GXO and Mercedes-Benz
⭐ Apollo deployed at GXO warehouses and Mercedes-Benz factories
Backed by: Google, Mercedes-Benz, NASA collaboration
Chinese humanoid robotics company building general-purpose robots for industrial deployment.
⭐ Raised $200M+ in May 2026 led by SF Group, following $143M strategic round in March, with expanding commercial deployments
Backed by: SF Group
Most autonomous drone in the world — US-made for defense
⭐ US Army selected Skydio — only American drone that can beat DJI on autonomy
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz, US Army
Drone delivery for medical supplies — 1M+ deliveries made
⭐ 1M+ deliveries in Africa and Asia — blood delivered in 30 mins vs 3 hours by road
Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs
70,000+ restaurant robots in 60+ countries
⭐ 70,000+ units in 60+ countries — largest restaurant robot fleet in the world
Backed by: Meituan, Sequoia China
A generalist robot brain that runs across any robot body
⭐ $300M raised at $1.5B valuation before shipping a single product
Backed by: Lightspeed, SoftBank, Amazon
Autonomous construction technology that orchestrates fully connected robot fleets to transform how buildings are constructed.
⭐ Raised $270M to scale autonomous construction fleets with tech from Waymo veterans
Foundation models for warehouse picking at Amazon scale
⭐ RFM-1 picks any object with zero task-specific programming — deployed at scale
Backed by: Radical Ventures, Index Ventures
Embodied AI and robotics computing platform for autonomous robot systems.
⭐ $220M total funding with $120M B1 round for embodied AI robotics platform
World's most affordable quadruped and humanoid robots
⭐ 10,000+ quadrupeds deployed globally — cheapest capable legged robot at $2,700
Backed by: Sequoia China, Meituan
Autonomous case-handling robotics system for warehouse automation
⭐ Secured $200M Series C funding with participation from Sequoia Capital China to scale autonomous case-handling robotics globally
Backed by: Sequoia Capital China
100,000+ indoor delivery robots in hospitals and hotels
⭐ 1,000+ hospital deployments in China alone — multi-floor autonomous delivery
Backed by: SoftBank, Alibaba
AI-powered robotics platform for industrial automation and intelligent systems.
⭐ $200M in venture funding as of May 2026
Advanced surgical robotics platform for minimally invasive procedures.
⭐ World's most valuable surgical robot startup with $200M+ raised
Fastest founding-to-factory deployment in Chinese robotics
⭐ Founded 2023, in SAIC factory by 2024 — fastest humanoid deployment in China
Backed by: SAIC, Sequoia China
Developing humanoid robots for commercial and industrial applications.
⭐ Achieved $750M+ pre-unicorn valuation in Series A less than 2 years after founding; approaching unicorn status
Backed by: IMM Investment
Digit — first bipedal humanoid operating at Amazon scale
⭐ Digit is the only bipedal humanoid operating inside Amazon facilities today
Backed by: Amazon, DCVC
Phoenix humanoid learns any task via teleoperation
⭐ Carbon AI system learned 200+ tasks through human teleoperation demonstrations
Backed by: Microsoft, Accenture
Wall-climbing robots that perform dangerous infrastructure inspections in confined spaces humans cannot safely access.
⭐ $1.2B valuation with $125M Series D in 2025; operating at commercial scale across critical infrastructure
Backed by: Founders Fund, Y Combinator