🚀 Robotics Startups to Watch

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Series B

Loona

Personal companion AI robot establishing agentic AI viability in the consumer market.

Benchmark personal companion AI robot proving commercial viability of agentic AI

🤖 Service Robots
📍 ChinaWebsite →
Seed 🌱

TARS Robotics

Physical AI platform using high-quality human-centric motion data for complex manipulation tasks.

Improved robot manipulation success rates from 8% to 60% using high-quality motion data; 1.8TB per operator per day

🦾 Manipulation & Arms🧠 AI & Robot Learning
📍 Unknown, China · Est. 2024Website →
Series D+

Roborock

AI-powered robotic vacuum and mop systems for smart home cleaning.

Household name in consumer robotic cleaning with millions of units deployed globally

🤖 Service Robots
📍 Beijing, China · Est. 2014Website →
Series A$455M

TARS

Humanoid robotics startup building AI-powered robots with record-breaking funding.

Record $455M pre-A round for Chinese humanoid robotics sector

🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots

Backed by: GL Ventures, HongShan, Meituan

📍 Beijing, China · Est. 2025Website →
Series B$343M+

Robotera

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

🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots⚙️ Industrial Robots🤖 Service Robots

Backed by: SF Group

📍 Beijing, ChinaWebsite →
Series D$300M+

Pudu Robotics

70,000+ restaurant robots in 60+ countries

70,000+ units in 60+ countries — largest restaurant robot fleet in the world

🤖 Service Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse

Backed by: Meituan, Sequoia China

📍 Shenzhen, China · Est. 2016Website →
Series C$200M

Hai Robotics

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

📦 Logistics & Warehouse

Backed by: Sequoia Capital China

📍 Unknown, ChinaWebsite →
Series B$200M

Unitree Robotics

World's most affordable quadruped and humanoid robots

10,000+ quadrupeds deployed globally — cheapest capable legged robot at $2,700

🐕 Legged Robots🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots

Backed by: Sequoia China, Meituan

📍 Hangzhou, China · Est. 2016Website →
Series B$200M+

Agibot

Fastest founding-to-factory deployment in Chinese robotics

Founded 2023, in SAIC factory by 2024 — fastest humanoid deployment in China

🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots⚙️ Industrial Robots

Backed by: SAIC, Sequoia China

📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2023Website →
Series D$200M+

Keenon Robotics

100,000+ indoor delivery robots in hospitals and hotels

1,000+ hospital deployments in China alone — multi-floor autonomous delivery

🤖 Service Robots📦 Logistics & Warehouse

Backed by: SoftBank, Alibaba

📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2013Website →
Series C$200M

Robot Era

AI-powered robotics platform for industrial automation and intelligent systems.

$200M in venture funding as of May 2026

⚙️ Industrial Robots🧠 AI & Robot Learning
📍 Unknown, ChinaWebsite →
Series C$100M

ForwardX Robotics

Autonomous mobile robots for warehouse and manufacturing automation

Raised $100M total with Series C close in 2021 to expand globally in warehouse automation

📦 Logistics & Warehouse🚗 Autonomous Vehicles
📍 Beijing, China · Est. 2016Website →
Series C$100M+

Fourier Intelligence

Rehabilitation exoskeletons + humanoid GR-1 for factories

Only company shipping both medical exoskeletons AND humanoid robots commercially

🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots⚕️ Medical & Surgical

Backed by: Sequoia China, Qiming Ventures

📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2015Website →
Series A$66M

Galaxy General Robotics

China's most dexterous humanoid hands for factory use

Galbot hands can open any door, pick any object — tested in 50+ factory scenarios

🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots🦾 Manipulation & Arms

Backed by: Meituan, Matrix Partners China

📍 Beijing, China · Est. 2023Website →
Series B$50M+

Deep Robotics

Industrial inspection quadrupeds for power plants and mines

500+ enterprise clients — quadrupeds operating 24/7 in nuclear and mining sites

🐕 Legged Robots🌿 Field & Outdoor

Backed by: IDG Capital, Sequoia China

📍 Hangzhou, China · Est. 2017Website →
Series A$30M+

Kepler Robotics

Full-size humanoid targeting automotive factories

Forerunner K2 walking at 6 km/h — among fastest Chinese full-size humanoids

🧑‍🤖 Humanoid Robots⚙️ Industrial Robots

Backed by: Government funds

📍 Shanghai, China · Est. 2023Website →