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Top Robotics Companies

You may be thinking to yourself, Boy, is the robotics industry really that robust where it warrants a whole page dedicated just to its companies?

Absolutely it is. And, it’s growing rapidly.

Over the last century, the robotics industry has transformed our society; yet, robotics work isn’t mainstream and most robotics companies aren’t household names.

Robotics refers to the merging of computer science and different fields within engineering to create and use utilitarian robots. And, robotics companies have typically sold B2B products, up until recent years. Most operate in the background of businesses where consumers and customers don’t see their use. For example, in 1961 Ford began using robots on their assembly floors to speed up construction of vehicles, reach places that human arms couldn’t fit and get exact, error-free measurements. Nowadays, robots are making their way onto the frontlines of several industries, not just automobile manufacturing.

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Top Robotics Companies

Best Companies in Robotics

The companies listed below were named winners in the 2022 Powderkeg Unvalley Awards. Awards data was validated by CLA, a top 10 accounting firm and Powderkeg National Corporate Member.
6 River Systems
Waltham - 6 River Systems mission is to redefine fulfillment automation for e-commerce and retail operations. 6 River Systems was founded in 2015 by former Kiva Systems and Mimio executives and is based in Boston. We are currently working with select customers on pilots through 2016
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ABB
Zürich - ABB - DODGE Mechanical Power Transmission Division provides its customers the most comprehensive Transmission & Distribution offering for all industries.
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Aescape
New York - Aescape is a changing the world one body at a time
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Alert Innovation
Billerica - Alert Innovation is a start-up, with a mission to re-invent retailing through robotics.
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Amazon Robotics
North Reading - Amazon Robotics was founded in 2003 on the notion that in order to meet consumer demands in eCommerce, a better approach to order fulfillment solutions was necessary. Today, the company is revolutionizing Amazon’s operations across the globe. As Amazon’s largest east coast research and development organization, Amazon Robotics is growing faster than at any time in the company’s history, increasing in size and expanding our technology charter.
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American Robotics
Marlborough - American Robotics is an industrial drone developer that specializes in rugged, real-world environments. Through innovations in robot autonomy, machine vision, edge computing, and AI it has created a fully-automated drone capable of continuous, unattended operation. In January 2021, American Robotics became the first company approved by the FAA to operate fully-automated drones with no humans on-site, representing an historic milestone for the commercial drone industry. The company was founded by Carnegie Mellon and Stanford roboticists with a shared vision for bringing robotic technology out of the lab and into the real world. American Robotics was established in 2016 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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AMP Robotics
Louisville - AMP Robotics creates a scalable robotic system that reduces the cost of recycling and enables smart recycling facilities. AMP Robotics' solution is a combination of computer vision and machine learning with robots that can identify and rapidly pick recyclable materials off a conveyor belt for market and recovery. AMP Robotics automates the identification, sorting, and processing of material streams to extract value for material recovery facilities (MRFs) that process municipal solid waste, construction and demolition, e-waste, and auto-shredding. The company's engineering design reduces the cost of capital investment with modular implementation easily dropping into existing facility infrastructure without costly retrofits or interruption to operations. AMP Robotics was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.
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Anduril
Irvine - Anduril Industries is a defense product company that builds technology for military agencies and border surveillance. Anduril commits top technical talent to solving the most complex national security challenges. We’re building the next generation of technology that will aid and protect those who serve on the front lines defending the nation and its interests. Our mission is to develop cutting edge technology that enables America and its allies to maintain global leadership now and into the future.
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Applied Minds
Glendale - Founded in 2000, Applied Minds draws on the talents of nearly 150 employees and a network of subject matter experts to innovate by melding art, design, science, and engineering. We help organizations ask the right questions and then provide unexpected, yet powerful solutions. With a passion for inventing the future for our clients, we bring together brilliant and creative people from numerous disciplines into multidisciplinary teams to work on projects such as autonomous systems, command centers, modeling and simulation systems, robotics, spacecraft, UAVs, user experiences, vehicles, and more. Equipped with outstanding tools and technology, collaborative spaces, an art department, and advanced fabrication and prototyping facilities, we work in an informal, creative environment that blurs the lines between disciplines. If you have exceptional talent and passion, join Applied Minds and help us create for the ages.
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Ashling Partners
Chicago - Ashling Partners is a professional services & technology firm that drives efficiency gains and process improvement through Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Process Discovery, and targeted Artificial Intelligence (AI). We work with leading intelligent process automation technologies to drive continual process improvement and better employee engagement for our clients.
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Aurora Flight Sciences
Manassas - Aurora Flight Sciences designs and builds aerospace vehicles for commercial and military applications. Aurora is headquartered in Manassas, VA, and operates production facilities in Bridgeport, WV, and Columbus, MS as well as a Research and Development Center in Cambridge, MA.
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Autel Robotics
Bothell - Autel Robotics specializes in the sale of drone and aerial photography devices. Their selection of quadcopters and flying/remote control GoPro camera systems provide superior aerial imaging, filming and photography solutions.
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Auterion
Moorpark - The ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and apps within a single easy to use platform. At Auterion we care about providing enterprise and government with an ecosystem of software-defined drones, payloads, and third party applications within a single easy to use platform based on open-source standards. We’re leaders in an open-source movement bigger than ourselves that works together to meet the needs of enterprises, government, and drone manufacturers. We believe in openness, partnership, engineering excellence, and empowering the drone industry. With offices in California and R&D in Switzerland, we’ve raised $25M in venture-backed funding. Today, our software platforms powers the drones of some of the leaders in the industry, including General Electric (GE) Aviation, Quantum Systems, Freefly Systems, Avy, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
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Autonomous Marine Systems
Somerville - Low-cost, self-powered ocean surface drones, deployed in fleets that form an intelligent sensor network to collect and transmit marine data
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Berkshire Grey
Bedford - Berkshire Grey develops a materials handling system intended to automate omnichannel fulfillment. Its system utilizes artificial intelligence, computer vision, machine learning, and novel sensing to deploy intelligent robotic systems that automate tasks never before performed by machines in commercial settings, enabling customers to achieve higher accuracy and throughput speeds than traditional approaches as well as handle the broadest assortment of products, packaging, and parcels with ease.
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Boston Dynamics
Waltham - Boston Dynamics is an engineering company that specializes in building dynamic robots and software for human simulation. The company began as a spin-off from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where National Academy of Engineering member Marc Raibert and his colleagues first developed robots that ran and maneuvered like animals. Organizations worldwide, from DARPA, the US Army, Navy and Marine Corps to Sony Corporation turn to Boston Dynamics for advice and for help creating the most advanced robots on Earth. In addition, Boston Dynamics is the home of DI-Guy, real-time Human Simulation, and Artificial Intelligence software, the leading solution in the VizSim market.
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Bowery Farming
New York - Bowery is the modern farming company growing the purest produce imaginable. It is on a mission to grow food for a better future by revolutionizing agriculture. By combining the benefits of the best local farms with advances made possible by technology, our indoor farms create the ideal conditions to grow post-organic produce you can feel good about eating. BoweryOS, its proprietary software system, uses vision systems, automation technology, and machine learning to monitor plants and all the variables that drive their growth 24/7. Because they control the entire process from seed to store, Bowery farms use zero pesticides, 95% less water, and are 100+ times more productive on the same footprint of land than traditional agriculture. Its produce is currently available at select Whole Foods and Foragers stores in the Tristate area and featured on the menus of Tom Colicchio’s New York restaurants Craft and Fowler & Wells.
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BP3 Global
Austin - BP3 gives people faster ways to get things done. We streamline and automate the processes that drive everything from customer experience to employee productivity. It’s no secret that companies are riddled with all kinds of broken processes, but the real shocker is that many of the so-called solutions are just as broken as the process they’re trying to fix. To create more successful, lasting efficiencies, BP3 brings more focus, more foresight, and more follow-up to every project. It’s how we’ve achieved an unprecedented 99.9% success rate, and why some of the world’s most respected brands -- such as eBay, Charter, Whole Foods, and other -- rely on BP3.
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Branch Technology
Branch Technology is a diverse team of architects, programmers, mechanical engineers, mathematicians, and industrial designers focused on the common goal of revolutionizing the built environment. We use our patented Freeform 3D printing technology in our Cellular Fabrication (C-Fab®) process to additively manufacture mass-customized construction components that bring unprecedented design freedom and resource stewardship to the construction industry.
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BREAKFAST
BREAKFAST specializes in inventing and producing products and experiences that better connect the real world to online content. The best way to get to know us is via http://breakfastny.com or http://www.youtube.com/user/BreakfastNewYork
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CANVAS Technology
Boulder - CANVAS Technology is a robotics company with a mission to provide end-to-end autonomous delivery of goods. We’re creating safe and powerful autonomous technology that can power both indoor and outdoor driving.
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Carbon Robotics
Carbon Robotics makes advanced robotics dramatically more accessible to help solve some of society's most intractable problems.
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Coco
Santa Monica - Coco is dedicated to perfecting the last-mile delivery experience. We strongly believe the delivery service industry in its current state is massively under-serving merchants, and we are committed to creating a frictionless, reliable, consistent, and sustainable delivery experience for merchants and their customers in cities everywhere.
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Continuous Composites
Continuous Composites offers the most advanced composites and additive manufacturing solution, Continuous Fiber 3D printing (CF3D).
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Corvus Robotics
Boston - Advanced inventory & inspection solution for warehouse and manufacturing facilities.
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CreateMe Technologies LLC
New York - Founded in 2018, CreateMe develops cutting-edge proprietary customization technology - delivering personalized, one-of-a-kind apparel and accessories, at speed and scale. Our team of experts is based in New York City with a manufacturing R&D lab in San Francisco. We're looking for talent - come join our team.
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Dexai Robotics
Somerville - Dexai automates activities in commercial kitchens and the food industry more broadly. The company specializes in the fields of robotics, machine vision, machine learning, AI, food service, automation, and restaurant equipment. Dexai was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Diligent Robotics
Austin - Diligent Robotics develops technically advanced robots with mobile manipulation, social intelligence, and human-guided learning capabilities to collaborate with and adapt to humans in everyday environments. Diligent Robotics' service robots are designed to participate and work together with teams of humans. The company's first product, Moxi, is a hospital robot assistant that helps clinical staff with logistical tasks, allowing them to have more time on direct patient care, improving patient satisfaction, quality of service, and safety.
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DroneDeploy
San Francisco - DroneDeploy is a provider of cloud-control software solutions for drones which include automated flight safety checks, workflows, and real-time mapping and data processing.The company has partnered with leading drone manufacturers like DJI to provide its software to end users in a variety of industries, including agriculture, real estate, mining, construction and many other commercial and consumer arenas. DroneDeploy is compatible with any drone.
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DroneSense
Austin - DroneSense offers a drone software platform tailored for the unique needs of the public safety market. Our comprehensive solution equips first responders with a complete tool set that expands situational awareness and acts as a force multiplier. Simultaneously the platform seamlessly addresses risk management and is a full system of record for regulatory compliance. We offer advanced methods to collaborate on-scene or offsite with multiple stakeholders, and everything is functional offline first. Our mission-critical platform solves the challenges of scale and operational deployment across an entire organization, ultimately leading to more saved lives. Drones are a game-changer for the way first responders carry out their various missions. DroneSense is here to serve as an integral part of this evolution in public safety. Please contact us to learn more or visit www.dronesense.com.
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Elementary Robotics
South Pasadena - Elementary is a full-stack robotics startup that tackles Machine Learning for robotic hardware from the ground up with the goal to create assistive tools to improve the human output of repetitive tasks. The company's easy-to-use software, deep learning AI, and camera systems are built to capture visual data, deliver fast and reliable real-time judgments, and provide lasting value to the business. Elementary builds a hardware and software platform for applying machine learning and computer vision for intelligent automation of quality and traceability workflows in manufacturing and logistics. Elementary Robotics was established in 2017 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Endeavor Robotics
Bedford - Endeavor Robotics brings an established leadership team with decades of experience in the mobile robot industry, the best roboticists who collaborate with end-users to develop robots for worldwide markets, and veteran field service engineers who keep you in the fight. For more than 15 years, with deployments worldwide, operations in areas of conflict and in response to natural disasters, Endeavor Robotics has specialized in delivering battle-hardened and adaptable robotics. We are committed to working with industry leaders and partners to deliver innovative, reliable and the easiest to operate robot solutions.
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Evention LLC
Chicago - Evention LLC, based in Chicago, IL, is a leading edge software company focused on automating back-office processes. Evention takes pride in reinventing legacy manual processes with modern automation. Evention has automated gratuity payroll, cash management, group billing, and credit card reconciliation in various verticals, including retail, hospitality, grocery, casino, convenience store, theatre, and others.
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First Mode
Seattle - First Mode is revolutionizing the design, engineering, and development of technology for industries on and off the planet. First Mode harnesses the tools and technologies developed for the robotic exploration of the solar system and adapts them to mission critical and safety critical projects on Earth, Mars, the Moon, and other planetary bodies.
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FLX Solutions
Bethlehem - Solving real world problems with cutting edge robotics.
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Fox Robotics
Austin - Fox Robotics is a platform the engineers and manufactures autonomous forklifts that specialize in trailer unloading.
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Gamma 2 Robotics
Denver - GAMMA TWO, INC., was incorporated in Colorado on June 23, 2003 as the continuation of Gunderson and Gunderson, Inc., a business formed in 1997. The corporation was organized to provide advanced artificial intelligence software to businesses in the financial and logistics sectors. In the process there was continuing research into computational models of real world behavior, that resulted in a number of proprietary algorithms which enable computers to recognize and reason about the world in a manner based on biological principles.
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Gecko Robotics
Pittsburgh - Gecko Robotics develops and operates robots to automate infrastructure inspections. Today, Gecko is focusing on industrial plant inspections using non-destructive testing technology. Every year, over $100 Billion is spent on industrial maintenance. Gecko has developed wall-climbing robots that dramatically reduce downtime resulting in millions saved. Traditionally, these inspections were done by humans resulting in death and injury. Gecko Robotics uses revolutionary robotics technology for industrial infrastructure inspections. The company's wall-climbing robots and inspection teams perform non-destructive testing for clients across the globe. It protects and maintains civilization’s most critical infrastructure through machines and platforms. Gecko’s robots are about enabling industrial companies to carry out regular inspections and capture data at a speed and scale that existing manual methods would be incapable of and minimize the need for humans to engage in hazardous activities to inspect hard-to-reach equipment. Gecko Robotics was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Ginkgo Bioworks
Boston - Ginkgo Bioworks is a developer of biological engineering products and custom microbes across multiple markets. It designs, engineer, develops, tests, and licenses organisms. It discovers molecules in flavors, sweeteners, cosmetic ingredients, crop treatments, and pharmaceuticals. Gingko Bioworks also provides probiotic bacteria to protect the body from dangerous infections, and it generates libraries of molecules. It serves cultured ingredients, carbon mitigation, probiotics, and natural product discovery markets.
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Harvest Automation
Billerica - Robots are powering the next innovation surge in Industry. Harvest Automation is a material handling company that develops and manufactures robots to address some of the most challenging issues facing the world. Backed by a team of world-class robotics innovators, Harvest Automation has released the first flexible, scalable robots for Agriculture and Distribution & Fulfillment.   Harvest enables operators to create a sustainable workforce of robots working safely alongside people. Our robots increase productivity in a cost effective, flexible and scalable way.
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Honeybee Robotics
Longmont - Honeybee Robotics creates advanced robotic systems for the world's most demanding environments and applications. We are an R&D engineering company that creates unique solutions for our customers' challenges, on Earth and in space. Our robotic solutions are designed to enhance the user experience and extend capabilities beyond what's currently possible. Industries we serve include spacecraft, planetary exploration, defense robotics, medical devices, mining, oil & gas, and utility infrastructure. We make next-generation applications a reality through creative, collaborative engineering that combines the best minds with the best technology. As an R&D service provider, we are deeply committed to delivering results for our customers and partners, from early-stage feasibility studies, to prototyping, to production and product validation. Since 1983, we have completed more than 300 advanced projects for NASA, the US Department of Defense, academia, industry and others. Contact us today if you need an R&D partner to accomplish your goals.
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Humatics
Waltham - Humatics’ breakthrough microlocation system and analytics software comprise a Spatial Intelligence Platform™ that will revolutionize how people and machines locate, navigate and collaborate. A single Humatics system, using simple, inexpensive radio-frequency technology, can pinpoint multiple, moving transponder targets at ranges up to thirty meters with millimeter-scale precision, vastly outperforming existing systems at a fraction of the cost. These systems can network together to provide broader, ultra-precise positioning coverage – from factory work cells to entire distribution centers and beyond. With its extensible architecture and application programming interfaces (APIs), the Spatial Intelligence Platform™ will power an ecosystem of new position-based products and services. Humatics was founded in 2015 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor David Mindell and technology industry veteran Gary Cohen. Headquartered in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Humatics has grown to include a world-class team of radar experts, programmers, roboticists, software engineers, and product development leaders.
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ICON
Austin - ICON develops advanced construction technologies that advance humanity. Using proprietary 3D printing robotics, software, and advanced materials, ICON is shifting the paradigm of home building on Earth and beyond. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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iHerb
Pasadena - iHerb is one of the largest US-based e-commerce retailers offering 30,000 products from 1,200 top brands to millions of customers around the world. iHerb ships directly from GMP certified, state-of-the-art climate controlled warehouses to customers in 188 countries and territories. Since 1996, iHerb has continued to innovate in bringing the highest quality products, at the best possible value, delivered with the most convenient customer experience.
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inVia Robotics
Westlake Village - inVia Robotics provides the next generation of robotics warehouse automation solutions for e-commerce distribution centers and supply chains. As the developer of the world's first "Robotics-as-a-Service" autonomous mobile robot picking and goods-to-person system, inVia is powering the future of warehouse productivity without disrupting the ecosystem of a business's operations.
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iRobot
Bedford - iRobot designs and builds robots that empower people to do more. The company's home robots help people find smarter ways to clean and accomplish more in their daily lives. iRobot's portfolio of solutions features proprietary technologies for the connected home and advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificial intelligence. iRobot was founded in 1990 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology roboticists with the vision of making practical robots a reality. iRobot's home robots are revolutionizing the way people clean – inside and out. More than 15 million home robots have been sold worldwide. The award-winning iRobot Roomba® Vacuum Cleaning Robot is leading the charge. Roomba made practical robots a reality for the first time and showed the world that robots are here to stay. iRobot's acclaimed line of home robots also includes the iRobot Scooba® Floor Scrubbing Robot, the iRobot Braava™ Floor Mopping Robot, the iRobot Mirra™ Pool Cleaning Robot and the iRobot Looj® Gutter Cleaning Robot. In 2015, iRobot generated $617 million in revenue and employed more than 600 of the robot industry's top professionals, including mechanical, electrical and software engineers and related support staff. iRobot stock trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol IRBT. iRobot's corporate headquarters are located in Bedford, Mass. The company also has offices in California, the United Kingdom, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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KeyMe Locksmiths
Jersey City - KeyMe is a mobile app that allows users to store, share, and duplicate their physical keys based on a digital image. The company provides an app for copying keys and robotic kiosks for new key fabrication. It offers customers a one-stop solution for all their locksmith needs ranging from lockouts and re-keys to complex installations and custom jobs. KeyMe smart kiosks are deployed in over 2,500 locations across leading retailers across 46 states, including (alphabetically): Acme, Albertsons, AutoZone, Bed Bath & Beyond, Brookfield, Dillons, Foodmaxx, Foodtown, Frys, Giant Eagle, GGP, Harmon Face Values, IKEA, Jewel-Osco, JLL Properties, Kmart, Kroger, Mall of America, Navarro, Ralphs Grocery, Randalls, Rite Aid, Safeway, Save-A-Lot, Save Mart, Sears, Simon Malls, Smith’s Food & Drug, Starwood, Tom Thumb, UNFI, Vons and 7-Eleven, among others. KeyMe kiosks are the first and only kiosks with the ability to duplicate the majority of vehicles and RFID keys on the market. The smart kiosks copy most keys in under 30 seconds, at a rate that is 10 times more accurate than the industry average. KeyMe investors include Battery Ventures, BlackRock, Comcast Ventures, Questmark Partners, Ravin Gandhi, River Park Ventures, and White Star Capital.
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Krayden, Inc.
Westminster - Krayden, Inc. is one of the largest technical distributors of advanced technologies in adhesives, sealants, coatings and lubrication. Our family of premier lines represent the cutting edge in innovative chemistries. No matter what your challenge is, we've likely seen it and we can help. Our global staff of Sales Engineers will leverage the industry's leading Suppliers to help identify your pain points and find creative ways to resolve issues. Operating in the Aerospace, Transportation, Electrical, Energy and General Industrial spaces, we provide our customers with practical, economic and performance benefits and leverage a global distribution network with boots on the ground local support. We work with the industry's top customer base, and we're confident we can help you too. For more information, visit Krayden, Inc. at https://krayden.com.
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Left Hand Robotics
Longmont - Left Hand Robotics has developed the first commercial-class, self-driving snow clearing robot capable of removing snow from sidewalks and walkways. The SnowBot Pro is controlled and monitored remotely from an online management dashboard and uses GPS to follow a pre-programmed path. Its rotating brush clears a sidewalk from edge-to-edge in a single pass to meet even the highest standards.
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Locus Robotics
Wilmington - Locus Robotics manufactures autonomous, mobile robots to support e-commerce for retailers and warehouse logistics providers. Its technology works collaboratively alongside workers to dramatically improve order productivity and increase fulfillment speed and throughput 2X-3X with near-perfect order accuracy, to ensure that consumers receive their orders as quickly and accurately as possible. It was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts.
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Medrobotics
Raynham - Medrobotics is a medical robotics company developing and commercializing the Flex Robotic System. It manufactures and markets the Flex Robotic System, the first robotic surgical platform with a steerable and shapeable robotic scope. Its platform offers surgeons the unique ability to navigate complex anatomy through a single, small entry point while operating in hard-to-reach anatomical locations that might otherwise be inaccessible with straight, rigid surgical tools.
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Miso Robotics
Pasadena - Miso Robotics develops and manufactures artificial intelligence-driven robots that assist chefs to make food at restaurants. The robots help chefs in preparation work, grilling, frying, and final assembly in commercial kitchens. The company offers Flippy, a burger-grilling robot, which grabs unwrapped burger patties, moves them into position on a hot grill, keeps track of each burger’s cook-time and temperature, then alerts human cooks when it’s time to apply cheese or other toppings. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Pasadena, California.
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Misty Robotics Inc.
Boulder - Misty Robotics, a spinoff of Sphero, is a hardware company that builds personal robots for homes and offices. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Misty Robotics is building the robot for everyone. Misty Robotics’ vision is to put personal robots in every home and office. These robots will be seen and treated as our friends, our teammates, and a part of our families -- performing helpful tasks, providing safety, and interacting with humans in entertaining and friendly ways that have only been seen before in science fiction.
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Modular Robotics
Boulder - Modular Robotics makes robot construction kits made of modular magnetic blocks that can be assembled to create small self-powered robots. They combine sensors, logic, and actuator blocks that young kids can create simple reconfigurable robots that exhibit surprisingly complex behavior. Cubelets are 40mm plastic cubes with magnetic connectors, just pick them up and start building. MOSS connects using steel spheres and lets kids make robots that slither, drive, and glow. It was founded in 2008 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.
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Nemedio
Nemedio is a medical device manufacturing company that provides solutions to accelerate development times for medical technologies. It also provides the framework, process, tools, knowledge, and connections to go from prototype to market for traditional, high-tech, and robotic medical devices. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
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Neurala
Boston - Neurala is the company behind The Neurala Brain—deep learning neural network software that makes smart products like cameras, robots, drones, toys and self-driving cars more autonomous and useful. Unlike traditional AI companies, which designed for super computers connected to the Internet, our first project was for NASA to be used for autonomous planetary exploration. Super computers were not available. Battery life was limited. Fast internet access was impossible. Our deep learning neural networks had to be lightweight and perform in real-time without ground intervention. With our constraints, we modeled the Neurala Brain on animal brains because animal brains are highly efficient “computers” that do more in less space and with less power consumption than the computers we use today. The brain also knows how to use eyes (cameras) and ears (microphones). This approach worked and we are now bringing The Neurala Brain to market. Our smart, fast, anywhere brain works on systems from single board computers to large servers.
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Newlab
New York - Newlab is a singular community of experts and innovators applying transformative technology to solve the world's biggest challenges. Newlab membership and studios bring together entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors and industry leaders to create sustainable solutions and enterprises. Newlab employs technologies including robotics, AI and material science to transform what matters most—health, environment, media, cities, and infrastructure.
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Nividous Software Solutions
Mumbai - Nividous, a global intelligent automation company, is passionate about enabling organizations to work at their peak efficiency. We, at Nividous, realized quite early that automation must be approached holistically and not siloed. This is why from day one we have focused on building a comprehensive business automation platform that harnesses the power of RPA, AI, and BPM. Having these three key pillars natively available in our platform is our key differentiator. At Nividous, we are proud of the fact that we have 100% customer retention, and we are being recognized by leading industry analysts across the globe. Our endeavor is and will remain, continuous innovation in our products and services to help our customers improve their competitive advantages.
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NovaSignal
Los Angeles - NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow.
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OnRobot
Odense - On Robot manufactures robot equipment for automation tasks throughout the industry. It provides plug and produce end-of-arm tools and software solutions that help manufacturers take full advantage of the benefits of collaborative robots. The company integrates grippers, sensors, and other cobot equipment to facilitate the use of technology in applications such as packaging, quality testing, material handling, machine tending, assembly, and welding. On Robot was founded in 2015 and is based in Odense, Denmark.
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Opentrons Labworks
OpenTrons is a developer of a pipetting robot technology designed to automate experiments. The company's technology is automated laboratory equipment that automates experiments by using Python language, enabling scientific researchers to make the process faster and less tiresome.
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Ori
Boston - Established in 1996, Office Resources has since grown to become one of Knoll's largest contract furniture dealers in North America. ORI has an unmatched record of achievement over the past 20 years in the arena of executing projects of various sizes and complexities and we continuously strive to recognize the needs of our clients and understand the importance of a reliable and experienced furniture dealer. Whether servicing a bank or an advertising start up, Office Resources creates tailored solutions that meet the budget and timeline of our clients. We are committed to the design of spaces that will increase productivity, collaboration, and innovation. As a full-service office furniture company, we are focused on space planning, design, project management, delivery and installation. ORI has been providing exceptional product, reliable service and experienced design and project management to clients in corporate, higher education, healthcare and more. Office Resources is headquartered in Boston, MA with locations in New York, NY, Portland, ME, Portsmouth, NH and Shrewsbury, MA.
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Ori, Inc
Boston - Ori is a smart space company that empowers people to get the most out of their living areas through the design of multi-functional, robotic-powered interior solutions. We partner with real estate developers, builders, property managers, and architects to optimize the square footage of the built environments they shape in order to create urban housing and spaces that are flexible, intelligent, sustainable and affordable. We believe we should expect more from our spaces.
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Outrider
Golden - Outrider, the pioneer in autonomous yard operations for logistics hubs, helps large enterprises improve safety and increase efficiency. The only company exclusively focused on automating all aspects of yard operations, Outrider eliminates manual tasks that are hazardous and repetitive. Outrider’s mission is to drive the rapid adoption of sustainable freight transportation by deploying zero-emission systems. Outrider is a private company backed by NEA, 8VC, Koch Disruptive Technologies, and other top-tier investors. For more information, visit www.outrider.ai
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Owl Labs
Boston - Owl Labs is a collaborative tech company revolutionizing how the world communicates through inclusive and immersive video experiences. Built for modern organizations, we’re dedicated to empowering hybrid and remote teams with our award-winning collaborative technology and product suite.
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Ozobot
Redondo Beach - Ozobot makes coding robots for the next generation of creators. Evo and Bit are one inch robots packed with technology that can be coded two ways: online with the OzoBlockly code editor and screen-free with Ozobot’s patented Color Codes. Evo is app-connected and updatable, a creative companion that grows with you and empowers you to play games, create with code, and share your ideas. Bit, the original Ozobot, was launched in 2014 as a great way to get started learning and loving robots. Ozobot’s robots are used in over 10,000 schools and the company’s mission is to inspire children to take the leap from consuming technology to creating technology.
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Parallel
Culver City - Parallel Systems designs an autonomous, zero-emissions freight transportation system. The company believes the future of freight transportation should be fast, inexpensive, and clean, while also reducing congestion on the highways. Parallel Systems was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Perceptive Automata
Boston - Perceptive Automata is solving what is often described as the hardest of the hard problems for automated driving: human behavior prediction technology for the safe large-scale rollout of highly automated (L2/3) and autonomous (L4/5) vehicles, especially in urban areas. The company enables those vehicles to understand what people might do next so they can navigate safely and smoothly around humans, including pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers. The level of understanding of our human-like AI goes well beyond what standard physics-based approaches can deliver, including information that can’t be gained any other way. Importantly, in addition to increased safety, we enable a much more natural and smooth human-like driving of L4/5 autonomous vehicles. This is essential for autonomous vehicles to be accepted into a human-dominated road environment and also by passengers of robotaxi services. Without this capability autonomous vehicles simply will not function well enough. Perceptive Automata is working with OEMs, suppliers, and tech companies that are building or integrating ADAS and autonomous driving systems. The team is comprised of Harvard, MIT, and Stanford neuroscientists and AI experts working out of offices in Boston and Silicon Valley.
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Piaggio Fast Forward
Boston - Piaggio Fast Forward is a new technology and design company that was established in 2015 by the Piaggio Group, the manufacturers of Vespa, Aprilia, Moto Guzzi, Derbi and Gilera. PFF was established with an open mandate to re-think smart mobility platforms in a world where city navigation and short-distance transportation are rapidly changing. We’re a highly creative, motivated, interdisciplinary team of innovators committed to building lightweight, semi-autonomous and entirely self driving mobility platforms that easily, safely and efficiently move people and goods in urban settings
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PickNik Robotics
Boulder - We are robotic software experts, available to create, integrate, patch, or provide training for your robotic applications. We have particular expertise in the Robotic Operating System (ROS). To see our full list of services, see: https://picknik.ai/services/
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Picnic
Seattle - Picnic is an innovator of food production technology and Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) solutions. Vivid Robotics, Inc. Picnic(hellopicnic.com), has collected an experienced team of food and technology industry veterans to develop and provide specialized intelligent technology and exclusive solutions for the food service and hospitality industries. Picnic's Pizza Production System is the first automated pizza system designed for commercial kitchen retrofit or new installations, producing hundreds of custom pizzas per hour with chef-chosen ingredients and recipes.
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Proprio, Inc.
Seattle - Proprio is a Seattle-based company utilizing machine learning, automated intelligence, and mixed-reality user interfaces to develop a next-generation surgical navigation and imaging platform to improve surgical accuracy, simplify surgical workflows, and improve patient outcomes. The solution they’re building supplants surgical microscopes, navigation systems, loupes, and screens, replacing surgical microscopes alone wouldn’t be a compelling enough goal for them though. Their greater vision is to move medicine out of the past and into a future that fully leverages not only existing technologies, like AR/VR but one where medical innovation can move at the pace of software development in other industries. In order to realize that future, they have to move away from a dependency on a ground glass, in the case of microscopes, and toward a focus on software and data, and leverage the emerging capabilities of computer vision and machine learning to enhance the combined performance of humans and computers.
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READY Robotics
Columbus - READY Robotics enables manufacturers to more easily deploy robots to the factory floor through a patented technology platform that combines a very easy to use programming interface and plug'n'play hardware. The company encourages manufacturers to be more competitive through the line of intuitive-to-use, easy to control industrial robotic software called Forge, which is a suite of products that requires minimum installation effort, no robotic or programming experience necessary. READY Robotics was founded on 2016 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
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Realtime Robotics
Boston - Realtime Robotics is a developer of a specialized processor for generating safe robot motion plans in micro-seconds. They are transforming automation in its broadest sense by enabling machines to recognize, respond and decide how and where to move in milliseconds, even in variable environments. Their RapidPlan processor harnesses cutting-edge computer processing and software to end the trade-off between speed and safety that’s holding automation back today. Realtime Robotics is resolving these limitations with specialized hardware enabling fast, collision-free motion in unstructured environments, enabling vastly broader applications of robotics in industry, and autonomous vehicles that drive naturally, enabling more rapid adoption and proliferation.
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Relativity Space
Long Beach - Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets. As a vertically integrated technology platform, Relativity is at the forefront of an inevitable shift toward software-defined manufacturing by fusing 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics. It offers a radically simplified supply chain, building a rocket with 100x fewer parts in less than 60 days. Relativity Space is backed by leading investors including Bond, Tribe Capital, Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, and Mark Cuban. Jordan Noone and Tim Ellis co-founded the company in Long Beach, California in 2016.
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Rethink Robotics
Bochum - Rethink Robotics helps manufacturers meet the challenges of an agile economy with an integrated workforce, combining trainable, safe and cost-effective robots with skilled labor. Its Baxter robot, driven by Intera, an advanced software platform, gives world-class manufacturers and distributors in automotive, plastics, consumer goods, electronics and more, a workforce multiplier that optimizes labor. With Rethink Robotics, manufacturers increase flexibility, lower costs and can invest in skilled labor—all advantages in fueling continuous innovation and sustainable competitive advantage. Committed to accelerating robotics innovation in manufacturing and beyond, Rethink Robotics’ Baxter Research Robot gives academic and corporate research environments a humanoid robot platform with integrated sensors and an open software development kit for creating custom applications. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company is funded by Bezos Expeditions, Charles River Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Sigma Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and Two Sigma Ventures.
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Rewalk Robotics
Marlborough - Rewalk Robotics, formerly Argo Medical Technologies develops, manufactures, and markets a walking system for persons with lower limb disabilities namely ReWalk. Its products include ReWalk Rehabilitation System and ReWalk Personal System. ReWalk Rehabilitation System allows walking, standing, sitting, and the capacity to ascend or descend stairs in the rehab center environment. The ReWalk Personal System is designed for everyday use in a range of environments. It can be used at home, work, or other locations and it functions outdoors and on different surfaces or terrains. The ReWalk Personal System allows sitting, standing, and turning as well as offers the ability to climb and descend stairs. The company changes the quality of life for individuals with lower limb disability by developing robotic technologies. Rewalk Robotics was founded on 2001 and is based in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
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RightHand Robotics
Somerville - Their robots grasp a wide variety of items from bins and cases. Their core technology enables them to do this automatically — without laborious data-entry or parameter-tuning — so they are inexpensive to set up and flexible to the changing needs of businesses.
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Root Robotics
Bedford - iRobot designs and builds robots that empower people to do more. The company's home robots help people find smarter ways to clean and accomplish more in their daily lives. iRobot's portfolio of solutions features proprietary technologies for the connected home and advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificial intelligence. iRobot was founded in 1990 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology roboticists with the vision of making practical robots a reality. iRobot's home robots are revolutionizing the way people clean – inside and out. More than 15 million home robots have been sold worldwide. The award-winning iRobot Roomba® Vacuum Cleaning Robot is leading the charge. Roomba made practical robots a reality for the first time and showed the world that robots are here to stay. iRobot's acclaimed line of home robots also includes the iRobot Scooba® Floor Scrubbing Robot, the iRobot Braava™ Floor Mopping Robot, the iRobot Mirra™ Pool Cleaning Robot and the iRobot Looj® Gutter Cleaning Robot. In 2015, iRobot generated $617 million in revenue and employed more than 600 of the robot industry's top professionals, including mechanical, electrical and software engineers and related support staff. iRobot stock trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the ticker symbol IRBT. iRobot's corporate headquarters are located in Bedford, Mass. The company also has offices in California, the United Kingdom, Shanghai and Hong Kong.
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Sarcos
Tacoma - Janitorial And Maintenance Products Tacoma, WA Sarco Supply.
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Scythe Robotics
Longmont - Left Hand Robotics has developed the first commercial-class, self-driving snow clearing robot capable of removing snow from sidewalks and walkways. The SnowBot Pro is controlled and monitored remotely from an online management dashboard and uses GPS to follow a pre-programmed path. Its rotating brush clears a sidewalk from edge-to-edge in a single pass to meet even the highest standards.
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Sea Machines Robotics
Boston - An autonomous technology company, Sea Machines Robotics builds autonomous control and navigation systems for the commercial marine and boating industries. It develops advanced control systems for boats and ships, and specialized unmanned surface vessels to enhance operational safety and productivity on the water. Sea Machines Robotics builds RC NXT, an autonomous control and remote command system for PLC-based wireless control of vessel in existing or new build marine vessels, such as work boats, tugs, and launches; and DP-NXT autonomous control system that upgrades traditional manually piloted vessels to be operated with a reduced or zero on-board crew. It offers solutions for various unmanned applications, such as unmanned bathymetric survey vessels, AUV-tender, unmanned visual inspection of subsea assets, mobile unmanned passive acoustic monitoring, and dual towing. Michaerl G. Johnson founded Sea Machines Robotics on January 4, 2014. It has its headquarters in Boston in Massachusetts.
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Shapeways
New York - Shapeways is a 3D printing marketplace and community. The NY-based company harnesses 3D printing to help anyone turn ideas into a physical reality, making product design more accessible, personal, and inspiring. Shapeways prints everything on-demand, which means that every order is customized and personalized. By providing a platform for community members to gain access to cutting-edge 3D printing technology and share their designs with the world, Shapeways is democratizing creation for everyone. Headquartered in New York with offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, Shapeways is a spin-out of the lifestyle incubator of Royal Philips Electronics. Investors include Union Square Ventures in New York and Index Ventures in London.
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SharkNinja
Needham - Euro-Pro HoldCo LLC, through SharkNinja, which carries out its core businesses, is a pioneer and market leader in producing highly-innovative household cleaning and kitchen small appliances from its headquarters in Needham, Massachusetts in the US. SharkNinja offers vacuums, hard floor cleaners and garment care products under the Shark brand as well as motorized kitchen appliances and drip coffee products under the Ninja brand.
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SIERA.AI
Austin - The Leader in Industrial Mobility Digitization & Automation.
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Soft Robotics
Bedford - Soft Robotics opens new markets to automation through the application and commercialization of its proprietary soft robotics technology. The business end of a robotic arm is the gripper. The March 2105 edition of Modern Materials Handling best describes the challenge when they wrote: “Perhaps more than any other element of robotic development in warehousing and distribution, the end-of-arm tooling, or gripper, is the place that can make or break a robot’s success.” Advancing gripper technology is the key to unlocking a new age of automation. An age where they can automate tote pick and pack for grocery distribution, bin picking of soft and delicate parts, e-commerce order fulfillment, fruit harvesting, luggage handling, and consumer goods packaging. The US fresh produce packing market alone represents a $27 billion retail market searching for automation solutions. Soft Robotics has demonstrated the ability to bring robotic product handling and packaging to this market. These are problems of adaptability, complexity, and cost. The search for a more adaptable gripper has driven up the complexity of design to devices like servo grippers and complicated tool changing requirements. This complexity comes at a high price in gripper cost, the need for larger arms, and complex software and hardware integration. Their revolutionary soft robotic technology, covered by more than 40 patents and applications, enables us to design and manufacture soft robotic hands that address the new unstructured world of automation and logistics. Through their propriety knowledge of actuator geometry, material selection, and operating envelope, they can tune actuators to be force limiting with NO CLOSED LOOP FEEDBACK system required. Soft Robotics brings the highest level of adaptability, while lowering system complexity and total system cost. The adaptive nature of their technology allows a single grasper to handle an unprecedented range of objects, regardless of shape, size, or weight, with no tool or software changes between cycles. We’ve demonstrated the ability to grasp bags of rice, raw food, bars of soap, boxes of toothpaste, and clothing all with a single device. But soft does not mean weak. Their technology has the ability to scale from the smallest to the largest task. The result is an automation solution that can pack a tote for retail distribution, pick fruit off the vine, or easily handle a ten pound kettle bell. They have demonstrated the speed and precision necessary to integrate into the factories and warehouses of today and the future, operating at speeds up to 130 picks per minute.Their system is plug and play with the most common industrial robots using industry standard protocols and vision systems.They have designed the system to be “robot and vision agnostic,” allowing the system to quickly and seamlessly integrate with the full range of robots, from small collaborative systems to high speed industrial packing cells. Soft Robotics launched their industrial product at Automate 2015 in March 2015, Their produce handling system in June 2015, and started shipping in June 2015. They are now selling systems to their pilot customers. Soft Robotics is foundational technology that solves the problems of today and unlocks the future of automation.
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Sphero
Boulder - Inspiring the creators of tomorrow.
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Spyce
Somerville - Spyce is the restaurant that’s reimagining cooking and serving up next-level deliciousness. With an impressive lineup of globally-inspired seasonal salads and warm bowls, Spyce takes an innovative approach to dining with an automated cooking platform. Spyce was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA, USA.
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Takeoff Technologies
Waltham - Takeoff is helping grocers thrive in e-Commerce. Its automated grocery fulfillment solution was created by grocers, for grocers. It is the only eGrocery model that helps grocers not only embrace eGroceries, but thrive in an online grocery market. Together, it can lower users' last-mile and assembly costs, giving them the flexibility that they need to grow with their customers. The time is ripe for e-Groceries!
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The Drone Racing League
New York - The Drone Racing League is the global, professional drone racing property for elite pilots.
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TMRW Life Sciences
New York - TMRW is a life sciences technology company setting new standards for transparency, safety, and accountability in IVF and cell management. TMRW's platform, the world's first automated cryo-management for eggs and embryos, provides a complete digital chain of custody fully integrated with a robotic storage and monitoring solution. This is in contrast to the manual and analog methods that have gone unchanged throughout the history of IVF. With TMRW's platform, clinics significantly reduce the chances of potentially devastating errors. The TMRW team includes celebrated innovators in fertility, embryology, cryo-management, automation, software development, and robotics. TMRW is founded by Joshua Abram, Alan Murray, and Dr. Jeffrey Port in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.
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Tortuga AgTech
Denver - We provide harvesting and other services to fruit & vegetable farmers through our robotics and software.
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Trimble, Inc
Sunnyvale - Trimble applies technology to make field and mobile workers in businesses and government significantly more productive. Solutions are focused on applications requiring position or location—including surveying, construction, agriculture, fleet and asset management, public safety and mapping. In addition to utilizing positioning technologies, such as GPS, lasers and optics, Trimble solutions may include software content specific to the needs of the user. Wireless technologies are utilized to deliver the solution to the user and to ensure a tight coupling of the field and the back office. Founded in 1978, Trimble is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
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UBTECH North America Research and Development Center
Shenzhen - UBTech Robotics designs, manufactures, and sells humanoid robots. It offers Alpha 1 Pro, a humanoid robot for entertainment and education, Jimu Robot, an interactive robotic building block system that lets kids build robots, Cruzr, a cloud-based intelligent humanoid robot that provides service applications for industries and domestic environments, and Lynx, a robot with Amazon Alexa feautures. UBTech serves customers through dealers in Germany, the United States, India, Norway, France, Italy, and other countries. Jian Zhou founded UBTech in 2012, with its headquarters in Shenzhen in China and an additional office in Los Angeles in California.
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UiPath
New York - UiPath designs and develops robotic process automation software. The platform offers foolproof development tools, automation of intricate processes, enhanced control, cloud and on-premise deployment, robust governance, and multiple robots on a single virtual machine. UiPath was founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, United States.
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Vecna Robotics
Waltham - Vecna Robotics delivers Automated Material Handling, Hybrid Fulfillment, and Workflow Optimization solutions featuring self-driving vehicles operated by our learning Autonomy Stack. Our solutions deliver value for customers in the distribution, e-commerce, warehousing, and manufacturing sectors. Our unique orchestration engine technology, Pivot.al, allows diverse robot types and humans to work together seamlessly and to flexibly yield an adaptive business solution, capable of meeting the increasingly unpredictable market needs. Our technology goes beyond traditional automation and focuses on maximizing human and robot capability to create fulfilling jobs, increase productivity, and encourage innovation. For more information visit www.vecnarobotics.com or contact team@vecnarobotics.com
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Veo Robotics
Waltham - Veo Robotics is transforming manufacturing with products that incorporate advanced computer vision, 3D sensing, and AI. Their first product lets high-performance industrial robots work collaboratively with people to enable much more flexible, productive, and efficient manufacturing workcells.
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Vicarious Surgical
Waltham - Vicarious Surgical is a next generation robotics company developing a disruptive technology with the goal of increasing the efficiency of surgical procedures, improving patient outcomes and reducing healthcare costs.
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Volta Labs
Halifax - Volta, cofounded by GoInstant CEO Jevon MacDonald, emphasizes a founder-first, quality-over-quantity approach to building startups. “It’s all about the founders," says MacDonald. “We want to create world-class founders, who in turn will create world-class companies, right here in Halifax." Although it sounds like an accelerator, Volta insists otherwise: "We are a place of mentorship and community and we are not an accelerator," the site reads. Their goal is to provide mentorship, encourage new startups, develop growth in existing startups, develop support frameworks, and create a brand seen as "a beacon of the Atlantic startup community." Currently, Volta has 13 companies involved in its system, either as tenants or common space members. Those companies include TitanFile, FundMetric, and IntroHive. The non-accelerator is backed by big names including Omers and Deloitte.
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Robotics in the 21st Century

The robotics industry has accelerated dramatically in the last decade to make its way into the consumer devices and home goods spaces. Leading tech companies like Amazon, Apple and Google have voice-recognition devices that act as assistants inside your home. They play music, read the news, report the weather, answer questions, among other mundane tasks. Even with voice-recognition devices, society has seen a massive transformation and innovation in a short amount of time.

Robotics companies are changing the way we manufacture products, deliver goods, and live our lives. Some well-known and even publicly traded robotics companies include SoftBank (SFTBY), iRobot, Amazon and Stryker.

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SoftBank Robotics’s acquisition of Boston Dynamics in 2017 from Google set off a flurry of innovations and viral videos depicting robots acting, moving and even dancing shockingly similar to humans. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based robotics company was sold for more than $1 billion in late 2020 to Hyundai to build out their robotics division. Despite its sale to Hyundai, SoftBank still maintains its spot among the top robotics companies in the world with a heavy presence and investing arm in the industry.

Founded in 1990, Boston-headquartered iRobot invented the robot vacuum with which you may be familiar – Roomba. iRobot has leaped to the top of their class thanks to pop culture appearances in Hollywood movies and shows, such as Parks and Recreation. Their focus is on in-home robots to help with cleaning, dusting and other household chores.

Beyond in-home voice-recognition devices, Amazon’s use of robotics extends to their warehouses and in the future, to the skies. Currently, Amazon warehouses utilize robots to organize, transport and package products in a timely, inexpensive way. In now-viral videos, thousands of package-carrying robots zip around warehouses miraculously without running into each other. Soon, Amazon wants FAA approval for drones to deliver packages even faster to their customers than their current two-day response time. By building hundreds of fulfillment centers around the country, Amazon has made their distribution points as close as possible to each customer’s home. Therefore, allowing autonomous drones and other delivery vehicles to make quick deliveries.

But there’s more to the robotics industry than foreign and Silicon Valley giants. Discover the companies making a name for themselves in the Unvalley below.

Robotics Companies That are Hiring

Check out these Robotics Startups that are currently hiring.
Fox Robotics
Austin - Fox Robotics is a platform the engineers and manufactures autonomous forklifts that specialize in trailer unloading.
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Nividous Software Solutions
Mumbai - Nividous, a global intelligent automation company, is passionate about enabling organizations to work at their peak efficiency. We, at Nividous, realized quite early that automation must be approached holistically and not siloed. This is why from day one we have focused on building a comprehensive business automation platform that harnesses the power of RPA, AI, and BPM. Having these three key pillars natively available in our platform is our key differentiator. At Nividous, we are proud of the fact that we have 100% customer retention, and we are being recognized by leading industry analysts across the globe. Our endeavor is and will remain, continuous innovation in our products and services to help our customers improve their competitive advantages.
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AMP Robotics
Louisville - AMP Robotics creates a scalable robotic system that reduces the cost of recycling and enables smart recycling facilities. AMP Robotics' solution is a combination of computer vision and machine learning with robots that can identify and rapidly pick recyclable materials off a conveyor belt for market and recovery. AMP Robotics automates the identification, sorting, and processing of material streams to extract value for material recovery facilities (MRFs) that process municipal solid waste, construction and demolition, e-waste, and auto-shredding. The company's engineering design reduces the cost of capital investment with modular implementation easily dropping into existing facility infrastructure without costly retrofits or interruption to operations. AMP Robotics was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Louisville, Colorado.
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Relativity Space
Long Beach - Relativity Space is an aerospace company that designs, develops, and builds 3D printed rockets. As a vertically integrated technology platform, Relativity is at the forefront of an inevitable shift toward software-defined manufacturing by fusing 3D printing, artificial intelligence, and autonomous robotics. It offers a radically simplified supply chain, building a rocket with 100x fewer parts in less than 60 days. Relativity Space is backed by leading investors including Bond, Tribe Capital, Playground Global, Y Combinator, Social Capital, and Mark Cuban. Jordan Noone and Tim Ellis co-founded the company in Long Beach, California in 2016.
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Parallel
Culver City - Parallel Systems designs an autonomous, zero-emissions freight transportation system. The company believes the future of freight transportation should be fast, inexpensive, and clean, while also reducing congestion on the highways. Parallel Systems was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
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Veo Robotics
Waltham - Veo Robotics is transforming manufacturing with products that incorporate advanced computer vision, 3D sensing, and AI. Their first product lets high-performance industrial robots work collaboratively with people to enable much more flexible, productive, and efficient manufacturing workcells.
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Takeoff Technologies
Waltham - Takeoff is helping grocers thrive in e-Commerce. Its automated grocery fulfillment solution was created by grocers, for grocers. It is the only eGrocery model that helps grocers not only embrace eGroceries, but thrive in an online grocery market. Together, it can lower users' last-mile and assembly costs, giving them the flexibility that they need to grow with their customers. The time is ripe for e-Groceries!
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Unvalley Robotics Companies

A legacy Unvalley organization established in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Stryker has dove headfirst into the robotics industry. A medical device company, Stryker now sells Mako, a robotic-arm assisted surgical tool, to hospitals and clinics around the world. With its unique ability to make precise measurements and cuts when operating on humans, surgery can be less dangerous and more efficient. Surgeons work alongside the robots by either controlling them from a virtual simulation or partnering with the arm in the surgery room.

Stryker isn’t the only Unvalley company that has forged its way into the robotics industry to make their processes more efficient.

Expect more companies to explore the power and utility of robotics in the workplace. Although some of the biggest robotics companies reside in California and Boston, the Unvalley will certainly play a major role in attracting and retaining the computer scientists and engineers that make robotics possible and the companies that scale it.

To keep an eye on the robotics industry and its quick acceleration into our lives, check out the annual tech conference CES in Las Vegas and other events hosting the latest and greatest robotics companies. In addition, follow top robotics publications to learn about recent developments and advancements made in the industry.

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Function of Robotics in Society

As we dive into more robotics companies in the USA shifting our society, it’s important to understand the main drivers for the introduction of robots into everyday life.

First, when considering robotics’ impact on manufacturing, it’s challenging to argue against the economic and efficiency benefits that corporations see. Companies are able to construct goods much faster, much safer and at a much lower cost than in previous generations with solely human work. An added bonus – and a consequence of robotics – to these corporations is that they don’t need as many humans to operate these machines in their shops, meaning fewer jobs for workers.

Second, as pictured in comics, cartoons and movies a century ago, robots help humans by reducing strain, stress and work. For example, what was previously unknowable information, you now have access to it with a simple question asked to your Amazon Alexa sitting on the kitchen counter. Robot vacuums and other cleaning devices have reduced the need for hiring outside workers to manage homes. And, autopilot lawn mowers and snow plows keep things tidy around the house, making for a presentable appearance for the neighborhood. The benefit to home life is immeasurable.