Robotics Startups

Categories

Robotics categories

One primary category per company, assigned by what it actually builds rather than marketing language. Sorted by field size.

Warehouse, Logistics & Delivery

24

Autonomous mobile robots, piece-picking, goods-to-person systems, and last-mile delivery.

Humanoid & General-Purpose

19

Bipedal and general-purpose robots built to do human-shaped physical work in factories, warehouses, and homes.

Industrial & Manufacturing

17

Collaborative arms, machine tending, welding, and software-defined automation for the factory floor.

Medical & Surgical

17

Surgical robots, rehabilitation exoskeletons, hospital logistics, and micro-scale medical robotics.

Defense & Security

15

Unmanned ground, air, and sea systems, autonomous security patrol, and defense autonomy.

Robotics Software & AI

13

Robot foundation models, embodied AI, simulation, teleoperation data, and fleet orchestration.

Autonomous Vehicles & Trucking

10

Self-driving cars, robotaxis, driverless trucking, and the autonomy software stacks behind them.

Drones & Aerial Robotics

10

Commercial and defense drones, autonomous inspection, drone delivery, and counter-drone systems.

Space Robotics

10

Orbital servicing, debris removal, robotic arms, and planetary rovers for the Moon and beyond.

Agriculture Robotics

9

Autonomous tractors, laser weeding, precision spraying, and harvest robots for the field.

Components & Hardware

8

Actuators, dexterous hands, grippers, tactile sensors, and the building blocks of robots.

Consumer & Service

7

Home, cleaning, hospitality, retail, and companion robots built for everyday environments.

Maritime & Underwater

6

Autonomous surface vessels, underwater vehicles, and ocean robotics for defense and industry.

Construction & Field

6

Autonomous earthmoving, layout printing, inspection, and robots for jobsites and heavy industry.