Agile Robots
Munich, Germany
AI robot arms and humanoids combining force control and vision
Introduced Agile ONE humanoid, gained NVIDIA Cosmos access, and expanded in India in 2026
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Industrial & Manufacturing
Collaborative arms, machine tending, welding, and software-defined automation for the factory floor.
17 companies. Catalog last reviewed 2026-08-10. Page copy reviewed 2026-08-11. Next review by 2026-09-11. Ordered by name. No paid placement.
Industrial and manufacturing automation is the oldest branch of robotics and still one of the largest here, now reshaped by machine vision, force control, and software-defined workcells. This index maps every company whose primary product automates the factory floor. Every entry carries a 2024 to 2026 proof-of-life signal recorded with a source link, and membership is taxonomy from the research pass.
What they build. Companies here build collaborative and industrial arms, machine-tending and welding cells, bin-picking and assembly systems, and the perception and low-code programming layers that make a workcell reconfigurable. Some sell hardware; some sell the software that makes existing arms flexible.
Who this is for. Manufacturing and automation engineers, plant buyers comparing cobot and workcell vendors, and investors mapping factory-floor robotics by what each company builds.
How order works. Listings are the full live catalog slice for this primary category, sorted alphabetically by name. This is not a scored quality ranking and there is no paid placement. Operator house products are not catalog entries here; they appear only as a labeled footer bridge. See /transparency.
Bright Machines
San Francisco, USA
Software-defined assembly microfactories for electronics manufacturing
Raised a $126M Series C in June 2024 backed by BlackRock, NVIDIA, and Microsoft
Chef Robotics
San Francisco, USA
AI robot arms for high-mix food assembly in production kitchens
Raised a $43M Series A in 2025; over 98M servings produced with an NSF-certified module
Collaborative Robotics
Santa Clara, USA
Proxie mobile manipulation robot for logistics and industrial work
Raised $100M Series B in 2024 at a $500M-plus valuation; site live marketing Proxie
Dexterity
Redwood City, USA
Physical AI for robotic palletizing, picking, and truck loading
Reports 100M-plus autonomous production actions and launched a Foresight API Challenge in 2026
Flexiv
Santa Clara, USA
Force-controlled adaptive robots blending industrial control and AI
Unveiling next-gen Enlight and MICO robots at Automate 2026 and entering the India market
Formic
Chicago, USA
Robotics-as-a-service automation for mid-market manufacturers, zero capex
Raised $27.4M in 2024 and opened an Oakland automation lab; fleet runs ~38M items weekly
Franka Robotics
Munich, Germany
Force-sensitive collaborative robot arms for research and industry
Released System Image v5.10 and previewed Mobile FR3 Physical AI systems in 2025-2026
Industrial & ManufacturingFounded 2016
Kassow Robots
Kastrup, Denmark
Seven-axis collaborative robot arms with controller-integrated Edge line
Shipping controller-integrated Edge Edition cobots and expanding US sales via Bosch Rexroth
Industrial & ManufacturingFounded 2014
Machina Labs
Los Angeles, USA
AI-guided robotic sheet-metal forming with no dedicated tooling
Closed a $124M Series C in February 2026 to scale defense and mobility manufacturing
Micropsi Industries
Berlin, Germany
MIRAI AI vision that adapts robot motion for variable assembly
Released MIRAI 2 with deployments at Tesla, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Denso
Industrial & ManufacturingFounded 2014
Mujin
Tokyo, Japan
MujinOS control software for industrial robots and bin picking
Announced a $233M Series D in December 2025; expanded integrator partnerships in Aug 2025
Path Robotics
Columbus, USA
Autonomous AI welding robots including the Rove mobile welder
Signed a $600M shipbuilding capacity deal with Huntington Ingalls Industries in Aug 2026
Sereact
Stuttgart, Germany
Cortex physical-AI brain for robotic picking, sorting, and inspection
Raised a $110M Series B led by Headline; 50-plus deployments across five continents
Standard Bots
Glen Cove, USA
US-built AI-native six-axis robot arms for machine tending and welding
Raised a $200M Series C in 2024 at a $1B valuation; expanding domestic manufacturing
Vention
Montreal, Canada
Cloud platform to design, program, and deploy factory automation cells
Launched GRIIP AI pipeline and AI bin picking; ~28K machines running globally in 2025-2026
Wandelbots
Dresden, Germany
NOVA software platform to program and optimize industrial robots
NOVA platform live with customers like Schaeffler running simulation and production in sync