Top Robotics Startups in 2027

Auterion is the drone software platform built for enterprise that makes large-scale drone operations simple, safe and fully integrated in workflows. With offices in California and Switzerland, we’ve raised $25M in venture-backed funding from investors such as Lakestar, Mosaic Ventures, Costanoa Ventures, and Tectonic Ventures. Our global customers include General Electric (GE) Aviation, Quantum Systems, Impossible Aerospace, and the U.S. Department of Defense. We’re leaders in an open source movement bigger than ourselves and we’ve been on the same mission for over a decade, beginning with Pixhawk and the revolutionary PX4 software created by our co-founder Lorenz Meier. Our mission is to be the drone platform of choice for enterprise, government and drone manufacturers, while accelerating the drone industry by driving forward open standards to create a common, future-proof roadmap in a thriving, open ecosystem of buyers and vendors.

Kodiak was founded in 2018 to redefine long-haul trucking using safe and reliable autonomous technology. Between growing e-commerce and a strong economy, demand for trucking is on the rise. The trucking industry faces major problems: a shortage of drivers, difficult working conditions, and extremely high turnover. According to the American Trucking Association, the industry faced a shortage of 51,000 commercial truck drivers at the end of 2017. Long-haul trucking is primed for autonomous technology. Highway driving is more structured and predictable than urban driving. This means there are fewer decisions for drivers to make and a better fit for autonomous vehicles. We believe that autonomous trucks will play a major role in filling the gap while improving safety, enhancing truck driver quality of life, increasing efficiency, reducing congestion and emissions and creating jobs across the economy.

Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley VC funds, Shield AI established itself as the leader in AI for aviation. Shield AI has been named to Forbes’ AI 50 and Best Startups lists, CB Insights Top 100 AI Companies, and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. Our mission is to protect service members and civilians with intelligent systems. We're hiring! Visit shield.ai/careers to learn more.

Nextera Robotics is a fast-growing industrial robotics and AI company created by MIT alumni. Nextera's clients include Dunkin Donuts, Tesla, Gilbane Building Co., and other Fortune 500 companies. Nextera graduated from Y-Combinator in 2020 and raised significant seed funding from top-tier investors in the Bay Area. Among our advisors are the world’s top tech executives. We program and deploy large fleets of industrial robotic arms and mobile robots. We use Deep Learning at every step to maximize the efficiency and value for our clients. Nextera's main office is in the Boston Seaport area, at the epicenter of the East Coast robotics hub. The Nextera team is growing! Our doors are open for talented and ambitious software engineers with a background in autonomous systems/robotics/AI, as well as in full-stack web development. Join Nextera Robotics to take part in challenging, high-stakes robotics projects, build intelligent automation, take part in the AI revolution in robotics.

Here at Piaggio Fast Forward we build technology products that move the way people move. We created the gita personal robot which can follow you around relieving you of the chore of carrying your things while also charging your cell phone. We believe design comes first, are inclusive and collaborative, turn problems into opportunities and do more with less. We are a company with Italian roots that is building the future.

bluerivert.com We use computer vision to identify weeds in organic crop fields and then selectively eliminate them using very hot organic oil. Our product mounts behind a tractor. We are an alternative to chemical fertilizers which organic farmers can't use. Our first target is organic vegetables growers who currently spend upto $1000 per acre to weed their fields by hand. Longer term will move to weeding of corn in glyphosate resistant areas. $25B/yr are spent in herbicides. Update: 5/13. We've started recurring revenue in lettuce thinning - an application that is very well suited to our technology. Our first customer is the largest lettuce grower in the world. Out team has now 15 people including 4 PhDs, an agronomist, and experienced business people in the Ag-tech area.

Sight Machine strengthens manufacturers by providing the industry’s only standard data model and system-level visualization capabilities. By integrating all crucial data into a single platform, everyone involved in the fabrication process can visualize, contextualize and examine data in one intuitive interface. Our platform is based on a service-oriented architecture, using APIs to drive a clean and responsive application experience. We are looking for team members to help us build, maintain, and improve the application that makes Sight Machine the leading provider of manufacturing data pipelines and analytics.

Glacier’s goal of ending waste begins with the recycling industry. We’re launching an AI-based sorting robot that is significantly cheaper and more portable than the competition, without sacrificing accuracy. Using our robot, recycling facilities can process America’s trash more cleanly and efficiently, meaning more manufacturers can use recycled commodities as a viable alternative to our precious natural resources.

The end product our customer interacts with is our Gecko Web Portal platform. This platform houses the data the robots collect during the inspections, as well as predictive analytics to help prevent future failures. We are also in the process of launching a new SaaS platform product.

Our team works on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and sensors to make industrial robots intelligent. We are intelligence enablers, enabling hardware to do more with less human input. Our first system we have developed is a transformative robotic welder. It is a system that sees, understands, and requires almost zero human input to do its job. Join our talented team and help us create the future of manufacturing.