Top Robotics Startups in 2027

OSARO designs and deploys robotics automation solutions in the materials handling industry using software-defined robotics. OSARO automation systems bring together advanced machine learning for object recognition with powerful control software that adapts to customer data and environments. The company’s robotic piece-picking solution is optimized for e-commerce fulfillment center, and warehouse automation markets, where key challenges include high SKU inventories, complex packaging, and fragile items requiring delicate handling. OSARO Solutions have been validated by the world’s top retailers, system integrators, and third-party logistic companies.

Founded in 2019 by a world-class team of scientists and roboticists, Robust.AI is making robots work for people through AI and human-centered design. Robust.AI’s first software suite Grace enables dynamic coordination between people and robots using a no-code system to seamlessly integrate robots into a workplace setting. Carter is Robust.AI’s first hardware product concept that will transform the way people collaborate with robots in the warehouse. Visit Robust.AI for more information.

Markforged transforms manufacturing with the most affordable 3D metal and carbon fiber printers capable of producing parts tough enough for the factory floor. Engineers, designers, and manufacturing professionals all over the world rely on Markforged metal and composite printers for tooling, fixtures, functional prototyping, and high-value end-use production. Founded in 2013 and based in Watertown, MA, Markforged has about 300 employees globally, with $137 million in both strategic and venture capital. Markforged was recently recognized by Forbes in the Next Billion-Dollar Startups list and listed as the tenth fastest-growing tech company in the US in the 2018 Deloitte Fast 500. To learn more about Markforged, please visit markforged.com.

Our mission is to make technical advances towards robots and humans working together side by side, with an emphasis on human-centric design. Diligent Robotics is developing a suite of artificial intelligence that enables robots to collaborate with and adapt to humans in everyday environments. Our first product is a hospital service robot that can assist clinical staff with logistical tasks, allowing them to spend more of their time on direct patient care, improving patient satisfaction, quality of service, and safety.

Vention empowers anyone to become a designer, builder, and maker of industrial machines. We’re combining our unique hardware and software to create the world’s most streamlined machine design process—one that lets customers build a machine today and receive it tomorrow. Founded in 2016, as of 2020 Vention has received over $60 million in investor funding and served clients including Tesla, Facebook, and BMW. We’re on a mission to build a global platform that upends the traditional machine design world—join us!

GITAI is developing robots to work in range of space environments to free humans from performing dangerous tasks and reduce operational costs in space by up to 100 times. GITAI aims to provide highly capable, safe, and reliable robots to help build and maintain satellites, lunar colonies and even cities on Mars. GITAI is bringing together the best talents in the world to make this dream a reality. GITAI is a relatively small but rapidly growing company. Over half of our full-time employees have PhDs in engineering and science and three are former research associates from the University of Tokyo. GITAI has many exciting projects at various levels of development and testing, from early concepts to laboratory prototypes to our technical demonstration robot currently deployed in a commercial module of the International Space Station. GITAI is actively seeking highly motivated engineers and business development professionals to support these many endeavors. If you think you have what it takes, come join us to send robots to the final frontier.

Rise Robotics invents, develops, and manufactures breakthrough, patented, power components that are affordable, lightweight, and efficient. Our first product, the Cyclone Rope Piston, tensions and contracts two points efficiently using fibrous rope and injection molded plastics. It is driven by conventional electric motors, and is intended to power wearable robotics used in the Construction, Industrial, and Medical markets.

Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction primarily software-defined and work towards a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings are built within a single day with minimal labour. Our bricklaying robots are being deployed on real construction sites all over the Netherlands, for paying customers. We’re accelerating the production of our robot fleet to meet growing demand for our products and scaling our R&D team. This is a unique opportunity to be an early employee at a startup be immersed in a high-growth, high-ambition startup environment, and work with an experienced founding team surrounded by top-tier investors from day 1. You can read a bit more on why we believe you should spend your time working on construction, learn more about our vision and about the company here: monumental.co/jobs

Autonomous boats hold the same disruptive potential as autonomous automobiles. We are Canada’s first autonomous boat company, and are focused on creating new technologies to revolutionize this burgeoning industry.

Autonomous Machines - self-driving cars, drones, or delivery robots - need to see the world in 3D in order to move through it. Compound Eye has developed a new approach to 3D vision that runs in real time on commodity hardware using regular cameras, with state of the art accuracy.