ARX Robotics

Accio Robotics, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bengaluru, develops robotic solutions for warehouse automation with a primary focus on assisted order picking. The company has raised $1.8 million in Pre-Series A funding to scale its automation technology for logistics and supply chain operations. Co-founded by Pranav Srinivasan and Tuhin Sharma, the company targets order fulfillment optimization through mobile robotic platforms designed for warehouse environments. The company's product portfolio includes two mobile robot systems: AccioPick Air and AccioPick Pilot. Both platforms are designed to combine high-speed movement with precision navigation for warehouse operations. The technical approach emphasizes route optimization and adaptability to facility-specific layout constraints. The robots are engineered to navigate warehouse spaces while supporting order picking workflows, addressing the operational demands of warehousing and logistics verticals. Accio Robotics positions its solutions as customizable systems that adapt to different operational challenges and physical warehouse configurations. The company's technical domains span warehouse automation, robotics navigation, and logistics optimization. From its base in India, the company indicates an intent to serve warehousing and supply chain operations globally, though specific deployment scale and customer installations are not publicly detailed.

GrayMatter Robotics transforms manufacturing through AI-powered robotic cells that deliver superhuman capabilities to the workforce. Our proprietary GMR-AI™ technology enables manufacturers to achieve 2-4x productivity improvements while reducing consumables by 30-50% and cutting training time from months to just one day. We serve high-mix, high-variability manufacturers across aerospace, defense, marine, specialty vehicles, and general manufacturing, solving the most difficult surface treatment and finishing challenges. Our Scan&Sand™, Scan&Grind™, Scan&Blast™, and Scan&Coat™ solutions deliver consistent quality at unprecedented speeds. Backed by leading investors including 3M Ventures, Bow Capital, and Wellington Management, GrayMatter Robotics has raised $45M in Series B funding to accelerate its unique AI-powered robotics solutions. Named winner of the U.S. Navy's Advanced Manufacturing Innovation for Maritime Readiness Challenge, we've opened a 100,000 sq ft headquarters in Carson, California. Our Robot-as-a-Service model eliminates upfront CapEx costs, providing comprehensive solutions including hardware, software, training, and 24/7 support - enabling manufacturers to achieve instant ROI while empowering their workforce with safer, more rewarding careers.

We started Trexo after watching my nephew, who has cerebral palsy, struggle to find a way to walk. Like many families, we searched everywhere for a solution that would let him experience the simple joy and health benefits of movement - but nothing existed that worked at home. Frustrated by this gap, my friend Rahul and I decided to build it ourselves. Now, after years of iterating alongside children, parents, and physical therapists, our wearable robotic devices are helping kids take steps they never could before, often for the first time in their lives. What we do matters because walking affects everything - from cardiovascular health to core strength to the confidence that comes from being upright. Our devices, Trexo Home for families and Trexo Plus for clinics, are designed to grow with each child and provide the repetitive, precise gait training that builds real capability. We're proud to see hundreds of families across North America using our robots, and we're just getting started. Every improvement we make comes directly from listening to the kids and therapists who use our equipment daily.

Torc Robotics is on a mission to drive the future of freight through autonomous trucking technology that transforms how the world moves goods. Founded in 2005 at the birth of the self-driving vehicle revolution, Torc brings over 20 years of experience pioneering safety-critical, self-driving applications. As an independent subsidiary of Daimler Truck - the world's largest heavy-duty truck manufacturer - Torc combines startup agility with enterprise strength to commercialize Level 4 autonomous trucks for safe, sustained long-haul innovation in the freight industry. Safety is not just a priority but the foundation that supports every aspect of how the company develops, deploys, and operates its autonomous technology. Laser-focused on the Freightliner Cascadia platform, Torc is developing a complete self-driving software and integration solution specifically for hub-to-hub applications in the United States. The company collaborates with top fleet management companies like Schneider and C.R. England to deploy real-world solutions that improve road safety, deliver goods more efficiently, and address critical supply chain challenges. With facilities in Blacksburg, Virginia; Ann Arbor, Michigan; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Montreal, Quebec, Torc leverages a multidisciplinary team of software engineers, safety professionals, and mechanics to push autonomous trucking from innovation to commercialization.

Franka Robotics, headquartered in Munich, Germany, develops the Franka Research 3 robot system - a force-sensitive robotic platform purpose-built for robotics and AI research. Founded in 2016 and now part of Agile Robots SE since 2023, the company has delivered over 1,000 units to research institutions globally, including Stanford, MIT, Carnegie Mellon University, and Toyota Research Institute. The Franka Research 3 features seven degrees of freedom with integrated torque sensors in each joint, enabling compliant manipulation and precise force control at the hardware level. The platform architecture provides researchers with both high-level interfaces for rapid prototyping and low-level access to joint torque, position, and velocity control loops. This dual-access design supports applications spanning robot learning, dexterous manipulation, and human-robot interaction research. The torque sensing capability in every joint allows for compliance control strategies without requiring external force-torque sensors, a design choice that simplifies integration while maintaining sensitivity for contact-rich tasks. Beyond hardware, Franka Robotics positions its offering as a reference robotics platform intended to standardize experimentation across the research community. The company's technical focus areas include mechatronics, robot control architectures, and sensor integration - specifically torque sensing for compliant behavior. Led by CEO Sami Haddadin, the research-driven organization operates globally, serving academic institutions and industrial R&D groups working at the intersection of robotics and artificial intelligence. The platform's adoption by leading research institutions reflects its role in enabling reproducible research across manipulation, learning, and control domains.

Andromeda Robotics is an Australian company developing AI-powered companion robots for aged care facilities, with a mission to combat loneliness and improve wellbeing among elderly residents. The company originated as a student project at Melbourne Space Program before transitioning into a commercial venture. Its flagship product, Abi, is a robot equipped with expressive features and multilingual conversational software designed to adapt to individual residents' needs and abilities. The engineering work spans electrical, software, and mechanical disciplines, with particular focus on human-robot interaction and expressive feature design. Abi's technical architecture centers on creating natural interactions through adaptive conversational AI that can accommodate varying cognitive and physical abilities in aged care settings. The system is designed to function reliably in real-world deployment environments where user capabilities may differ significantly from resident to resident. Andromeda partners directly with aged care providers, evolving its technical solutions in response to operational challenges encountered in facility deployments. The multidisciplinary team approaches product development through iterative refinement based on field feedback, focusing on practical problems around isolation and engagement in residential care settings. The company is currently expanding deployment across Australia with plans for broader geographic reach.