PickNik

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PickNik (Boulder, CO) is the steward of MoveIt, the open-source standard for robot manipulation, and sells the commercial MoveIt Pro platform (motion planning, grasping, perception, hardware-agnostic). It has become a space-robotics software beachhead, with a NASA ISAM mission alongside Motiv Space Systems using MoveIt Pro to control an orbital arm (February 2026), Space ROS core contribution with NASA, and a JAXA ISS cargo-handling project. Revenue and Pro seat count are not disclosed.

Latest signals

• 24 Jun 2026PickNik collaborated with Clearpath Robotics on mobile manipulation.PickNik
• 24 Jun 2026MoveIt Pro added ROS Jazzy and Space ROS builds.PickNik
• 4 Mar 2026MoveIt Pro provides a manipulation stack with real-time updates, behavior trees, and sensor-driven autonomy.PickNik
• 4 Mar 2026PickNik integrates Octomap with MoveIt Pro for probabilistic 3D occupancy mapping and motion planning.PickNik
• 21 Jan 2026PickNik launched MoveIt Pro Core, a modular real-time C++ robotics library suite.PickNik

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Facts, with sources

• 9 Apr 2026MoveIt Pro 9 for AI-driven robotics in variable environmentsProduct launch · PickNik
• 2 Apr 2026[object Object]Revenue band · The Robot Report
• 12 Feb 2026NASA, Motiv Space Systems, and PickNik partnership to standardize on open source Space ROS for flight roboticsPartnership · PickNik
• 11 Feb 2026Motiv Space Systems and PickNik collaboration on software for NASA's Fly Foundational Robotics missionPartnership · PickNik

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Traction: deployment, production, commercials, progress. Capability: technology, positioning, firepower, leverage.

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