{"question":"Who is new in robotics?","domain":"robotics","key":"new_entrants","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/questions/robotics/new-entrants","days":90,"count_recent":79,"count_total":173,"since":"2017-04-25","latest":"2026-10-29","companies_named_most":[{"name":"Boston Dynamics","mentions":6,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/boston-dynamics"},{"name":"Maven Robotics","mentions":6,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/maven-robotics"},{"name":"Alphabet","mentions":4,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/alphabet"},{"name":"Origin","mentions":3,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/origin"},{"name":"SafeWorld","mentions":3,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/safeworld"},{"name":"1X Technologies","mentions":2,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/1x-technologies"},{"name":"KDDI","mentions":2,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/kddi"},{"name":"Notion Capital","mentions":2,"url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/notion-capital"}],"findings":[{"date":"2026-10-29","finding":"Viridian Ingni Propulsion raised Rs 1.47 crore in a pre-seed round led by Inflection Point Ventures.","detail":"The Chennai-based deeptech startup, founded in February 2024 by Sriram G, raised the funding from Inflection Point Ventures (IPV).","outlet":"Entrackr","companies":[]},{"date":"2026-10-28","finding":"NSING Technologies published a whitepaper on full-stack semiconductor solutions for embodied AI and robotics.","detail":"The Singapore-founded semiconductor company’s solution stack combines high-performance MCUs, security ICs, wireless connectivity, and battery-management-system ICs. The whitepaper addresses distributed robotic architectures linking AI main-control systems with deterministic real-time joint, motor, and sensor nodes.","outlet":"EE Times","companies":[]},{"date":"2026-10-27","finding":"KDDI and Elyza launched Elyza Robotics to develop physical AI.","detail":"KDDI and its AI subsidiary Elyza established Elyza Robotics, a new company focused on physical AI. The company plans to invest approximately $190 million (30 billion yen) in research and development.","outlet":"The AI Insider","companies":[{"name":"Elyza","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/elyza"},{"name":"Elyza Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/elyza-robotics"},{"name":"KDDI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/kddi"}]},{"date":"2026-10-27","finding":"MoSense raises around RMB 100 million in angel-plus funding for robotic electronic-skin systems.","detail":"Shanghai-based MoSense, founded in May 2026, develops full-body tactile sensing systems for robots. The round was led by CDH Investments and Oasis Capital, with participation from LimX Dynamics, Loongson Venture Capital, CAS Star, Hua Capital, and Pudong Venture Capital Group.","outlet":"TechNode","companies":[{"name":"CAS Star","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cas-star"},{"name":"CDH Investments","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/cdh-investments"},{"name":"Hua Capital","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/hua-capital"},{"name":"LimX Dynamics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/limx-dynamics"},{"name":"MoSense","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/mosense"},{"name":"Oasis Capital","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/oasis-capital"},{"name":"Pudong Venture Capital","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/pudong-venture-capital"}]},{"date":"2026-10-27","finding":"Nova Spectral AI is developing lead-free colloidal quantum dot SWIR image sensors for physical AI vision.","detail":"Founded in 2026 by Anish Priyadarshi and Sanjeev Kumar, Nova Spectral AI develops lead-free colloidal quantum dot short-wave infrared image sensor technology.","outlet":"Entrackr","companies":[]},{"date":"2026-10-26","finding":"China Telecom established Gamma Robotics to develop and commercialize humanoid robots.","detail":"China Telecom spun out Gamma Robotics from its TeleAI artificial intelligence research institute as an embodied-intelligence company focused on humanoid robot development and applications. Gamma Robotics and TeleAI will jointly establish a humanoid robot laboratory and pursue commercialization of their research through industrial products and services.","outlet":"Robot News","companies":[{"name":"China Telecom","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/china-telecom"},{"name":"Gamma Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/gamma-robotics"},{"name":"TeleAI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/teleai"}]},{"date":"2026-10-26","finding":"Primotion unveiled its Paimon-0 embodied-AI model and robot-chip platform.","detail":"Shenzhen-based Primotion, founded three months ago, is developing robot chips alongside its own trained model. The company said Paimon-0 tops several embodied-AI leaderboards.","outlet":"Pandaily","companies":[{"name":"Primotion","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/primotion"}]},{"date":"2026-10-25","finding":"Maven Robotics raised $100 million after developing four mobile-manipulator variants.","detail":"Founded in 2024, Maven Robotics has developed four versions of its mobile-manipulator robots and secured approximately $100 million in investment, equivalent to about KRW 135 billion.","outlet":"Robot News","companies":[{"name":"Maven Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/maven-robotics"}]},{"date":"2026-10-23","finding":"Enact raised $30 million in pre-seed funding to develop force-sensing factory robots.","detail":"The Zurich startup, founded by 1X and Physical Intelligence alumnus Manuel Yves Galliker, is developing motors and AI together for small-batch assembly applications.","outlet":"Humanoids Daily","companies":[{"name":"1X Technologies","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/1x-technologies"},{"name":"ENACT","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/enact"},{"name":"Physical Intelligence","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/physical-intelligence"}]},{"date":"2026-10-23","finding":"Atomic Machines emerged from stealth with a software-driven matter compiler","detail":"Jeff Holden announced Atomic Machines after six years in stealth. The company is developing a “matter compiler” intended to build tiny working machines from software alone.","outlet":"Moonshots with Peter Diamandis","companies":[]},{"date":"2026-10-22","finding":"Enact Intelligence emerged from stealth with $30 million in pre-seed funding.","detail":"The Zurich-based physical AI startup raised $30 million from redalpine, Notion Capital, firstminute capital, Mistral founder Arthur Mensch, Yann LeCun, and Path Robotics founder Andrew Lonsberry.","outlet":"startupticker.ch","companies":[{"name":"Enact Intelligence","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/enact-intelligence"},{"name":"Notion Capital","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/notion-capital"},{"name":"Path Robotics","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/path-robotics"}]},{"date":"2026-10-22","finding":"Enact emerged from stealth with $30 million in pre-seed funding for force-and-touch robot intelligence.","detail":"Zurich-based Enact is developing physical AI that uses force and touch to improve robot dexterity. The round includes Redalpine, Notion Capital, Firstminute Capital, Yann LeCun, Arthur Mensch of Mistral, and Andrew Lonsberry of Path.","outlet":"The AI Insider","companies":[{"name":"Mistral AI","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/mistral-ai"},{"name":"Notion Capital","url":"https://www.frontiertechintelligence.com/companies/notion-capital"}]}]}