Best Industrial Robotics Companies in Pennsylvania, United States
The 33 best Industrial Robotics companies in Pennsylvania, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Skild.
Ranked: Best Industrial Robotics companies in Pennsylvania
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Employees | Founder | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skild 🦄 Developer of artificial intelligence to control robots for physical tasks 67Funding top 15%Moat top 26%AI top 30%Growth top 35% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 15% Moattop 26% AItop 30% Growthtop 35% Talenttop 38% Techbottom 48% Globalbottom 46% Marketbottom 40% Funding: Raised $314M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 3 yrs (1.3/yr) Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 9/10 · Unicorn rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $314M | 9 mo ago | Series C | 6 | Abhinav Gupta Co-Founder & President | — | — |
| 2 | Seegrid Provider of vision-guided vehicles with auto-navigation features 67Patents top 13%Innovation top 14%Funding top 15%Moat top 26% All 11 signals ▾Patentstop 13% Innovationtop 14% Fundingtop 15% Moattop 26% Producttop 34% Talenttop 37% Markettop 47% Newstop 49% Techbottom 49% Growthbottom 41% Globalbottom 40% Patents: 311 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 192 filings since 2022 vs 29 in 2017-21 Innovation: 311 patents (top 4% of patent-holders) · 192 filings since 2022 vs 29 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100 | $240M | 13 mo ago | Series D | 350 350 → 199 (-43%) | Hans Moravec Co-Founder | 309 patents Autonomous material‑handling robots: navigation, sensing, payload, charging, and fleet coordination | — |
| 3 | Gecko Robotics 🦄 AI and robotics for infrastructure inspection, maintenance, and operational excellence 87Innovation top 11%Patents top 15%Funding top 19%Moat top 22% All 12 signals ▾Innovationtop 11% Patentstop 15% Fundingtop 19% Moattop 22% Partnerstop 24% Growthtop 36% Newstop 38% Talenttop 38% Markettop 39% Techtop 41% AItop 45% Globalbottom 42% Innovation: 199 patents (top 6% of patent-holders) · 149 filings since 2022 vs 50 in 2017-21 Patents: 199 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 149 filings since 2022 vs 50 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 87/100 | $229M | 17 mo ago | Series D | 145 145 → 322 (+122%) | Jake Loosararian Co-Founder & CEO | 199 patents Robotic ultrasonic and phased‑array inspection systems for industrial asset corrosion detection | — |
| 4 | Thoro Provider of autonomous mobile robotics for commercial and industrial applications | $11M | 20 mo ago | Series A | 14 14 → 29 (+107%) | Daniel Beave Co-Founder & CFO | — | — |
| 5 | Atlas Robotics Provider of autonomous mobile robots | $3M | 23 mo ago | Seed | 12 | Tekin Meriçli Co-founder & Chief Technology Officer | — | — |
| 6 | ESTAT Actuation Provider of actuators and clutches for robots | $2M | 18 mo ago | Series A | 18 | Stuart Diller Co-Founder & CEO | 27 patents Electroadhesive rotary clutch systems using stacked laminations for compact load transmission | — |
| 7 | Love Park Robotics Autonomous navigation system for robotics platforms | $1M | 162 mo ago | Deadpooled | 3 | Tom Panzarella Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 8 | Carnegie Robotics Manufacturer of ruggedized autonomous systems, edge computing, and situational awareness products | $594K | 194 mo ago | Seed | 102 102 → 132 (+29%) | John Bares President and CEO | 59 patents Robotic perception and navigation using stereo vision and scene analysis for autonomous systems | — |
| 9 | FLX Solutions Developer of 3D-printed, snake-like robots for inspection and repair | $500K | 17 mo ago | Seed | 8 | — | 15 patents Snake-like robotic manipulators for confined-space inspection and maintenance | — |
| 10 | K2 Kinetics Industrial and product packaging solutions for the CPG industry | $500K | 103 mo ago | Acqui-Hired | 23 | Kevin Keller Founder | 8 patents On-chip temperature sensing for ICs and vibration monitoring of drive chains | — |
| 11 | Phlux Developer of 3D sensors for robots | $256K | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | 2 | Joe Bartels Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 12 | Telefactor Robotics Advanced vision and dexterity solutions for robots, telepresence, and human-machine interfaces | $230K | 142 mo ago | Seed | 5 | Martha Jane Chatten President & CEO | — | — |
| 13 | Bucket Robotics AI vision systems for manufacturing defect detection | $125K | 28 mo ago | Seed | — | Matt Puchalski Founder & CEO | — | — |
| 14 | DreamVu Provider of omnidirectional vision systems and visual intelligence software solutions | $15K | 66 mo ago | Seed | 23 23 → 48 (+109%) | Anoop Namboodiri Co-Founder & CSO | 16 patents Omnidirectional stereoscopic imaging hardware and dewarping processing for 360° video capture | — |
Top 12 Industrial Robotics companies in Pennsylvania
#1
Skild 🦄Series C · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2023 · 6 employees$314.5Mraised▾
Developer of artificial intelligence to control robots for physical tasks. The artificial intelligence is designed to interact with and affect change in the real world. It is building a unified brain to control any robot for any task. The artificial intelligence enables robots to navigate unstructured environments. It executes skills like grasping and navigation on mobile platforms. The artificial intelligence learns precise skills to automate repetitive tasks.
- Jan 2026Series C$1.4B
- Jun 2025Series B$100M
- Jul 2024Series A$300M
- 2023Seed$14.5M
#2
Series D · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2003 · 350 employees$240Mraised▾
Provider of vision-guided vehicles with auto-navigation features. It offers a platform for connected materials movement in industries. Its solutions includes guided vehicles working in coordination with the fleet management software.
- Sep 2025Series D$25M
- Sep 2024Series D$50M
- Jun 2023Series C$31.5M
- Jun 2022Series C$30M
#3
Series D · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2013 · 145 employees$229.2Mraised▾
AI and robotics for infrastructure inspection, maintenance, and operational excellence. This company delivers a software platform powered by artificial intelligence to transform how critical infrastructure is built, operated, and maintained. They utilize robots that climb, crawl, swim, and fly, along with fixed sensors, to gather data on the physical world. This data is then combined with the predictive capabilities of AI to provide a single source of truth. Their solution empowers teams to improve operations, optimize capital outlay, and extend asset life across industries like energy, manufacturing, defense, steel, mining, and pulp & paper. The company offers solutions for asset management, predictive maintenance, and digital transformation, enabling confident decision-making at scale. They provide a cloud-based platform that delivers actionable insights for both immediate and long-term planning.
- May 2025Series D$125M
- Dec 2023Series C$100M
- Mar 2022Series C$73M
- Dec 2019Series B$40M
#4
Series A · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2021 · 14 employees$11Mraised▾
Provider of autonomous mobile robotics for commercial and industrial applications. It offers tech algorithms to connect autonomy to manufacturers product lines. It has software that uses AI to enables autonomous navigation and movement of industrial applications It manufactures commercial floor cleaner robots based on carnnegie technology.
- Feb 2025Series A$6.1M
- May 2023Series A$7M
- Oct 2020Series A$5.7M
#5
Series A · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2019 · 18 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Provider of actuators and clutches for robots. Its rotary electroadhesive clutches allow robots or exoskeletons to shift between various operations. It has use cases in aerospace, manufacturing, logistics, virtual reality, and other applications.
- Apr 2025Grant (prize money)$1.3M
- Mar 2023Series A$866K
- Sep 2021Seed$950K
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$225K
#6
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2017 · 12 employees$2.8Mraised▾
Provider of autonomous mobile robots. Its product offering includes pallet trucks and stackers. It also offers an AI-powered software providing navigation solutions, map updates, system integration and more.
- Nov 2024Seed$2.8M
#7
Seed · Bethlehem, Pennsylvania · founded 2019 · 8 employees$500Kraised▾
Developer of 3D-printed, snake-like robots for inspection and repair. Its features include onboard cameras and sensors for autonomous navigation, expansion and bracing movement, flexibility, configuration using individual and interchangeable links, 3D mapping, as well as flexible end effectors. It caters to inspection and repair, as well as the cable, telecom, manufacturing, construction, and plumbing industries.
- May 2025Seed$140K
- Dec 2021Seed$465K
- May 2020Seed$35K
#8
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2024$125Kraised▾
AI vision systems for manufacturing defect detection. It generates photorealistic datasets directly from CAD files to eliminate manual photo collection and labeling. Its edge-deployable AI works with existing cameras across injection molding, casting, and surface finishing.
- 2024Seed$500K
#9
Deadpooled · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · founded 2010 · 3 employees$1.1Mraised▾
Love Park Robotics develops mobile robotics platform that develop autonomous navigation system for unmanned vehicles. The firm also has expertise in computer vision and have developed perception subsystems for robots and embedded object recognition products that interact in real time with their surrounding physical environment. One of their product's Co-Pilot enables development of intelligent driving aids for vehicle OEMs. They are currently working with an electric wheel chair company to develop a cooperatively controlled active safety system.
- Apr 2013Grant (prize money)$750.5K
- Jan 2012Grant (prize money)$180K
- Nov 2011Grant (prize money)$180K
#10
Funding Raised · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2020 · 2 employees$255.8Kraised▾
Developer of 3D sensors for robots
- Mar 2022Grant (prize money)$255.8K
#11
Acqui-Hired · York, Pennsylvania · founded 2011 · 23 employees$500Kraised▾
K2 Kinetics develops industrial automation and integrated product packaging solution for the CPG industry. It offers three variants of collaborative robots namely UR3, UR5, and UR10. UR3 features a payload capacity of up to Kgs and 360-degree rotations on wrist & end joints. UR5 features a payload capacity of up to 5 Kgs and is ideal for optimizing low-weight collaborative processes, such as picking, placing, and testing. UR10 features a payload capacity of up to 10 Kgs and is ideal for bigger tasks. The above-mentioned products feature a patented technology that allows the operator without programming knowledge to set up and operate the robots using 3D visualization. The target market includes product manufacturers and OEMs. Clientele includes Hershey's FedEx, Starbucks Coffee, Stauffer's, RICH's, Dairy Farmers of America, Huhtamaki etc.
- Mar 2018Seed$500K
#12
Seed · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · founded 2010 · 102 employees$594Kraised▾
Manufacturer of ruggedized autonomous systems, edge computing, and situational awareness products. The company designs and manufactures products for autonomy in harsh environments. Offerings include stereo cameras, GNSS receivers, compute devices, and autonomous vehicles. The company provides manufacturing and engineering services to develop custom solutions. The company serves the defense, agriculture, construction, industrial, and marine industries.
- Aug 2010Seed$594K
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