Research Labs in California

University robotics labs, institutes and national research centers publishing the humanoid, manipulation and locomotion research the industry builds on.

7 robotics companies

Toyota Research Institute

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robot Makers

Toyota's US research arm, whose robotics group works on large behavior models, home-assistance robots and manipulation research shared through open publications.

tri.global

Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR)

Research Labs

UC Berkeley's AI research center, a major source of robot learning research including reinforcement learning and vision-based manipulation.

bair.berkeley.edu

Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Research Labs

Stanford's AI lab, whose robotics groups work on manipulation, imitation learning and household robot research alongside core AI.

ai.stanford.edu

Hello Robot

Cobots & Industrial Robots

California maker of Stretch, a lightweight mobile manipulator sold to researchers and used in assistive and home-robot studies.

hello-robot.com

NASA JPL Robotics

Research Labs

Jet Propulsion Laboratory's robotics group, building planetary rovers, sampling arms and autonomy for extreme environments.

www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov

UC Berkeley AUTOLAB

Research Labs

Berkeley lab researching robot grasping, cloud robotics and the Dex-Net grasp datasets and models used across the field.

autolab.berkeley.edu

UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute

Research Labs

UC San Diego institute coordinating robotics research across engineering and cognitive science, including human-centered and safe autonomy work.

contextualrobotics.ucsd.edu

Questions

Frequently asked questions

How many research labs are listed in California?

7 in California. See the statewide page for every robotics company in California regardless of category.