Robot Components
The hardware inside a robot: actuators, gearboxes and motors, dexterous hands and grippers, force-torque and tactile sensors, cameras, lidar, encoders and battery cells.
Nabtesco
Japanese maker of cycloidal precision reduction gears that are standard in the joints of industrial robot arms, plus motion-control components for other machines.
Inspire Robots
Beijing maker of dexterous robotic hands, tactile sensing fingertips and actuators supplied to humanoid robot developers.
Soft Robotics Inc.
Maker of soft, food-safe robotic grippers and AI picking systems for handling variable items such as food and produce.
THK
Japanese originator of the linear motion guide, supplying rails, ball screws, actuators and robot joint modules.
Zimmer Group
German supplier of grippers, rotary and linear modules, damping and tool-changing systems used in robot cells.
Ouster
Publicly traded lidar manufacturer whose digital sensors are used in robotics, industrial automation, smart infrastructure and autonomous vehicles.
GelSight
Waltham company making high-resolution tactile sensors that turn surface contact into a 3D image, used for robot touch and industrial inspection.
Amprius Technologies
Fremont maker of silicon-anode lithium cells with very high energy density, sold for drones, wearables and other weight-critical mobile systems.
SLAMTEC
Shanghai maker of 2D lidar, navigation modules and mobile robot chassis used by service-robot builders.
Inventus Power
Designer and manufacturer of custom lithium-ion battery packs and battery management systems for industrial, medical and robotic equipment.
RealSense
Depth-camera and stereo-vision business, spun out of Intel, supplying the cameras many mobile robots and manipulators use for perception.
Bosch Sensortec
Bosch division making MEMS inertial and environmental sensors, including the IMUs used for balance and motion sensing in small robots.
Westwood Robotics
Los Angeles company selling humanoid and bipedal robot platforms such as THEMIS along with proprioceptive actuators for legged robots.
Movella (Xsens)
Maker of Xsens inertial motion-capture suits and sensor modules used to record human motion for robot learning, plus industrial IMUs.
Contactile
Australian company making tactile sensors that measure force, torque and incipient slip so robot grippers can control grasp force.
Sion Power
Tucson company developing lithium-metal battery cells with high energy density for electric aviation, defense and mobile robotics.
Enovix
Fremont battery manufacturer building silicon-anode lithium-ion cells aimed at devices that need more runtime in the same volume.
Molicel
Cell manufacturer known for ultra-high-power cylindrical lithium-ion cells used in power tools, eVTOL, racing and robotics packs.
RoboSense
Shenzhen maker of lidar and perception solutions for vehicles and robots, including compact sensors aimed at robotics platforms.
T-MOTOR
Manufacturer of brushless motors and propulsion components used in drones and increasingly in legged and humanoid robot joints.
Basler
German machine-vision company making industrial cameras, lenses and vision software used in robot guidance and inspection.
qbrobotics
Italian company producing soft, compliant robotic hands and variable-stiffness actuators for service and research robots.
TESOLLO
Korean company making multi-joint robotic grippers and the DG-5F dexterous hand for research and industrial manipulation.
Netzer Precision
Israeli maker of capacitive absolute rotary encoders that are hollow, thin and light, aimed at robot joints and gimbals.
Teknic
New York manufacturer of integrated servo motors and motion-control hardware sold direct to machine and robot builders.
XELA Robotics
Tokyo company producing flexible multi-axis tactile sensor skins that can be wrapped around fingers and robot surfaces.
Hesai Technology
Shanghai lidar maker supplying 3D sensors for autonomous vehicles, robotics and industrial automation at large volume.
Open Bionics
Bristol company making the Hero Arm, a 3D-printed multi-grip bionic hand for children and adults with limb difference.
Schmalz
German vacuum-technology company supplying suction cups, vacuum generators and complete robot vacuum gripping systems.
Hailo
Israeli chip company making edge AI processors that run neural networks on-device for robots, cameras and vehicles.
RLS
Slovenian maker of magnetic rotary and linear encoders, including compact absolute encoders used in robot joints.
Bota Systems
Swiss company making compact six-axis force-torque sensors for robot arms, legged robots and research platforms.
WEISS ROBOTICS
German maker of smart electric grippers and gripper controllers designed for quick integration with robot arms.
Roboception
Munich company making stereo 3D cameras with on-board perception software for robot grasping and localization.
PaXini Tech
Shenzhen company making multi-modal tactile sensors and dexterous hands for humanoid and industrial robots.
Photoneo
Slovak company making 3D scanners and structured-light cameras plus bin-picking software for robot cells.