21 Oct 2026 · TrustList Editorial
Eka Robotics raises $150m to teach robot hands physics, not imitation
a16z and F-Prime lead the Series A, with seed leads Obvious Ventures and E14 Fund following on. Eka claims 1,500 picks an hour, about two…
9 robot manufacturers ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.
Between them, the 9 robot manufacturers on this page cover collaborative robots (3), autonomous mobile robots (2), humanoid robots (2) and motion control (2). They also list work in Japan and Germany. 9 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

Collaborative Robots · Also in Japan
FANUC makes industrial robots, collaborative robots and machine tools for factory automation, supported by service in more than 100 countries.

Collaborative Robots · Motion Control · Also in Japan
YASKAWA makes industrial and collaborative robots, AC servos and drives, and CNC controllers for factory automation and systems integration.

Also in South Korea
Makes industrial and SCARA robots, AGVs, AMRs and wafer transfer modules for factories and semiconductor equipment makers.

Autonomous Mobile Robots · Also in Augsburg
KUKA builds industrial robots, production machines and system integration for manufacturers, including food processing plants.

Motion Control · Also in Lund
Cognibotics develops robot hardware, calibration tools and the Juliet programming language for precise industrial robot motion.

Autonomous Mobile Robots · Also in Sweden
Swedish maker of mobile, flexible robot cells that let one industrial robot serve several machines on a standard docking platform.

Collaborative Robots · Robotics · Also in Japan
Yamaha Motor Robotics, the robotics business unit of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
Humanoid Robots · Also in China
Efort builds industrial robots and intelligent manufacturing systems for spraying, welding and grinding, and incubates the Openmind embodied intelligence unit.
Humanoid Robots · Robotics · Also in Munich, Germany and Europe
Agile Robots SE is a Munich-based builder of AI-driven robots, from the Diana 7 arm to the Agile ONE humanoid, with a group that spans force-sensitive arms, mobile robots and…
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21 Oct 2026 · TrustList Editorial
a16z and F-Prime lead the Series A, with seed leads Obvious Ventures and E14 Fund following on. Eka claims 1,500 picks an hour, about two…
20 Oct 2026 · TrustList Editorial
The Metzingen company's model combines 3D vision, touch, force, audio and language with memory, runs on five of its robots, and is…
20 Oct 2026 · TrustList Editorial
Chancellor Merz and two federal ministries agreed a joint initiative on AI models for physical AI; NVIDIA also announced planned…
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