What Collaborative Robotics does

Collaborative Robotics (operating under the brand Cobot) is a Santa Clara-based Physical AI company founded in 2022 by Brad Porter, the former Amazon Robotics VP who oversaw deployment of more than 500,000 robots, alongside Steph Tryphonas. The company builds general-purpose mobile collaborative robots (cobots) designed to identify and execute material-handling work alongside people in hospitals, manufacturing floors, and logistics facilities, with its second-generation Proxie launched in June 2026 featuring up to 1,500 lb payload, optional bimanual manipulation, self-swapping batteries for 24/7 operation, and an Auto Tasking AI that autonomously identifies tasks without requiring WMS, IT integration, or a human dispatcher.

The platform combines the Proxie robot with Vista fleet management software, which provides continuous operational visibility and proactively reroutes the fleet to resolve bottlenecks, and ScoutMap, a facility readiness assessment that autonomously maps a site and produces a quantitative Physical AI readiness report in under one week. Cobot monetizes through a Robot-as-a-Service subscription starting at $5,000 per month per Proxie (or less than $7 per hour for 24/7 operations), supplemented by usage-based per-hour pricing and the Flywheel advisory services program covering readiness assessments, opportunity evaluation, architecture, and deployment. The company has raised approximately $140M across seed, Series A, and Series B rounds led by Sequoia Capital and General Catalyst, with Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Lux Capital, Bison Ventures, Industry Ventures, and others participating, and reports active pilots with Maersk, Moderna, Mayo Clinic, Owens & Minor, and Tampa General Hospital.

Name

Collaborative Robotics

Legal name

Collaborative Robotics Inc.

Website

https://co.bot

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) builds AI-native mobile collaborative robots (Proxie) and fleet software (Vista) that autonomously handle material movement in hospitals, manufacturing, and logistics, sold as a Robot-as-a-Service subscription to enterprise customers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Autonomous Mobile Robots

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Overhead Traveling Crane, Hoist, and Monorail System Manufacturing (333923)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Collaborative Robots (Cobots) (IMAHAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ), Service & Hospitality Robots (HDAAAIAB), Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK), Robot Hardware, Actuators & Components (sensors, grippers, motors) (HDAAAIAL)

Keywords

• Collaborative robotics
• Autonomous mobile robots
• Material handling automation
• Fleet management software
• Robot as a service

Headquarters

HQ city

Santa Clara

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Proxie Robot-as-a-Service: Recurring monthly fee for Proxie deployments (Proxie Gen 2 starting at $5,000 per month) covering use of the mobile cobot platform with hot-swappable batteries and Vista fleet coordination; positioned as a subscription-style alternative to fixed conveyors and custom automation.
2. Usage-Based Fleet Pricing: Per-hour pricing model framing Proxie as less than $15/hr for two 8-hour shifts, 5 days/week, and less than $7/hr for 24/7 operations, aligning cost to shift utilization.
3. Flywheel Advisory Services: Professional services through the Flywheel program covering Robotics Transformation Assessment, Robotics Opportunity Evaluation, Physical AI-Ready Architecture, Operating Model Design, Facility Design, and Robotics Deployment Program for healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and pharma clients.
4. ScoutMap Facility Readiness Assessment: Standalone facility readiness assessment service delivered in under one week, producing a CAD, quantitative readiness scores, and prioritized recommendations; vendor-agnostic, positioned as a pre-sale engagement that also feeds Proxie deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Core offering

Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) builds the Proxie mobile collaborative robot, a general-purpose, human-stature cobot that autonomously identifies and executes material handling tasks alongside people in hospitals, manufacturing floors, and logistics facilities. The Proxie is operated as a Robot-as-a-Service subscription and is orchestrated by Vista fleet management software, with ScoutMap providing facility readiness assessment and the Flywheel Program offering deployment advisory services. The platform is explicitly designed to operate without WMS, IT integration, or new infrastructure.

Product overview

Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) offers a unified Physical AI platform composed of several tightly integrated products and services. The core product is Proxie, a general-purpose mobile collaborative robot (now in its second generation with bimanual manipulation and autonomous task execution) that physically moves materials in hospitals, manufacturing, and logistics facilities. Proxie is managed and orchestrated by Vista, the fleet coordination software that provides real-time operational visibility and automatically reroutes robots to resolve risks. ScoutMap is an add-on assessment module that scans a facility in under a week to produce a Physical AI readiness score and recommendations. Underpinning these is the broader Physical AI technology approach, while the Flywheel Program is an adjacent advisory services offering that helps enterprises successfully deploy the technology across healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and pharma. Together these products form a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on autonomous, AI-driven material handling.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Proxie: Human-capable mobile collaborative robot (cobots) for hospitals, manufacturing, and logistics; Gen 2 adds bimanual manipulation and self-swapping batteries.
• Vista
• ScoutMap
• Flywheel

Products and services

• Proxie General-purpose mobile collaborative robot (cobot) with human stature that identifies work and executes material handling tasks alongside people in hospitals, manufacturing floors, and logistics facilities. Includes Glide 360 swerve drive, ScoutSense perception, Flex Grasp gripper, Zero Charge hot-swappable batteries, Task Touch interface, and Cushion Ride suspension. Available starting at less than $7/hr for 24/7 operations or less than $15/hr for two shifts, 5 days/week.
• Proxie Gen 2 Second-generation Proxie mobile manipulator announced at Automate 2026, featuring improved mobility, optional bimanual manipulation arms, payload capacity up to 1,500 lb., self-swapping batteries, and an autotasking AI system that identifies work without WMS or IT integration. Available starting at $5,000 per month with deployments beginning in 2026, building on the first generation's 12,627 operating hours of field use.
• Vista Fleet management and Physical AI platform that provides continuous visibility into Proxie operations, automatically identifies risks and choke points, and proactively reroutes the Proxie fleet to resolve operational issues without alerting. Coordinates where Proxie is managed and where operations start to self-direct.
• ScoutMap Vendor-agnostic facility readiness assessment that autonomously navigates a facility, generates an updated CAD, measures aisle width, building capacity, and space utilization, and delivers a Physical AI readiness report with prioritized recommendations in under one week.
• Flywheel Program Advisory services program that helps enterprises deploy robotics successfully across healthcare, logistics, manufacturing, and pharma. Includes Robotics Transformation Assessment, Robotics Opportunity Evaluation, Physical AI-Ready Architecture, Operating Model Design, Facility Design, and Robotics Deployment Program offerings, delivered by a team with 500+ years of combined robotics experience and 500k+ robots deployed globally.

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Fetch Robotics (Zebra Technologies): Fetch, owned by Zebra Technologies, offers autonomous mobile robots for warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics. Overlap with Proxie on mobile manipulation, AMR navigation, and enterprise deployments, with the added leverage of Zebra's enterprise customer base.
• Vecna Robotics: Vecna Robotics offers autonomous material handling robots and orchestration software for warehouses and manufacturing. Closely comparable to Cobot's Proxie plus Vista architecture, combining AMRs with a fleet intelligence layer.
• Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR): MiR, owned by Teradyne, produces autonomous mobile robots for material handling in manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. Directly comparable to Proxie in terms of indoor AMR deployments and hospital/logistics use cases, with a more established global footprint.
• Locus Robotics: Locus Robotics builds autonomous mobile robots for warehouse picking and material handling, sold primarily as a Robots-as-a-Service subscription. It directly competes with Cobot's Proxie in fulfillment and logistics workflows and shares the RaaS go-to-market motion.
• OTTO Motors (Clearpath Robotics): OTTO Motors builds heavy-payload autonomous mobile robots for material movement in industrial and logistics facilities. Comparable to Proxie Gen 2's 1,500 lb. payload positioning and shares the same enterprise manufacturing and warehousing target customers.
• 6 River Systems (Shopify): 6 River Systems builds mobile collaborative robots for warehouse fulfillment and is now part of Shopify's logistics stack. Comparable to Cobot on cobot-style mobile units deployed in distribution centers, with a subscription commercial model.

Broad incumbents

• Symbotic: Symbotic is a large-scale warehouse automation platform combining AI, robotics, and software for retailer and grocer supply chains. Comparable in target customer (enterprise logistics) and AI-driven automation, but at much larger and more capital-intensive scale than Cobot's fleet approach.
• Boston Dynamics: Boston Dynamics (backed by Hyundai) builds advanced mobile robots including Stretch for warehouse case handling, plus Spot and Atlas. Comparable to Cobot on physical AI for logistics and the broader robotics platform play, with significantly greater capital and R&D resources.

Emerging players

• Formic: Formic provides Robots-as-a-Service for manufacturing automation, targeting small and mid-sized manufacturers with a subscription model. Comparable to Cobot on the RaaS commercial motion, though Formic focuses on fixed automation like robotic arms rather than mobile cobots.
• Agility Robotics: Agility Robotics builds the Digit humanoid robot for logistics and material handling. Comparable to Cobot in target use cases (warehouse, logistics, indoor material movement) but pursues a humanoid form factor rather than Cobot's swerve-drive mobile base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors12 records

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M&A

Investments

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