ManoMotion
ManoMotion AB is a Swedish deep-tech company that builds vision-based AI software for real-time hand and body tracking, commercializing the SaferHands industrial safety product with German IFA/BG certification and XR/mobile AR SDKs for OEMs and developers.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2015
- HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What ManoMotion does
ManoMotion AB is a Swedish deep-tech company founded in 2015 in Stockholm, with a US office in Palo Alto opened in 2020. The company develops vision-based AI software for real-time hand and body tracking, built on six years of PhD research conducted at KTH Royal Institute of Technology by co-founders Shahrouz Yousefi (CEO and CTO) and Professor Haibo Li (CSO). Its core ManoMotion Physical AI Framework uses a patented gesture-search engine that pairs a lookup function with a proprietary database of "golden hand" models trained on millions of synthetic hand images, delivering claimed +99% detection accuracy and sub-10ms end-to-end latency on standard RGB cameras without specialized hardware. The company holds 15 granted patents covering the synthetic data generator and gesture-search architecture.
The product portfolio centers on SaferHands, a vision-based predictive safety system for industrial machinery that continuously maps Safe, Warning, and Danger zones and triggers safety signals before contact occurs; SaferHands is the first AI-based machine safety solution certified by Germany's IFA and BG authorities. Complementary products include an XR Interaction SDK for head-mounted display OEMs (RealHands engine with 27 degrees of freedom), a Mobile AR SDK distributed via the Unity Asset Store in a freemium-to-Pro subscription model, and ActivityTracker, a room-monitoring solution developed with Intel.
ManoMotion generates revenue through multiple streams: SDK subscription licensing (Community free, Pro paid), OEM/embedded licensing with hardware manufacturers, hardware-software bundled sales of SaferHands kits built around NVIDIA Jetson, and custom enterprise development. Primary customers include industrial machinery manufacturers such as Altendorf (table saws), a tire manufacturer that ordered 20+ machines after a zero-accident pilot, ThirdEye (XR glasses), and major technology partners including NVIDIA, HP, Intel, and Google. Regional sales leadership covers the EU, US, and India.
ManoMotion firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- ManoMotion
- Legal name
- ManoMotion AB
- Website
- https://manomotion.com
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2015
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- ManoMotion AB is a Swedish deep-tech company that builds vision-based AI software for real-time hand and body tracking, commercializing the SaferHands industrial safety product with German IFA/BG certification and XR/mobile AR SDKs for OEMs and developers.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
ManoMotion industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Computer Vision / AI Hand Tracking Software
- NAICS
- Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (3345), Other Measuring and Controlling Device Manufacturing (334519), Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing (33451)
- SIC
- Industrial Instruments For Measurement, Display, And Control (3823), Measuring & Controlling Devices, Nec (3829)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Real-Time Vision at the Edge (on-device CV/video) (HDAAAJAE)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- XR/AR/VR/MR Development Frameworks & Toolchains (MPAFAFAF), VR/XR Hardware & Accessories (Headsets, Controllers, Trackers, Haptics) (MPAFAGAG), Robotic Process Automation (RPA) & Hyperautomation Platforms (HDAEAKAF), Wearable Computers (Industrial Smart Glasses/Wrist/Arm-Mount) (HDACALAH)
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Where ManoMotion is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Stockholm
- HQ country
- Sweden
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
ManoMotion business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations
Revenue model
- SDK Licensing: Software licensing of hand tracking SDK to developers. Free Community Edition for evaluation, paid Pro subscription for commercial use. Revenue from developer seats and enterprise licenses.
- SaferHands Industrial Safety Products: Sale of SaferHands industrial safety solution including software, NVIDIA Jetson board, camera, I/O signal light, display, and setup materials. Hardware-software bundle for industrial machine safety retrofitting.
- OEM/Embedded Licensing: Embedding hand tracking technology into OEM devices including HMDs, smart glasses, and smart devices. Technology licensing to device manufacturers for integration.
- Custom Enterprise Solutions: Custom development and consulting services for specific industrial environments. Customization of SaferHands for best performance in specific environments. Professional services for system integration.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Freemium | Others | Community Edition (Free) |
| Subscription | Monthly | SDK Pro (Paid) |
| Unit Pricing | Multi-year contract | SaferHands Industrial Safety Kit |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels7 records
ManoMotion product offering
Product offeringCore offering
ManoMotion builds a Physical AI software platform for vision-based hand and full-body tracking using standard RGB cameras. Its commercial offerings include the SaferHands predictive industrial-safety system (hardware-software kit bundled with NVIDIA Jetson) that prevents machinery hand injuries, embedded XR/AR hand-tracking (RealHands™) for HMD OEMs and smart glasses, a Mobile AR SDK for Unity developers, and the ActivityTracker office/room sensing solution co-developed with Intel. The technology is delivered as licensable SDKs/subscriptions and as embedded OEM technology for device manufacturers.
Product overview
ManoMotion offers a software-only, hardware-agnostic Physical AI platform centered on hand and body tracking for industrial safety and XR applications. The portfolio consists of: SaferHands (vision-based predictive safety product for industrial machinery with IFA/BG certification in Germany); XR Interaction SDK for HMD OEMs embedding RealHands™ technology into VR/AR/MR headsets; Mobile AR SDK for iOS/Android developers via Unity; and the ActivityTracker for office/room monitoring developed with Intel. The core ManoMotion Physical AI Framework powers all products with patented look-up function technology delivering +99% accuracy and sub-10ms latency on standard RGB cameras. Products serve industrial safety (saferhands), gesture control (industrial, IoT, robotics, automotive), and XR interaction (smartphones, smart glasses, HMDs).
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- SaferHands: AI-based industrial safety solution using hand and body tracking to prevent accidents before they happen. First AI-certified technology for human safety in industrial machinery.
- RealHands
- ManoMotion SDK
- ActivityTracker
Products and services
- SaferHands Vision-based predictive safety product for industrial machinery that uses a single RGB camera and an NVIDIA Jetson module to continuously map Safe, Warning and Danger zones around dangerous equipment, predicting operator intent before injury and triggering safety actions (e.g., machine shutdown). Sells as a hardware-software bundle and holds the world's first AI-based industrial safety certification from Germany's IFA & BG.
- XR Interaction (HMD OEM) Embedded hand-tracking and gesture-control product for HMD manufacturers and wearable device makers, delivering immersive hand interaction in VR/AR/MR through the RealHands™ 27 DOF engine with a standard sensor. Sold to OEMs for integration into headsets and smart glasses (e.g., ThirdEye X2 MR Glasses).
- Mobile AR SDK Hand-tracking software development kit for iOS and Android enabling AR developers to build gesture-driven mobile experiences using Unity AR Foundation, ARKit and ARCore. Includes 2D/3D skeleton tracking (21 joints), gesture analysis, hand occlusion and depth estimation; distributed via Unity Asset Store with a free Community Edition and a paid Pro subscription.
- ActivityTracker Computer-vision AI solution co-developed with Intel that tracks human activities and gestures in rooms and offices for smart-workspace and occupancy scenarios. Distributed as a packaged hardware-software kit comprising an Intel NUC small-form-factor computer, a camera, and preinstalled ManoMotion tracking software.
Quantifiable outcome
- Zero accidents achieved in tire manufacturing pilot with 20+ machines deployed
- +4 more outcomes
Companies that use ManoMotion
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments5 records
Ideal customer profiles5 records
ManoMotion technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration1 record
AI capability7 records
Feature7 records
ManoMotion partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- HPcoreHP provided cutting-edge computing equipment to supercharge AI model training and experimentation at ManoMotion. State-of-the-art machines enhance XR headsets performance and accelerate AI innovation. Albert Bruhner instrumental in partnership.
- NVIDIAcorePartnership with NVIDIA as technology partner and participant in NVIDIA Inception program. ManoMotion technology powered by NVIDIA Jetson boards (Xavier NX, Nano). CEO Shahrouz Yousefi presented at GTC 2025 on 'AI-Driven Safety at the Edge'. Collaboration on AI solutions for industrial safety.
- AltendorfcoreStrategic partnership with German machinery leader Altendorf to integrate ManoMotion hand tracking into Hand Guard Safety System for table saws. Achieved historic milestone: world's first AI-based safety certification from IFA & BG in Germany. Altendorf is world leading provider of machines for processing wood, panel material, plastics and aluminum. Q4 planned shipping for Hand Guard System.
- IntelcorePartnership with Intel for ActivityTracker product development. Intel NUC small form factor computer used in computer vision AI solution for tracking human activities and gestures in offices and rooms.
- KTH Royal Institute of TechnologycoreResearch partnership origin: company founded in 2015 after 6+ years of research at KTH. Co-founder and CSO Professor Haibo Li from KTH. Technology originated from PhD research by Shahrouz Yousefi at KTH.
- Toyota Material HandlingminorConnected at IndX 2025 event. Discussions on Industrial Safety and Gesture Control adding value to their automation capabilities. Part of next-generation automation discussions.
- Husqvarna GroupminorMet at IndX 2025 innovation event. Discussions on how Industrial Safety and Gesture Control can enhance their existing capabilities.
- HitachiminorMet at IndX 2025 event. Part of keynote insights on industrial efficiency and next-generation automation aligning with ManoMotion's human-centric technology.
- VäderstadminorMet at IndX 2025 event focused on building industrial efficiency, resilience, and next generation of automation.
- ThirdEyecoreThirdEye X2 MR Glasses integrated ManoMotion hand tracking technology. OEM partnership for embedding hand tracking into professional mixed reality headsets.
Scale indicators6 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
ManoMotion competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Keyence: Keyence is a dominant industrial automation and safety-instrumentation supplier whose vision systems and machine-safety products compete with ManoMotion's SaferHands in factory automation contexts.
- SICK AG: SICK is a global industrial sensor and safety-systems incumbent (light curtains, area scanners, safety controllers) that competes with SaferHands in industrial machine-safety retrofitting, but via non-vision technologies.
- Pilz: Pilz is a leading European machine-safety specialist (safety controllers, sensors, services) whose certified industrial-safety portfolio overlaps with ManoMotion's SaferHands, especially in the same German and EU regulatory ecosystem.
- Cognex: Cognex is a major machine-vision and industrial-barcode-reading vendor whose edge vision platforms and 3D sensors could compete with or complement ManoMotion's vision-based safety and gesture offerings in industrial settings.
- MediaPipe (Google): Google's open-source MediaPipe framework offers on-device hand, gesture, and body tracking that competes directly with ManoMotion's Mobile AR SDK and OEM-embedded offering, but as part of a much broader multimodal AI platform.
Direct peers
- RealWear: RealWear makes ruggedized industrial smart glasses used in field service and manufacturing — comparable to ManoMotion's industrial XR and safer-operations use cases as a hardware peer integrating or competing with vision-based hand tracking.
- ThirdEye Gen: ThirdEye Gen produces enterprise MR smart glasses (X2) that already embed ManoMotion's hand tracking, making it both an OEM partner and a directly comparable XR hardware peer in the industrial wearables space.
- Ultraleap: Ultraleap (formerly Leap Motion) provides vision-based hand tracking and mid-air gesture control for XR, automotive, and industrial interfaces — the closest direct competitor to ManoMotion's RealHands™ engine across both XR and gesture-control verticals.
- Varjo: Varjo builds high-end XR headsets with integrated hand tracking for enterprise and industrial use cases — a direct HMD-OEM peer and potential customer for embedded RealHands™ licensing.
- Banuba: Banuba provides AR hand-tracking, face-tracking, and virtual try-on SDKs for mobile and XR — overlapping with ManoMotion's mobile AR, virtual try-on, and HMD OEM offerings as a similarly positioned independent software vendor.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses4 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
ManoMotion social profiles
Digital presenceManoMotion compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance3 records
ManoMotion financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
ManoMotion leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles8 records
ManoMotion funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors2 records
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ManoMotion M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about ManoMotion
What does ManoMotion do?
ManoMotion builds a Physical AI software platform for vision-based hand and full-body tracking using standard RGB cameras. Its commercial offerings include the SaferHands predictive industrial-safety system (hardware-software kit bundled with NVIDIA Jetson) that prevents machinery hand injuries, embedded XR/AR hand-tracking (RealHands™) for HMD OEMs and smart glasses, a Mobile AR SDK for Unity developers, and the ActivityTracker office/room sensing solution co-developed with Intel. The technology is delivered as licensable SDKs/subscriptions and as embedded OEM technology for device manufacturers.
Is ManoMotion a public or private company?
ManoMotion is a private company. It is classified as venture growth investor backed and is currently operating.
When was ManoMotion founded?
ManoMotion was founded in 2015. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is ManoMotion based?
ManoMotion is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, in the Europe region.
How does ManoMotion make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. SDK Licensing is the primary driver. The others are saferHands Industrial Safety Products, OEM/Embedded Licensing and custom Enterprise Solutions.
Who are ManoMotion's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Keyence, SICK AG, Pilz, Cognex and MediaPipe (Google). Direct peers are RealWear, ThirdEye Gen, Ultraleap, Varjo and Banuba.
Does ManoMotion have an API?
No public API is recorded for ManoMotion.
What industry is ManoMotion in?
ManoMotion's product category is Computer Vision / AI Hand Tracking Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is HDAAAJAE, Real-Time Vision at the Edge (on-device CV/video), with a secondary code of MPAFAFAF, XR/AR/VR/MR Development Frameworks & Toolchains. Its NAICS code is 3345 and its SIC code is 3823.