What Devanthro does

Devanthro GmbH is a Munich-based humanoid robotics company founded in 2018 that builds "Robodies," a single humanoid robot product line designed for deployment inside private homes and care facilities. Its flagship elder care variant, Robody Cares, combines AI automation for routine household tasks (cleaning, laundry, fetching items) with human telepresence via VR embodiment, in which operators see through the robot's stereoscopic 4K cameras, hear what it hears, and speak with their own voice, with sub-200ms latency demonstrated over 9,000 km. The hardware is a 1.65m, 60kg musculoskeletal-inspired humanoid with 6 DoF arms, a soft fully enclosed skin designed for safe contact with vulnerable users, Nvidia Jetson Orin edge compute, and ROS2 middleware; a planned roadmap adds Action Transformers for bimanual manipulation and fleet intelligence.

The company sells through direct enterprise sales and pilot programs to care organizations (including Augustinum, Charité Berlin, Diakonie, the Bavarian Red Cross, IFB Foundation, and Stephanus Stiftung) and direct-to-consumer inquiries from families, currently across Germany and Switzerland. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and operates as a quote-based Robotics-as-a-Service model inferred from the subscription nature of 24/7 telepresence support. Revenue figures are not disclosed, headcount is 1–10, and the company is pre-commercial, having achieved market-first deployments in private homes since early 2024 and pilots in 12+ care facilities with 50+ use cases. Capital structure is founder-controlled with a December 2025 angel investment from Jonas Andrulis, founder and CEO of Aleph Alpha, as the most prominent external investor.

Name

Devanthro

Legal name

Devanthro GmbH

Website

https://devanthro.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Devanthro is a Munich-based robotics company building humanoid "Robodies" that combine AI with VR-based human teleoperation to provide 24/7 elder care, companionship, and household assistance, serving care organizations and private families in Germany and Switzerland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanoid Robotics

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120), Computer Terminal and Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (334118)

SIC

Orthopedic, Prosthetic & Surgical Appliances & Supplies (3842)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanoid & General-Purpose Robots (HDAAAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Assistive Robotics (HDAAAIAC), Human-Robot Interaction & Teleoperation Systems (HDAAAIAM), Robot Software, Autonomy Stacks & Simulation (ROS, digital twins) (HDAAAIAK)

Keywords

• Humanoid robotics
• Elder care robots
• Telepresence robotics
• Home assistant robots
• Robotics-as-a-service

Headquarters

HQ city

Garching

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Robody Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS): Devanthro likely operates on a subscription/service model for its Robody units, providing humanoid robots with teleoperation capabilities to care organizations and families on an ongoing service basis. This is inferred from the company's focus on 24/7 support availability, care organization pilots, and the hardware + service nature of the product.
2. AI-Enabled Task Automation Services: As AI capabilities improve through accumulated deployment data, Robody progressively automates routine household and care tasks (cleaning, laundry, fetching items), potentially enabling usage-based or tiered service pricing based on automation level.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Devanthro manufactures and deploys "Robodies" — humanoid robots that combine AI-driven task automation with VR-based human telepresence to deliver 24/7 physical assistance, companionship, and remote family presence in private homes and care facilities. The core product line includes the general Robodies platform and Robody Cares, a focused variant for elder care. Revenue is delivered through a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) subscription bundling hardware, teleoperation, and continuous AI improvement.

Product overview

Devanthro offers Robodies, a single unified humanoid robot product line designed for real-world home deployment. The core product combines AI automation for routine household tasks with human telepresence via VR headset for empathy-driven interactions. Robody Cares is the elder care application of this platform. The technical approach uses human operators in the loop to generate real-world training data, progressively building toward full autonomy. The system integrates robotics, AI, AR, and 5G connectivity into a humanoid form factor designed for unstructured home environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Robodies: Humanoid robots combining AI and human teleoperation to provide 24/7 support, companionship and peace of mind. The core product platform of Devanthro.
• Robody Cares

Products and services

• Robodies Humanoid robots combining AI-driven task automation with VR-based human telepresence to provide 24/7 support, companionship, and remote family presence in private homes. Combines robotics, AI, AR, and 5G connectivity to teleport human presence anywhere.
• Robody Cares Elder care application of the Robodies platform focused on providing physical assistance, telepresence companionship, and support for older adults and people with disabilities in home settings. Tested with 12+ care facilities and hundreds of users.

Quantifiable outcome

• Tested in 12+ care facilities with hundreds of older adults including dementia patients, across 50+ use cases
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Charité BerlincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharité Berlin, one of Europe's largest university hospitals, is listed as a partner in Devanthro's research and development of robotic care solutions. The partnership supports clinical validation and medical-grade use case development for Robody in healthcare settings.
• University of OxfordcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Oxford is listed as a Devanthro partner. Oxford-based partners continue to use tendon-driven humanoid systems developed from the Roboy research lineage that formed the foundation of Devanthro.
• DiakoniecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDiakonie, Germany's largest Protestant welfare and social care organization, is listed as a partner collaborating on robotic care deployments. Diakonie provides care sector expertise and access to care facilities for pilot programs.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Intuition Robotics: Israel-based developer of ElliQ, an AI companion robot explicitly targeted at the elderly — the same primary care segment Devanthro pursues. Most comparable peer in the elder-care companion category.
• 1X Technologies: Norwegian humanoid home robot company (Neo) using a hybrid AI + teleoperation approach closely parallel to Devanthro's Robody. Direct competitor in the home-telepresence humanoid category.
• PAL Robotics: Spanish humanoid and service robotics company (TIAGo, ARI) with active deployments in healthcare, assistance, and social-interaction research across European care settings.
• Sanctuary AI: Canadian humanoid company (Phoenix) combining teleoperation and AI with Carbon platform. Closely aligned hybrid-intelligence architecture for general-purpose humanoid labor.

Emerging players

• Furhat Robotics: Sweden-based social humanoid robot company. Overlaps with Devanthro on human-robot interaction, telepresence-mediated social presence, and elderly-companion research.
• Unitree Robotics: Chinese humanoid and quadruped robotics manufacturer (G1, H1) rapidly entering the consumer and home robotics market — relevant competitor from the emerging low-cost humanoid cohort.

Broad incumbents

• Figure AI: Heavily funded US humanoid robotics company (Figure 01/02) with stated ambitions toward home and commercial service applications. Competes for the same long-term physical AI market.
• Apptronik: Austin-based humanoid developer (Apollo) pursuing industrial and service-sector use cases with elder-care and healthcare-adjacent pilots. Broad incumbent targeting the same home/service AI-robotics frontier.
• Agility Robotics: US humanoid developer (Digit) focused on logistics and warehouse applications. Broad incumbent in general-purpose humanoid robotics with potential overlap on home/service use cases.
• Toyota HSR: Toyota Research Institute's Human Support Robot, one of the earliest home-assistive humanoid platforms with extensive elder-care pilots. Closest large-incumbent analog.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/robodies
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/devanthro

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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