Collaborative Robotics
"Robots that react to you."
Maker of Proxie, a swerve-drive autonomous mobile manipulator that moves materials alongside people without facility changes.
Collaborative Robotics, known as Cobot, is a Santa Clara, California robotics company building practical autonomous mobile manipulators for real-world material handling. Founded in 2022 by Brad Porter, who previously led the scaling of Amazon Robotics to more than 500,000 robots, the company designs robots intended to work safely and affordably alongside people in manufacturing, supply-chain, and healthcare environments.
Its flagship product, Proxie, is a mobile manipulator built around a 360-degree swerve-drive base ('Glide 360') that provides smooth holonomic motion, letting the robot turn in place for narrow corridors and align with existing carts, shelves, trays, and equipment. Proxie's 'Flex Grasp' gripper handles tasks from grabbing cart handles to loading boxes and totes, while the 'ScoutSense' perception system captures the environment at human eye level for context-aware navigation around people, obstacles, and other robots. Hot-swappable and self-swapping batteries ('Zero Charge') enable continuous 24/7 operation, and a patent-pending suspension ('Cushion Ride') absorbs cracks, bumps, and uneven floors. A Gen 2 Proxie adds bimanual arms that pick, place, and restock materials.
Crucially, Proxie requires no warehouse-management-system integration or new infrastructure: its 'Auto Tasking' software observes the operation directly and its Vista fleet-management system coordinates robots and lets operations self-direct, with operators pausing, resuming, and confirming tasks via on-robot 'Task Touch' controls. Cobot is backed by investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, and Mayo Clinic, and raised a $100 million Series B in 2024. Early customers include Maersk, Mayo Clinic, Moderna, Owens & Minor, and Tampa General Hospital, with the company offering Proxie commercially at rates starting below USD 7 per hour for 24/7 operation.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Proxie
Swerve-drive autonomous mobile manipulator that moves and restocks materials alongside people, no WMS integration.
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United States
Company Facts
Founded
2022
Primary Role
Manufacturer
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Primary Region
North America
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Funding Stage
Growth / Late-Stage VC
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