Galbot brings in $300M to scale mobile manipulator deployments

Other companies, like Sunday Robotics and Weave Robotics, are creating semi-humanoid robots for home deployments.

Meanwhile, more established robotics players have released mobile manipulators that look more like traditional warehouse robots. For example, Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) last year introduced its MC600 mobile manipulator. Other developers taking this route include Kinisi Robotics. Kinisi offers the KR1, a dual-armed robot with a mobile base. The company has so far focused on warehouse and storeroom applications with its robot.

RoboForce earlier this year unveiled its Titan mobile manipulator, which it says works in demanding outdoor environments. Additionally, U.K.-based Humanoid unveiled its HMND 01 Alpha mobile manipulator for industrial facilities in September. This latest round of funding included investors from China, Singapore, and the Middle East, said Galbot.

Mobile manipulators emerge as a humanoid alternative

Galbot is part of a larger trend in the robotics industry around semi-humanoid mobile manipulators. These robots offer some of the flexibility of humanoids while maintaining a more stable wheeled base.