Defense and security

Companies

All 329 companies

329 robotics companies in the segment. By role: Robot maker 252 · Software 76 · Robot operator 42.

Robotics companies
329

Raised the most in the segment · Post-IPO rounds of the segment

  • KnightscopeUnited States
    Raised
    $13.8M
    Rounds
    2
    Last round
    Mar 2025
  • Palladyne AIUnited States
    Raised
    $7M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Oct 2024
  • Maris TechIsrael
    Raised
    $2M
    Rounds
    1
    Last round
    Mar 2026

A company has up to three roles: the role bars do not add up to the companies of the segment.

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Funding by month

Round types
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Round typesPost-IPO
VentureGrantDebtPost-IPOOther
Adjacent markets
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles
Adjacent marketsDrones
DronesDefense and securityHome robotsAutonomous road vehicles

Post-IPO rounds of the segment — 2024: $19.1M in 2 rounds · 2025: $1.7M in 1 rounds · 2026 (year to date): $2M in 1 rounds. Adjacent markets: Drones $0

Rounds 2024–2026
4
With a disclosed amount
4
Raised 2024–2026
$22.8M

Columns: the round classes chosen, every round of the segment; adjacent markets are separate lines, not part of the columns. Sums include rounds with a disclosed amount only. Oct 2026: data to 24 Oct 2026.

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Funding by HQ country

United States $20.8M · Israel $2M

Post-IPO rounds of the segment; rounds without a known HQ country are left out.

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Largest rounds

All rounds of the segment

$12.1M the largest; the 4 largest add up to $22.8M.

  1. Knightscope$12.1M
    21 Nov 2024 · Post-IPO equity · United States
  2. Palladyne AI$7M
    31 Oct 2024 · Post-IPO equity · United States
  3. Maris Tech$2M
    6 Mar 2026 · Post-IPO equity · Israel
  4. Knightscope$1.7M
    28 Mar 2025 · Post-IPO equity · United States

Post-IPO rounds of the segment: the same rounds as the chart above.

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Robot models

All 31 models

31 models: 31 with our characteristics, 0 with shop prices.

Models
31
With specifications
31
With shop prices
0
  • Weight, kg 23 models · median 81 kg · middle half 13.7–193 kg · range 0.524–16,000 kg
  • Runtime, h 22 models · median 3 h · middle half 2.25–4 h · range 1–30 h
  • Height, mm 21 models · median 830 mm · middle half 305–1,168 mm · range 110–2,320 mm
  • Length, mm 20 models · median 986 mm · middle half 697–1,355 mm · range 203–5,750 mm

A box is the middle half of the models and its line the median, on an axis from the smallest to the largest value.

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