Bota Systems

Bota Systems designs and manufactures six-axis force/torque sensors and torque sensors for robotics and automation. Its products support force-sensitive manipulation, haptic feedback, humanoid joints, collaborative robots and research platforms.

Facts

Segment: Robotics Sensors
Country: Switzerland
Founded: 2020
Website: https://www.botasys.com

Market context

Bota Systems adds a specialized force-torque sensing supplier for manipulation, research, human-robot interaction and force-controlled industrial workflows.

ATI Industrial Automation - comparable profile - peer: Universal Robots Ecosystem
OnRobot - comparable profile - peer: Universal Robots Ecosystem
Hypersen - comparable profile - capability: Force Controlled Manipulation

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Funding

2023-10-03 - Seed - $2.5M - Bota Systems raises $2.5M seed round for force-torque sensing - Bota Systems raised $2.5 million in seed funding to expand force-torque sensing for robotics. - source: botasys.com

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Investors

Marathon Venture Capital - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-10-03

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Supply

Kinova - Outbound - Force Torque Sensing - Bota Systems supplies force torque sensing to Kinova for Kinova Gen3 robotic manipulator - source: botasys.com

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Timeline

2025-02-19 - Partnership - Bota Systems and Kassow Robots partner on touch-sensitive automation - Bota Systems said it joined the KR Pulse ecosystem for Kassow Robots integration. Kassow Robots joined Bota Systems OEM network. - source: botasys.com
2025-01-08 - Partnership - Kinova Robotics partners with Bota Systems around touch sensing for robotics AI - Bota framed the collaboration around accelerating robotics developers and bridging the sim-to-real gap. The announcement highlights Bota force-torque sensing as a multimodal interaction layer. - source: botasys.com
2024-10-14 - Product Launch - Bota Systems launches SensONE T80 force-torque sensor - The sensor used ISO flanges matching Universal Robots UR20 and UR30 cobots. The launch targeted heavy-payload applications such as palletizing, welding, sanding and CNC loading. The product gives Bota Systems a concrete offering for warehouse automation and… - source: botasys.com

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Team

Ilias Patsiaouras - Co-founder - Patsiaouras is part of the founding team behind Bota Systems force-torque sensors for robot touch and physical-AI applications.
Marco Hutter - Co-founder - Hutter connects Bota Systems to ETH Zurich robotics research and the force-torque sensing technology behind its robot touch products.
Klajd Lika - Founder and CEO - Lika leads Bota Systems as it commercializes force-torque sensors that give robots high-performance touch feedback for physical-AI and manipulation applications.

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