Collaborative Robotics
Collaborative Robotics, branded as Cobot, builds Proxie, a mobile collaborative robot for material movement and human-scale manipulation. Proxie has operated in hospitals, manufacturing floors and logistics facilities, and the 2026 Gen 2 update adds Autotasking, ScoutSense, self battery swap and optional bimanual arms.
Market context
Proxie Gen 2
Facts
- Website: https://www.co.bot/
- HQ: Santa Clara, United States
- Founded: 2022
- Segment: Warehouse Logistics
- Known funding rounds: 3
Investors
- 1984 Ventures - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-15 - latest 2024-04-10
- Calibrate Ventures - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-15 - latest 2024-04-10
- Khosla Ventures - Participant - Vc - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-15 - latest 2024-04-10
- Neo - Lead - Unknown - 3 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-15 - latest 2024-04-10
- Mayo Clinic - Participant - Angel / Individual - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-07-26 - latest 2024-04-10
- MVP Ventures - Participant - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-07-26 - latest 2024-04-10
- Sequoia Capital - Lead - Vc - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-07-26 - latest 2024-04-10
- Bison Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-10
- General Catalyst - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-10
- Industry Ventures - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-10
- Lux Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-04-10
- Fuel Capital - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-07-26
- Jeff Wilke - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-07-26
Collaborative mobile manipulation for logistics
Collaborative Robotics develops mobile manipulation robots intended to work around people in structured commercial environments. Its Cobot platform is positioned around practical logistics and material-movement workflows rather than humanoid walking robots.
- Target environment: Warehouses, logistics facilities and adjacent structured commercial sites where goods need to move through human-occupied workflows.
- Deployment model: Robot-platform deployment model centered on mobile manipulation, human-aware operation and workflow integration with existing operations.
- Customer context: Logistics and commercial operators looking for robotic assistance that can work near people without requiring fully rebuilt facilities.
- Workflow context: Robots move boxes or goods through existing workflows, supporting repetitive material handling while people remain part of the operating environment.
- Commercial maturity: Commercializing startup with a focused public product surface and robotics leadership background from Amazon Robotics and adjacent automation work.
- Market position: Positioned between warehouse AMRs and humanoid robots: more manipulation-capable than simple mobile bases, but targeted at practical operations rather than general humanoid labor.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on site integration, safety validation, workflow fit, payload/task constraints and whether the robot can handle real-world variability in human-occupied logistics settings.
- Adjacent context: Adjacent systems include warehouse AMRs, mobile manipulators, item-handling robots, fulfillment automation and humanoid logistics pilots.
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2026-06-22 - Product Launch - Cobot announces second-generation Proxie mobile collaborative robot - The launch says first-generation Proxie has logged 12,627 production operating hours and moved more than 40 million pounds of materials. Gen2 adds on-robot AI compute, Autotasking, ScoutSense sensing, a self-swapping battery station and an optional two-arm co…
- 2024-12-01 - Capability - Collaborative Robotics develops Proxie with NVIDIA Isaac and reports early production deployment metrics - Collaborative Robotics said it used NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, Jetson AGX Orin, and Jetson Nano in a simulation-first workflow to build and deploy Proxie. The company said Proxie had already been deployed in logistics, hospital, and manufacturing operations…
- 2024-11-20 - Product Launch - Collaborative Robotics launches Proxie, its first collaborative robot, and names initial customers - Collaborative Robotics officially launched Proxie as its first robot and positioned it as a collaborative mobile manipulator built for real-world work. The company said initial customers included Maersk, Mayo Clinic, Moderna, Owens & Minor, and Tampa General…
- 2024-04-10 - Funding - Collaborative Robotics raises $100 million Series B led by General Catalyst - Collaborative Robotics announced a $100 million Series B led by General Catalyst with participation from existing and new backers. The company said the financing would scale development and deployment of its collaborative robotics platform for logistics, heal…
- 2023-07-26 - Funding - Collaborative Robotics raises $30 million Series A and launches its Flywheel customer program - Collaborative Robotics announced a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Calibrate Ventures, Neo, 1984 Ventures, MVP Ventures, Jeff Wilke, and Fuel Capital. The company said the raise would support d…
- 2022-06-15 - Funding - Collaborative Robotics launches with $10 million in seed funding - Collaborative Robotics launched with $10 million in seed funding shortly after founding, led by former Amazon Robotics executive Brad Porter. The company said it was building practical collaborative robots designed to work alongside people across logistics, h…
Operations / Deployments
- 2024-12-01 - Capability - Collaborative Robotics develops Proxie with NVIDIA Isaac and reports early production deployment metrics - Collaborative Robotics said it used NVIDIA Isaac Sim, Isaac ROS, Jetson AGX Orin, and Jetson Nano in a simulation-first workflow to build and deploy Proxie. The company said Proxie had already been deployed in logistics, hospital, and manufacturing operations…
- 2023-07-26 - Funding - Collaborative Robotics raises $30 million Series A and launches its Flywheel customer program - Collaborative Robotics announced a $30 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital with participation from Khosla Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Calibrate Ventures, Neo, 1984 Ventures, MVP Ventures, Jeff Wilke, and Fuel Capital. The company said the raise would support d…
Team
- Brad Porter - Founder and CEO - Porter brings large-scale warehouse robotics deployment and AI-infrastructure leadership to Collaborative Robotics as it builds Proxie and related physical-AI products for work al…
- Steph Tryphonas - Co-Founder - Tryphonas is part of the founding team behind Collaborative Robotics as the company builds human-collaborative robot systems for real-world work environments.
- Michael Vogelsong - AI Foundation Models Lead - Vogelsong covers the AI model layer for Collaborative Robotics as the company expands Proxie, Vista, ScoutMap, and related physical-AI products.
Relationships
- NVIDIA - Technology Partner - Collaborative Robotics built Proxie with NVIDIA Isaac and Jetson.
Context tags
- Mobile manipulation - Workflow - Proxie combines autonomous mobility with optional bimanual manipulation.
- Material handling - Workflow - Proxie has moved materials in hospitals, manufacturing and logistics operations.
- Bimanual mobile manipulation - Workflow - Proxie Gen 2 adds a modular two-arm configuration for human-scale tasks.
- Factory material transport AMR - Peer Group - Proxie is used for material movement in manufacturing environments.
- Warehouse Automation - Customer Environment - Launch and product-page sources include logistics, warehouse kitting and material movement.
- Healthcare Logistics - Customer Environment - Launch and product-page sources cite hospital and healthcare operations.
Customers and deployments
- Deployment Event - 1 source-backed deployment event - 2024-12-01 - Collaborative Robotics develops Proxie with NVIDIA Isaac and reports early production deployment metrics - source posture: Company Disclosed
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