Facts

• Segment: Industrial
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2016
• Website: https://www.flexiv.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Sources

Summary

Flexiv Robotics builds adaptive robot arms, force-controlled parallel robots and robotic software for industrial automation. Its products combine force sensing, compliant control and AI tools for polishing, loading, assembly, dispensing, inspection and other contact-rich tasks.

Market context

Flexiv matters because adaptive force control sits at the boundary between conventional industrial arms and more general manipulation. Its Rizon and Moonlight platforms show how force-controlled robots can automate variable assembly, polishing, testing and service tasks without needing a humanoid form factor. Flexiv builds adaptive robot arms, force-controlled robot systems and robot software for contact-rich industrial automation.

Products

• Grav Enhanced
• Moonlight Parallel Robot
• Rizon Adaptive Robot Series

Facts

• Website: https://www.flexiv.com
• HQ: Santa Clara, California, United States
• Founded: 2016
• Segment: Industrial
• Known funding rounds: 2

Funding

• 2026-03-09 - Strategic investment - Flexiv secures investment from Invus to scale global deployment of adaptive robots - source: autonews.gasgoo.com
• 2022-06-28 - Series B+ - $100M - Flexiv Raises $100M in Series B+ to Continue Development of General Purpose Robots - source: robotics247.com

Investors

• Invus - Lead - Unknown - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2022-06-28 - latest 2026-03-09

Adaptive industrial robotic arms combining force control, vision and AI for flexible fact…

Flexiv Robotics Ltd. manufactures adaptive industrial robotic arms with integrated force control and vision for intelligent factory automation. The product line includes the Rizon adaptive robot series and the Moonlight parallel robot, complemented by Flexiv Elements software platform. The company focuses on bringing force-sensitive, adaptive manipulation to manufacturing tasks where traditional industrial robots struggle with variability.

• Target environment: Factory floors, assembly lines, machine shops, and production environments requiring adaptive force-sensitive manipulation where part variability prevents pure position-control automation.
• Deployment model: Direct sales and integrator partnerships for industrial deployment of Rizon and Moonlight robot series.
• Customer context: Industrial manufacturers, automotive parts suppliers, electronics assembly, machine shops, and production facilities seeking force-sensitive automation for tasks requiring touch feedback and adaptabili…
• Workflow context: Force-sensitive assembly, precision insertion, surface finishing, machine tending, polishing, deburring, and quality inspection tasks where part variability requires adaptive control beyond position-on…
• Commercial maturity: Published product line with active commercial deployment. Competes in the adaptive/collaborative industrial robot space between traditional industrial robots and lightweight cobots. Early-to-mid com…
• Market position: Differentiated by native force control and AI-based adaptive manipulation rather than simple position-repeatability. Addresses applications between traditional industrial robots and lightweight cobots.
• Adoption constraints: Cost competitiveness against traditional industrial robots, reliability of force control in production environments, integration complexity for end-users, competing with both traditional OEMs and c…
• Adjacent context: Adaptive robotics, force control, industrial manipulation, flexible automation, vision-guided robotics, collaborative applications.
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2026-06-22 - Partnership - Flexiv signs adaptive robot manufacturing partnership with Minzhuo and Tunan Robotics - The agreement was signed in Foshan on June 22, 2026.
• 2026-06-22 - Product Launch - Flexiv unveils Enlight and MICO at Automate 2026 - Flexiv described Enlight as a next-generation force-controlled, touch-sensitive robot arm for complex human-centric environments.
• 2026-04-26 - Research Publication - Cooptimizing Safety and Performance Using Safety Value-Constrained Model Predictive Control - The method uses a reachability-based safety value function as a terminal constraint in MP…
• 2026-03-09 - Funding - Flexiv secures investment from Invus to scale global deployment of adaptive robots - Flexiv closed a new funding round led by Invus, with participation from Atma Capital, Alpha Group, and existing…
• 2025-04-29 - Partnership - Flexiv Accelerates Global Growth with Groundbreaking European Partnership - Flexiv signed its first European partnership with Time Robotics, marking its entry into the European market.
• 2025-02-22 - Research Publication - A strictly predefined-time convergent and anti-noise fractional-order zeroing neural network for solving time-variant quadratic programming in kinematic robot control - The method tar…
• 2025-01-25 - Research Publication - Flexiv Rizon-Based Multitasking Dual-Arm Robot Platform - The chapter presents a multitasking dual-arm robot platform based on Flexiv Rizon arms.
• 2024-12-29 - Research Publication - A Predefined-Time Convergent and Noise-Tolerant Zeroing Neural Network Model for Time Variant Quadratic Programming With Application to Robot Motion Planning - The model addresses tim…
• 2022-06-28 - Funding - Flexiv Raises $100M in Series B+ to Continue Development of General Purpose Robots - Flexiv raised $100M in a Series B+ round to continue development of its general-purpose robots.

Team

• Shiquan Wang - CEO - Wang leads Flexiv's adaptive robotics platform business.
• Xiyang Yeh - CTO - Yeh is technical leadership for Flexiv's adaptive robotics systems.

Relationships

• Time Robotics - partner - Flexiv Accelerates Global Growth with Groundbreaking European Partnership

Context tags

• Force-controlled manipulation - Capability - Flexiv arms use force sensing and compliance control for contact-rich tasks.
• Adaptive robot arm builder - Peer Group - Flexiv builds adaptive force-controlled robot arms for industrial manipulation.
• Assembly automation - Workflow - Flexiv robots support assembly, joining and part-handling workflows.
• Precision part handling - Capability - Flexiv arms handle precision assembly and delicate parts.
• Robot arm OEM - Stack Layer - Flexiv builds complete adaptive robot arm systems.
• Manipulation software platform - Stack Layer - Flexiv provides software and application tools for adaptive manipulation.
• Collaborative robot arm builder - Peer Group - Flexiv arms support human-adjacent collaborative operation.
• Industrial pick and place - Workflow - Flexiv arms perform pick-and-place and material handling.
• Factory automation cells - Customer Environment - Flexiv arms are deployed in industrial factory cells.