Reach Robotics

Market context

Reach Robotics makes electric robotic manipulators and tooling for ROVs and other underwater systems. Its subsea arms are used for inspection, intervention and sample-handling tasks where marine robots need compact manipulation hardware.

Facts

• Website: https://reachrobotics.com/
• HQ: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Segment: actuation and motion control
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2017-07-17 - Series A - $7.5M - Reach Robotics raises $7.5M Series A - source: techcrunch.com

Commercial

1 commercial event; 1 contract award; latest event 2024-11-22

• 2024-11-22 - Contract award - Australian Defence Force contracts Reach Robotics for deep-water manipulators - source: reachrobotics.com

Subsea manipulator supplier positioning

• Target environment: rov, subsea robots, underwater vehicles; integration workflows.
• Deployment model: Supplier model built around component availability, OEM integration, design wins and reliable production support.
• Customer context: Marine robot integrators.
• Workflow context: Underwater manipulation.
• Commercial maturity: Reach Robotics is a component or subsystem supplier; maturity depends on product availability, integration evidence, customer adoption and repeatable supply.
• Market position: Reach Robotics supplies subsea manipulators and tooling used on ROV and underwater-robot platforms.
• Adoption constraints: Integration effort, component reliability, supply availability, competing suppliers and customer validation.
• Adjacent context: actuation, supply chain, components
• Source confidence: medium

Events

• 2024-11-22 - Contract Award - Australian Defence Force contracts Reach Robotics for deep-water manipulators - The Australian Defence Force contracted Reach Robotics for deep-water manipulator development. The contract is tied to defense use of subsea manipulation hardware. The award provides a direct downstream public-sector customer signal for Reach subsea robotics…
• 2024-03-07 - Capability - Reach Robotics expands Reach X for complex intervention - Reach Robotics expanded Reach X for more complex subsea intervention work. The expansion added tooling options for commercial underwater operations. The milestone reinforces Reach role as a subsea manipulator and tooling supplier.
• 2023-11-02 - Product Launch - Reach Robotics launches Reach X subsea manipulator system - Reach Robotics launched Reach X as a subsea manipulator system. Reach X expanded the company electric manipulator line for subsea intervention tasks. The product targets portable ROV and underwater robotics workflows.
• 2021-05-18 - Partnership - Tethys Robotics integrates Reach Alpha grabber - Tethys Robotics integrated the Reach Alpha grabber into its underwater robotics work. The integration connects Reach underwater tooling to search, rescue and defense workflows. The case gives Reach a named downstream marine-robotics platform relationship.
• 2020-11-18 - Partnership - BeeX integrates Reach Alpha on autonomous underwater vehicle - BeeX integrated Reach Alpha onto an autonomous underwater vehicle. BeeX is a marine robotics builder using Reach hardware on an underwater platform. The integration gives Reach a named underwater-robotics downstream fit beyond generic component supply.
• 2017-07-17 - Funding - Reach Robotics raises $7.5M Series A - Reach Robotics completed a Series A financing of $7.5M. The financing was disclosed on 2017-07-17 in USD.

Team

• Mark Sproule - Co-Founder - Sproule is tied to Reach Robotics subsea manipulation roadmap, including underwater actuators, Reach Alpha, Reach Bravo, Reach X, and remote-intervention systems for harsh environ…
• Paul Phillips - Co-Founder - Phillips is tied to Reach Robotics subsea manipulation technology, including early underwater actuators, Reach Alpha, Reach Bravo, Reach X, and remote-operation tooling.

Supply chain relationships

• BeeX - Supplier - Reach Robotics supplied a Reach Alpha robotic manipulator integrated on a BeeX autonomous underwater vehicle.
• Tethys Robotics - Supplier - Reach Robotics supplied a Reach Alpha grabber integrated by Tethys Robotics for underwater EOD, search and rescue workflows.

Context tags

• Subsea manipulators - Stack Layer - Reach Robotics builds subsea manipulator arms for ROV and underwater robot platforms.
• Underwater robot tooling - Capability - Reach Robotics supplies grippers and intervention tooling for underwater robotic work.
• Subsea robotics - Peer Group - Reach Robotics products serve ROVs and underwater robotic systems.