RealSense
RealSense develops depth cameras and 3D perception modules for robotics, automation and computer vision. Its stereo and depth-sensing products are used for navigation, mapping, object detection, gesture recognition and machine perception in mobile robots and industrial systems.
Market context
RealSense is one of the most visible depth-perception suppliers in robotics, with strong installed-base relevance across AMRs and humanoids. It serves as an upstream vision supplier whose cameras and perception stack are embedded into real deployed robotic systems.
Facts
- Website: https://www.realsenseai.com/
- HQ: Cupertino, United States
- Founded: 2025
- Segment: Vision
- Known funding rounds: 2
Investors
- Intel Capital - Participant - Corporate / Cvc - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2025-07-11
- MediaTek Innovation Fund - Participant - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-07-11
Depth-camera supplier for robotics
RealSense supplies stereo depth cameras and computer-vision technology for robots, AMRs, humanoids and industrial automation.
- Target environment: Warehouses, robot platforms, industrial automation sites, outdoor robotics, humanoid programs and access-control systems.
- Deployment model: Depth-camera hardware, software and perception modules supplied to robot builders and embedded-vision developers.
- Customer context: AMR builders, humanoid developers, industrial automation teams, security-system developers and computer-vision engineers.
- Workflow context: 3D perception, obstacle detection, object tracking, spatial awareness, robot navigation and physical AI sensing.
- Commercial maturity: Commercial component supplier spun out from Intel with established customer base and robotics-focused funding.
- Market position: Robotics vision component company focused on real-time depth sensing and spatial understanding.
- Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on sensor robustness, lighting performance, software support, integration effort, supply scale and price-performance fit.
- Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes depth cameras, stereo vision, robot perception, AMR navigation and humanoid sensing.
- Source confidence: high
Events
- 2026-06-18 - Product Launch - RealSense unveils D585 Pro depth camera and Perception Studio beta - The D585 Pro combines depth sensing, edge AI acceleration and a software-defined update path. Target robotics uses include humanoids, AMRs, cobots, industrial robotics and inspection. D585 Pro shipping is expected to begin in Q1 2027.
- 2026-03-16 - Demonstration - RealSense unveils humanoid autonomous navigation demonstration at NVIDIA GTC - RealSense showcased autonomous humanoid navigation at NVIDIA GTC using depth cameras, visual SLAM, and NVIDIA CuVSLAM The demo focused on safer humanoid localization, mapping, terrain awareness, and stable motion in human environments This was a concrete robo…
- 2025-12-02 - Partnership - RealSense and AVerMedia partner to accelerate physical AI adoption - RealSense and AVerMedia launched a strategic partnership around a humanoid-ready integrated compute and vision solution The joint platform combined AVerMedia NVIDIA Jetson edge hardware with RealSense depth cameras The announcement was explicitly framed aroun…
- 2025-10-08 - Partnership - RealSense announces strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate physical AI and robotics - RealSense announced a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA after its Intel spinout The collaboration covered integration with Jetson Thor, Isaac Sim, and Holoscan Sensor Bridge It targeted humanoids and autonomous mobile robots with tighter perception-compute…
- 2025-07-11 - Company Formation - RealSense completes spinout from Intel and raises USD 50M for robotics vision - RealSense completed its spinout from Intel and raised USD 50 million to accelerate AI-powered vision for robotics and biometrics. Intel Capital and MediaTek Innovation Fund participated in the financing. The spinout moved Intel's robotics-vision business into…
- 2025-07-11 - Funding - RealSense completes Intel spinout and raises $50 million Series A - RealSense completed its spinout from Intel and closed a $50 million Series A round The company said the capital would expand manufacturing, GTM, and product development for robotics and biometrics RealSense framed humanoids and AMRs as core growth markets for…
Team
- Nadav Orbach - Founder and CEO
Supply chain relationships
- Trossen Robotics - Realsense D405 Depth Cameras - Trossen Robotics embeds RealSense D405 cameras in ALOHA robotic research kits for dexterous manipulation data capture.
- Simbe - Realsense D415/d435 Depth Cameras - Simbe uses RealSense D415 and D435 depth cameras to support Tally shelf scanning and inventory mapping.
- Aethon - Realsense Depth Cameras - Aethon integrates RealSense camera technology into TUG mobile delivery robots for navigation and object detection.
- RIOS - Realsense D435 Depth Cameras - RIOS uses RealSense D435 cameras in AI-powered robotic workcells for industrial, warehouse, lab and food-service automation.
- Cartken - Realsense D455/d456 Depth Cameras - Cartken uses RealSense D455 and D456 depth cameras as the core of its vision-based navigation stack for autonomous delivery and industrial robots.
- ANYbotics - Realsense D435 Depth Modules - ANYmal robots use six RealSense D435 modules for elevation mapping, obstacle avoidance and autonomous navigation in industrial sites.
Relationships
- NVIDIA - Technology Partnership - Robotics perception and navigation collaboration demonstrated at NVIDIA GTC
- NVIDIA - Partner - RealSense announces strategic collaboration with NVIDIA to accelerate physical AI and robotics
- Intel - Parent Company - RealSense completed its spin-out from Intel and became an independent company focused on AI-powered vision for robotics and biometrics.
Context tags
- Perception suppliers - Peer Group - Visual perception sensor supplier for robotics
- Perception hardware - Stack Layer - Depth camera and stereo vision hardware
- Component supply - Commercial Stage - Core business: depth sensing hardware
- Depth camera supplier - Peer Group - Supplies depth cameras and stereo vision hardware for robotics
- Factories - Customer Environment - Industrial and automation environments
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