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embodied AI and robotics platforms

Recent window: last 5.1 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-27), compared with the prior 5.1 months.

horizontal · 270 members · Data as of 2026-09-30

These products provide autonomous hardware, simulation environments, and training datasets designed for real-world robotics and physical automation. They are built for robotics engineers, industrial manufacturers, and AI researchers developing physical agents. This cluster is distinguished by its focus on grounding artificial intelligence in the physical world through hardware design, computer vision, and embodied manipulation.

Metrics

Stage
crowded
Recent count
179
Prior count
43
Total count
270
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.49
Crowding
0.86
Concentration
0.83
Opportunity
0.45

Opportunity components

Attention
0.49
Low crowding
0.14
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.17

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
88 (0.49)
hn
27 (0.15)
ph
21 (0.12)
yc
43 (0.24)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.37

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▲ Launched
MOTOR ATLAS PH 1 2026-09-18
nodeshape PH 1 2026-09-06
salt n bean PH 1 2026-09-30
ai-transformation-workshop skill PH 1 2026-09-22
Cognitive Ascent PH 1 2026-09-08
AI Engineer Roadmap 2027 PH 1 2026-09-12
PencilHB PH 1 2026-09-30
slopXiv PH 1 2026-09-17
InfraStudio PH 1 2026-09-28
robotruth PH 1 2026-09-25
Suman Kumar Phuyal PH 1 2026-09-20
FuzhiRobot-A PH 1 2026-09-19
Calibra Dataset Intelligence PH 1 2026-09-27
Hub: real-world training data for frontier AI labs and robotics YC 1 2026-06-15
AgentManufacturing AI Skillsets PH 1 2026-09-14
Ai PH 1 2026-09-30
HumanoidBehavior PH 1 2026-09-24
Curi PH 1 2026-09-23
Robots & Villas PH 1 2026-09-24
datamodellib PH 1 2026-09-30
GitHub PH 1 2026-09-24
Universe PH 1 2026-09-08
GDELT Cloud PH 2 2026-09-22
Matflow PH 2 2026-09-20
Humanoid Operating System PH 2 2026-09-13
HLabs: US-made robot actuators and electronics YC 3 2026-03-10
Datoric | Trustworthy data for the next generation of models YC 4 2026-07-29
Manifold - Robotic labor for the supply chain industry YC 4 2026-08-24
InfiniteGPU, An open-source AI compute network,now supporting training HN 5 2026-01-10
Making Braindance from Cyberpunk 2077 a reality HN 5 2026-03-07
Flop Map HN 5 2026-05-03
Autostep: Measure the ROI of Knowledge Work YC 5 2026-06-23
Why HN 5 2026-08-14
Chariot HN 5 2026-07-15
Open-source Robotics HN 5 2026-01-27
Moving Atoms : World Models for Robots YC 5 2026-08-17
A walkable 3D tour of a feedforward neural net HN 5 2026-08-13
Unified Python SDK for Multimodal AI (OpenAI, ElevenLabs, Flux, Ollama) HN 5 2026-01-21
A Layer for robotics dataset quality HN 5 2026-08-26
An AI podcast on real engineering tradeoffs HN 5 2026-07-21
Temporal Context Map HN 5 2026-07-26
Pulse-Field HN 6 2025-11-24
I built a museum of AI interfaces HN 6 2026-08-24
Wizwand - Discover SOTA research papers on AI and Machine Learning YC 6 2026-02-25
Tensr - Robotic Factories that Build Robots from Humanoids to Robots for the International Space Station YC 6 2026-08-25
Jylus HN 6 2026-09-29
Inviscid AI: Real-Time Physics Simulation For Digital Twins of Built Environments YC 6 2026-02-26
Robot or Meatbag? HN 6 2026-08-18
AI Motion Control HN 6 2026-01-12
No Logo: Turn any idea into a real, manufactured product YC 6 2026-06-17