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embodied AI and robotics platforms

Recent window: last 5.2 months (2026-04-24 → 2026-09-28), compared with the prior 5.2 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
186
Prior count
43
Total count
270
Momentum
300.00
Attention
0.49
Crowding
0.87
Concentration
0.83
Opportunity
0.45

Opportunity components

Attention
0.49
Low crowding
0.13
Momentum (normalized)
1.00
Low concentration
0.17

Monthly trajectory

Source split

github
94 (0.51)
hn
27 (0.15)
ph
22 (0.12)
yc
43 (0.23)

Dominant source: github · Divergence: 0.39

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Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
🦾 Cortex AI — Large-Scale Real-World Data for General-Purpose Robotics YC 20 2025-11-08
Synthetic Sciences – AI Co-Scientists for End-to-End Scientific Research YC 20 2026-02-26
AbInitio Bio - Frontier foundation models for biomanufacturing YC 19 2026-05-22
Awesome-World-Action-Models GITHUB 19 2026-09-12
Astra-on-RoboMME GITHUB 19 2026-09-21
product-design-three-views GITHUB 19 2026-09-16
Axial Composites Industries: Manufacturing Stronger Carbon Fiber Parts Faster YC 19 2025-11-10
Largest public dataset of electronic circuit files HN 19 2025-12-18
benchboard GITHUB 18 2026-09-18
I gave my robot physical memory HN 18 2026-03-09
Vision Lab: The Industrial Data Layer for Robotics YC 18 2026-03-23
One Robot - World models for robots YC 18 2026-02-25
Origami Robotics: Make AI to Learn Physical Skills Easier than Ever YC 17 2026-03-05
Is AI Dumber Today? An index of AI model experience from user's opinion HN 17 2026-08-14
Burt - Train and Deploy Specialized Models YC 17 2026-02-02
QuantStudio GITHUB 17 2026-09-14
Envariant – The control layer for foundation models YC 17 2026-03-01
awesome-humanoid-ball-sports GITHUB 17 2026-09-25
mind GITHUB 16 2026-09-21
Why MultiAgentic Systems Struggle to Turn Data into Actions HN 16 2026-01-17
Enact: post-training infrastructure for robotics models YC 16 2026-08-11
awesome-longitudinal-ai-agents GITHUB 16 2026-09-11
CAP GITHUB 16 2026-09-11
Avea Robotics - Control robots from ANYWHERE in the world YC 16 2026-05-20
Nori: The $1688 humanoid robot YC 16 2026-08-20
83 Sciences: Materials discovery from the ~90% of experimental data that never gets published YC 16 2026-08-03
OmniJev GITHUB 16 2026-09-22
Prototyping.io - Autonomous Manufacturing for Mechanical Parts YC 16 2026-05-07
robot-learning-fieldbook GITHUB 15 2026-09-11
GaugeVLM GITHUB 15 2026-09-20
General Astronautics — Robots for Space YC 15 2026-02-26
jumper-design GITHUB 15 2026-09-26
REV1 - Automating engineering drawings for Mechanical Engineers YC 15 2026-02-02
Squid 🦑 AI-powered grid planning in your browser YC 15 2026-01-28
book-data-structures-ai GITHUB 15 2026-09-13
world-pose-fall-intelligence GITHUB 15 2026-09-24
🤖 General Trajectory - A Foundation Model for Humanoid Robots YC 15 2026-01-05
Grip - Robotics for Waste Management YC 15 2026-08-19
Browse 61 3D Printable Robots HN 14 2026-05-14
trashcan GITHUB 14 2026-09-23
autoresearch-skills GITHUB 14 2026-09-28
Intro-A-ML GITHUB 14 2026-09-09
MOVEdot: AI Agents for Hardware Engineering YC 14 2025-11-06
mnist-from-scratch-to-pytorch GITHUB 13 2026-09-13
Parametric: RL for Robotics YC 13 2025-11-12
Avea Robotics - The human-in-the-loop system for robots YC 13 2026-06-01
LLM-OWASP-LAB GITHUB 13 2026-09-16
HLabs: US-made robot actuators and electronics YC 13 2026-03-10
MIRA HN 12 2026-07-07
robolings GITHUB 12 2026-09-29