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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

Similar themes

Members

Name Source Upvotes ▼ Launched
Eden - Autonomous Services for Humanity YC 12 2026-05-27
Pipeline and datasets for data-centric AI on real-world floor plans HN 12 2026-02-05
Neuron Industries: The world's first purpose built industrial controller for AI YC 12 2026-07-24
Drift GITHUB 12 2026-09-21
ManiLoop GITHUB 12 2026-09-16
assignments GITHUB 12 2026-09-23
Confluence Labs: an AI research lab focused on learning efficiency YC 12 2026-02-23
Mr_Robot GITHUB 12 2026-09-27
tachyroute GITHUB 11 2026-09-24
morphometric GITHUB 11 2026-09-25
Survey-AI-for-3D-modeling-Robotics GITHUB 11 2026-09-24
Spine AI HN 11 2025-11-09
Waddle Labs - Agents that control robots YC 11 2026-07-27
Praxis AI - Training Data for Robotics YC 11 2026-08-06
Robocurve — Real-World Evaluations of Physical AI YC 11 2026-08-27
ha-mindclip GITHUB 11 2026-09-11
ei GITHUB 11 2026-09-30
AI Facial Attractiveness Model Aligned with Human Preferences HN 11 2026-09-20
Self-Teacher-Context-Design GITHUB 11 2026-09-24
Synphony - Automating Agriculture With Robots YC 11 2026-05-21
Asimov 🤖: On demand human intelligence for robots YC 10 2026-03-09
system-design-in-depth GITHUB 10 2026-09-19
YOR HN 10 2026-02-12
Wuji-Learning-Dexterous-Manipulation-from-Human-Demonstrations GITHUB 10 2026-09-17
Markov - Data for computer-use AI YC 10 2026-08-11
Awesome-Physical-AI GITHUB 10 2026-09-29
General Instinct - The deployment layer for physical intelligence YC 10 2026-05-19
Briddle HN 10 2025-12-09
module-ballerina-a2a GITHUB 10 2026-09-10
franka-stack GITHUB 9 2026-09-26
MaiWork GITHUB 9 2026-09-28
Demo2Skill GITHUB 9 2026-09-17
MemBodied GITHUB 9 2026-09-23
UGO GITHUB 9 2026-09-26
roboto-physical-ai-actions GITHUB 9 2026-09-22
Sureform: Turning physical expertise into training data for world models and robotics YC 9 2026-02-23
Proprio Robotics - Autonomous Data Centers YC 9 2026-07-22
Talking Computers: The AI Communication Lab YC 9 2026-03-04
PerfectBit: AI Training data, correct by construction YC 8 2026-05-14
Bookstoread.ai HN 8 2026-05-07
Pacman AI HN 8 2026-06-11
Mindspase PH 8 2026-09-22
navo GITHUB 8 2026-09-15
math-research-collaborator GITHUB 8 2026-09-13
A robot football league where frontier AI models manage the clubs HN 8 2026-08-26
genpark-extended-kalman-filter-robot-localization-skill GITHUB 7 2026-09-28
When Will AI? HN 7 2026-06-15
Built an AI that maps 17 facial dimensions and shows what to improve HN 7 2026-04-25
A crowdsourced map of surveillance camera's based on OSM HN 7 2026-06-03
Guess the AI model from its web design HN 7 2026-08-31