{
  "sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.waldenrobotics.com/news/walden-robotics-launches-from-stealth",
      "quote": "Walden launched out of Toyota Research Institute in January 2026 and began working with customers across multiple industries immediately."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.dyna.co/dyna-2.1",
      "quote": "A central part of our physical agent system is our brand-new semi-humanoid robot, Taku"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/companies/dyna-robotics",
      "quote": "The company was founded in 2024 and is based in Redwood City, California"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.investegate.co.uk/index.php/announcement/rns/seed-innovations-limited--seed/investee-company-update-feather-robotics-inc-/9792430",
      "quote": "Feather was founded in 2025 by Hoa Mai"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://os3robotics.com/",
      "quote": "A bimanual mobile robot, designed and trained by OS3."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/os3",
      "quote": "Founded in 2025 by Rishabh Chanana and Chris Hailey"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.almond.bot/",
      "quote": "Meet Axol, a wheeled humanoid robot for physical AI"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/almond-2/jobs/5NPlb6V-founding-mechanical-engineer",
      "quote": "We are looking for a Mechanical Engineer to design, test, and implement key components for Axol and our data collection systems."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.redrabbitrobotics.ai/",
      "quote": "We're pioneering next-generation automation with humanoid robots that mirror human capabilities, learn and adapt to modern industry demands."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://builtin.com/company/red-rabbit-robotics",
      "quote": "Year Founded: 2024"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/roboforce-introduces-ai-robot-titan-for-real-world-industrial-deployment-and-announces-15m-in-total-funding-302458546.html",
      "quote": "Titan currently comes in wheeled and tracked base variations, with more versions on the way."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.yzilabs.com/blog/yzi-labs-leads-52m-round-in-roboforce-to-build-the-future-of-physical-ai-robo-labor-spotlighted-by-nvidia",
      "quote": "The company was founded in 2023 by a team assembled from the most demanding engineering environments in the world"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://newmarketpitch.com/blogs/news/robotics-list-deals",
      "quote": "Builds autonomous mobile manipulation robots for demanding industrial jobs in solar, mining, manufacturing and infrastructure."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://venturecapitaltracker.com/startup/maven-robotics",
      "quote": "Co-founded in 2024 by brothers Hamza and Khalid Derbas and headquartered in Santa Clara, California"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.humanoidsdaily.com/features/our-investment-in-maven-robotics",
      "quote": "The machine is an omnidirectional wheeled base, a telescoping pillar, and two 7-DOF arms carrying modular end effectors"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.rhoda.ai/",
      "quote": "Safety: Wheel-base, brakes in every actuator, safety-rated vision"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.rhoda.ai/news/press-release",
      "quote": "The company also announced it has raised $450 million in Series A funding to accelerate development and industrial deployment."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://droid.org/droids/r2d3",
      "quote": "Mobility, a lifting torso, two arms, and perception create a starting point for tasks that involve both reaching and moving."
    },
    {
      "url": "https://robottoday.com/suppliers-discovery/open-droids",
      "quote": "Open Droids is a US robotics startup founded in March 2024 that builds open-source mobile manipulators"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://robottoday.com/suppliers-discovery/flourish-robots",
      "quote": "It was founded in January 2026 by Antoine Marcel"
    }
  ]
}