AILOS Robotics
About
About AILOS Robotics
AILOS Robotics is industrialising the R2poweR gearbox developed through Vrije Universiteit Brussel's BruBotics research group. The transmission combines a high reduction ratio and torque density with low resistance when an external force turns the output. This backdrivability supports compliant movement and safer physical interaction in humanoids, collaborative arms, exoskeletons and prosthetic devices.
The Brussels spin-off is developing the gearbox through mechanical design, prototype manufacture and test programmes covering torque, speed, efficiency, vibration, temperature, durability and backdrive behaviour. Its aim is to give robot manufacturers a compact joint component that can carry substantial loads without the mass and energy penalties of conventional high-ratio transmissions. AILOS licensed the underlying VUB technology in 2025 and has produced a validated minimum viable design. It is now working toward customer pilots, production optimisation and a supply chain capable of volume manufacturing in Europe and the United States.
Funding
- 2025-12-02 - Seed - $4.1M - AILOS Robotics raises €3.5 million seed round for robot gearbox industrialisation
AILOS Robotics raised €3.5 million to industrialise its R2poweR gearbox technology for humanoids, cobots, exoskeletons and prosthetic devices. - source: htgf.de
Investors
- finance&invest.brussels - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-02
- High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-02
- QBIC - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-02
- Wallonie Entreprendre - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-12-02
Team
- Pablo López García - Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer - Leads AILOS as it industrializes backdrivable, torque-dense gearboxes for human-centric robots.
- Dirk Lefeber - Co-founder - Co-founded the VUB spin-off commercializing its patented robot gearbox architecture.
- Stein Crispel - Co-founder - Co-founded AILOS and supports development and industrialization of the R2poweR gearbox.
Timeline
Events
- 2025-12-02 - Funding - AILOS Robotics raises €3.5 million seed round for robot gearbox industrialisation
Qbic and High-Tech Gründerfonds led the round, with participation from Wallonie Entreprendre and finance&invest.brussels. The funding supports the move from laboratory validation into factory production and initial manufacturer pilot projects. AILOS developed R2poweR as a backdrivable, torque-dense gearbox intended to reduce robot weight, energy use and noise.
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