Apparel Robotics Corporation
About
About Apparel Robotics Corporation
Apparel Robotics is developing an AI-native production system for finished textile goods, addressing the perception and handling problems created by flexible fabric. The engineering stack combines robotics, computer vision and manufacturing-process design so machines can locate, move and transform materials that bend, wrinkle and change shape during an operation. The target is not only garment sewing but textile products used across consumer, industrial and aerospace markets.
The company frames manufacturing capacity as deployable infrastructure rather than a fixed overseas supply chain. A customer would define a product and production requirement, while Apparel Robotics configures the automated process and scales output domestically. That model requires control across material presentation, robotic handling, quality checks and factory workflow, because fabric cannot be treated like a rigid machined part. The Boston business is building this production infrastructure and presents its offering as a vertically integrated fulfilment system rather than a catalogue robot sold to third-party integrators.
Team
- Demitri Nzo - Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer - Co-founded Apparel Robotics in 2022 and leads its garment-manufacturing automation technology as CEO and CTO.
- Alexander Balabanov - Chief Operating Officer - Leads operations at Apparel Robotics as the company develops robotic garment-manufacturing systems.
- Agueo Lopez - Chief Software Architect - Leads the software architecture for Apparel Robotics' garment-manufacturing automation systems.
Timeline
Events
- 2025-01-28 - Award - Apparel Robotics receives M2I2 grant for robotic garment assembly
MassTech CAM listed Apparel Robotics as a 28 January 2025 M2I2 grantee with a USD 275,107 award. The project description names a robotic garment assembly system as the funded project. The award supports material-handling technology for automating clothing manufacturing and textile manufacturing in medical, automotive and aerospace applications.
Source - 2023-08-25 - Award - Apparel Robotics selected for ARM fabric-handling robotics project
The ARM Institute named Apparel Robotics Corporation as principal investigator and MassRobotics as project-team partner. The project targets flexible robotic material handling for unloading cut fabric pieces from cutting tables or conveyors. The scope includes vision-based piece identification, adaptable end-of-arm tooling and Apparel Robotics fabric-gripper technology.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- MassTech Center for Advanced Manufacturing
M2i2 Robotic Garment Assembly Grant Awarder - MassTech CAM awarded Apparel Robotics USD 275,107 for a robotic garment assembly system.
- ARM Institute
Fabric Handling Robotics Project Awarder - The ARM Institute selected Apparel Robotics for a funded fabric-handling robotics technology project.
- MassRobotics
Fabric Handling Robotics Project Partner - Apparel Robotics and MassRobotics were the named project team for the ARM fabric-handling robotics project.