Bear Robotics

• Carti 100

  Carti

• Kinisi
• Servi

  Servi

• Servi Plus

  Servi

• Servi Q

  Servi

• Operating use

  2026-10-21 - Bear reports over 16,000 robots deployed across its broader service-robot business. - Bear’s own complete deployed robots across its portfolio, mostly service robots; not a KR1 humanoid fleet.

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• Customer site

  2026-10-21 - Bear reports robots deployed at over 5,000 customer locations. - Customer locations using Bear’s complete robot portfolio; not KR1 deployment sites.

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Supply chain relationships

• NVIDIA

  Inbound - Compute & Control - The earlier Kinisi 01 specification listed NVIDIA Jetson as its main processor

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• LG Energy Solution

  Inbound - Power Systems - Bear Robotics selected LG Energy Solution as sole 2170-cell supplier for Servi Plus and Carti 100, with supply planned from 2025

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• Covestro

  Inbound - materials and robotics supply chain - Bear Robotics selected Covestro Makroblend UT PC/PET for major plastic parts in its original Servi robot family

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• 2024-03-12 - Strategic investment - $60M - Bear Robotics receives USD 60M strategic investment from LG Electronics

  source: lg.com

• 2022-03-15 - Series B - $81M - Bear Robotics raises USD 81M Series B

  Bear Robotics raised USD 81 million in Series B funding for hospitality service robots. - source: thespoon.tech

• 2020-01-22 - Series A - $32M - Bear Robotics closes $32 million Series A

  Bear Robotics closed a $32 million Series A led by SoftBank to scale its autonomous restaurant service robots. - source: techcrunch.com

• Cleveland Avenue - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-15
• IMM - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-03-15
• LG Electronics - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2024-03-12
• SoftBank - Lead - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2020-01-22

• John Ha - Co-founder and CEO - Ha leads Bear Robotics across hospitality and logistics AMRs, including Servi, Carti, and fleet automation for restaurants, senior living, hospitals, warehouses, and factories.

Events

• 2026-10-21 - Product Launch - Bear Robotics launches KINO-2 robot-learning platform for KR1

  At GTC Berlin, KR 1 takes a warehouse-system order, crates bottles, delivers the crate and returns with an empty one. Bear reports reducing GR 00 T inference from approximately 500 ms to around 60 ms using Isaac OS, TensorRT and quantization in internal measurements. The platform supports Bear’s own models and external foundation models through shared training, evaluation and deployment tools.

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• 2026-09-07 - Market Signal - Bear Robotics reportedly seeks pre-IPO financing

  BofA Merrill Lynch is reportedly arranging outreach to institutional investors. A potential listing valuation is in the high-KRW2 trillion range. The sought financing and listing valuation are reported terms, not completed funding or a confirmed valuation.

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• 2026-08-25 - Partnership - Bear Robotics and BOWE IQ standardize Carti 100 warehouse integration

  The joint architecture supports secure APIs, event-driven robot tasks and brownfield deployment in existing facilities. The standardized integration is expected to reduce deployment lead times by up to 40 percent. The partnership targets third-party logistics, automotive manufacturing and healthcare supply chains across the UK and Europe.

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• 2026-06-22 - Acquisition - Bear Robotics signs definitive agreement to acquire Kinisi Robotics

  Kinisi is the Bristol-based startup behind KR1, a wheeled humanoid for pick, place, sort and object-moving workflows. The acquisition adds manipulation AI, including VLA and Robot Foundation Model work, to Bear’s deployed service-robot platform. The companies remain separate until closing; Brennand Pierce is expected to lead combined engineering as Chief Robotics Officer after close.

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• 2026-05-16 - Product Launch - Bear Robotics unveils Servi Q compact service robot

  Bear Robotics unveiled Servi Q on May 16, 2026, during the National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago. The compact robot is designed to navigate passages as narrow as 18 inches across dining rooms, kitchens, bars and pickup areas. Peer-to-peer coordination lets Servi Q share work with other Bear robots, including larger Servi Plus units in mixed fleets.

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• 2025-01-24 - Acquisition - LG Electronics secures majority stake in Bear Robotics

  LG Electronics exercised a call option to acquire an additional 30 percent stake in Bear Robotics. The transaction followed LG's earlier USD 60 million investment, raising LG's holding to 51 percent and making Bear Robotics a subsidiary. LG said the acquisition would strengthen its commercial robot business while supporting future home and industrial robot development.

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• 2025-01-22 - Acquisition - LG exercises option to take control of Bear Robotics

  The action followed LG initial USD60 million investment in Bear Robotics in March 2024. LG said the additional stake would make Bear Robotics a subsidiary after completion. The transaction strengthened LG robotics exposure in service, logistics and physical AI applications.

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• 2024-11-18 - Partnership - LG Energy Solution Signs MoU with Bear Robotics to Become Exclusive Supplier of Cylindrical Batteries

  LG Energy Solution and Bear Robotics signed an MoU making LG the exclusive supplier of 2170 cylindrical batteries for Bear robots. The agreement covers battery supply for flagship service platforms including Servi Plus to secure long-term power-cell availability.

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• 2024-10-28 - Product Launch - Bear Robotics introduces Carti 100 logistics AMR

  Bear Robotics introduced Carti 100 on October 28, 2024, expanding its portfolio from hospitality into logistics and industrial material handling. The robot can be configured with adjustable shelves or smart conveyor belts and uses adaptive navigation for route optimisation around workers. Autonomous charging and Bear's control system support coordinated loading, unloading and multi-robot operation without fixed conveyor infrastructure.

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• 2024-03-12 - Funding - Bear Robotics receives USD 60M strategic investment from LG Electronics

  LG Electronics invested USD 60 million in Bear Robotics through a stock purchase agreement. The deal gave LG a 21 percent stake and a call option to acquire up to an additional 30 percent. LG framed the investment as part of its strategy to expand its service-robotics business.

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• 2023-03-06 - Product Launch - Bear Robotics introduces Servi Plus hospitality robot

  Bear Robotics introduced Servi Plus as a higher-capacity service robot for food running, drink delivery and bussing workflows. The product expanded the Servi line with an 88 lb payload and capacity for more than 16 dishes. The launch strengthened Bear Robotics' position in hospitality service automation.

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• 2022-03-15 - Funding - Bear Robotics raises USD 81M Series B

  IMM led the round with participation from Cleveland Avenue and existing investors. The company had shipped 5,000 service robots across restaurants and hospitality markets. The capital supports healthcare, service or human-assistive robotics workflows as Bear Robotics moves toward broader commercial use.

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• 2020-01-22 - Funding - Bear Robotics closes $32 million Series A

  Series A: USD 32,000,000. SoftBank led or provided the financing. Capital supports scale its autonomous restaurant service robots.

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Relationships

• BOWE IQ

  Carti 100 Warehouse Integration Partner - BOWE IQ integrates Bear Robotics Carti 100 AMRs with WMS, ERP and MES environments across the UK and Europe.

• NVIDIA

  Integrates With - Bear’s KINO-2 platform uses NVIDIA Isaac OS, Holoscan, TensorRT and Jetson AGX Thor for KR1 perception and model inference.

• Kinisi

  Acquirer - Bear Robotics agreed to acquire Kinisi Robotics, adding KR1 humanoid manipulation and Physical AI model work.

• LG Group

  Majority Stake - LG exercised a call option to take a 51 percent controlling stake in Bear Robotics.

• LG Electronics

  Acquired Company - LG Electronics has a public acquisition relationship with Bear Robotics.

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Context tags

• Restaurant service robot builder - Peer Group
• Indoor service delivery - Workflow
• Service robot OEM - Stack Layer
• Restaurant food running - Workflow
• Service and public venues - Customer Environment
• Hospitality venues - Customer Environment