Clear Robotics
About
About Clear Robotics
Clear Robotics, operating as Clearbot, builds electric autonomous workboats for waterway cleanup and marine data collection. Modular vessels collect floating waste and invasive vegetation or carry GPS-RTK, echo-sounder and water-quality sensors for hydrographic and environmental surveys.
Onboard cameras and autonomy support navigation and obstacle avoidance, while a remote dashboard tracks missions, collected material and sensor data. Clearbot supplies fleets through a robotics-as-a-service model to ports, municipalities and water authorities. More than 25 boats operate across India, Singapore, the Philippines and Hong Kong, including sustained cleanup work in busy commercial ports and urban rivers.
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Products
Deployments
- Customer site
2026-01-28 - Clearbot completed a six-month pilot using autonomous electric vessels for Pasig River cleanup work with ADB and Metro Manila partners. - single river-cleanup pilot - Pasig River system
Source - Operating use
2022-12-29 - Clearbot Neo had more than ten autonomous boats operating across Hong Kong and India for pollution recovery, surveillance, rescue and goods-delivery use cases. - active vessels - Hong Kong and India waterways
Source - Customer site
Clearbot reports that Alligator collected 260 tons of hyacinth during a two-week SENTX landfill waterbody project with Veolia in Hong Kong. - Clearbot Alligator at SENTX Landfill waterbody, Hong Kong - SENTX Landfill waterbody, Hong Kong
Source - Customer site
Clearbot reports 42 tons of waste removed by Class 3 at Umiam Lake in Meghalaya, with Smart Village Movement as the project partner. - Clearbot Class 3 at Umiam Lake, Meghalaya, India - Umiam Lake, Meghalaya, India
Source - Customer site
Clearbot reports approximately 37 tons of waste removed by Class 2 on the Nonbah River, in a project with Kingspan Group. - Nonbah River Clearbot Class 2 deployment - Meghalaya, India
Source
Funding
- 2026-06-08 - Pre-Series A - $1.8M - Clear Robotics raises $1.75M Pre-Series A to scale autonomous vessel fleet
source: prnewswire.com
- 2026-06-08 - Pre-A - $1.8M - Clearbot raises $1.75 million for autonomous electric ships
Clearbot raised $1.75 million to scale zero-emission autonomous vessels for marine infrastructure and cleanup operations. - source: prnewswire.com
- 2022-12-29 - Seed - Clearbot closes seed round led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and Gobi Ventures
Clearbot closed a seed funding round led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and Gobi Ventures to expand its self-driving electric boat technology across Southeast Asia. - source: hivelife.com
Investors
- Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2022-12-29
- Gobi Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-12-29
- Katapult Ocean - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-08
- M7 Holdings - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-08
- MGS Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-08
- SGInnovate - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-08
- Shipsfocus Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-06-08
Team
- Sidhant Gupta - Co-founder and CEO - Leads Clear Robotics as it scales AI-enabled unmanned surface vessels and autonomous maritime services.
- Utkarsh Goel - Co-founder and CTO - Leads technical development for Clear Robotics autonomous vessel and retrofit technology.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-06-08 - Funding - Clear Robotics raises $1.75M Pre-Series A to scale autonomous vessel fleet
Clear Robotics closed a $1.75 million Pre-Series A round to scale its fleet of AI-enabled autonomous vessels globally. Shipsfocus Ventures led the round, with follow-on investments from Katapult Ocean, SGInnovate, M7 Holdings MGS Ventures and other strategic partners. The company said it operates 26 all-electric unmanned surface vessels used for maritime infrastructure workflows. Proceeds will support expansion into Southeast Asia, India and the Middle East, development of larger unmanned vessels, automated port surveying R&D and autonomous retrofit technology.
Source - 2026-06-08 - Funding - Clearbot raises $1.75 million for autonomous electric ships
The company said it operated a fleet of 26 all-electric, AI-optimized unmanned surface vessels. The financing supports autonomous vessels for marine infrastructure and waterway services. The announcement provides a fleet-scale signal for Clearbot's electric USV operations.
Source - 2026-01-28 - Deployment - Clearbot completes six-month Pasig River cleanup pilot
The six-month pilot operated autonomous electric cleanup vessels in San Juan City and Pasig City waterways. The presentation identifies Clearbot Class 3 launches in the Philippines on 19 October and 11 December 2025, with a Makati showcase on 25 November. ADB and local partners reviewed how cleanup operations and river data could support municipal waste management and flood-risk planning.
Source - 2022-12-29 - Funding - Clearbot closes seed round led by Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and Gobi Ventures
Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund and Gobi Ventures led the seed round. Earth Venture Capital, Asia Sustainability Angels, and CarbonX Capital also invested. Funding supported R&D, operational efficiency, Southeast Asia expansion, and marine-sector ESG data analytics.
Source - 2022-12-29 - Deployment - Clearbot Neo operates in Hong Kong and India with 10+ boats active
Clearbot Neo was available in both Hong Kong and India. More than ten bots were already operational. The vessel automates pollution recovery, surveillance and rescue, and goods delivery in urban waterways.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Asian Development Bank / Pasig River partners
Public Waterway Pilot - Clearbot completed a six-month Pasig River cleanup pilot with ADB and Metro Manila public-sector partners.
- Kingspan Group
Project Partner - Clearbot Class 2 collected river waste on the Nonbah River in Meghalaya with Kingspan Group as the project partner.
Context
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Context tags
- Autonomous surface navigation - Capability - Clear Robotics positions its vessels as autonomous and AI-enabled.
- Autonomous surface vessel operations - Workflow - Funding announcement describes a 26-vessel AI-enabled autonomous surface-vessel fleet.
- Maritime operations - Customer Environment - Company and funding sources describe maritime infrastructure workflows.
- Maritime surface autonomy platforms - Stack Layer - Clear Robotics describes and funds an autonomous maritime vessel business.
- Autonomous surface vessel OEM - Stack Layer - Funding announcement states Clear Robotics operates all-electric unmanned surface vessels and develops larger unmanned vessels.
- Maritime domain awareness - Workflow - Public copy includes marine surveillance among Clear Robotics workflows.
- Public infrastructure operations - Customer Environment - Port surveying, pollution recovery and maritime infrastructure workflows place Clear Robotics in public infrastructure operations.
- Scaled fleet operations - Commercial Stage - The company reports 26 all-electric AI-optimized unmanned surface vessels.
- Marine surface operations - Customer Environment - The company operates unmanned surface vessels for marine and port workflows.