Realtime Robotics
About
About Realtime Robotics
Realtime Robotics connects cell simulation to motion generation through software connectors. Engineers provide the robot models, surrounding CAD geometry and process points; Resolver then searches paths, task sequences and allocations between eligible robots. They can constrain which robot performs an operation and which tasks must happen before others, preserving process requirements while exploring alternative motions.
The results include paths, interlocks and reachability information that return to the simulation environment for review. Engineers can adjust the cell and repeat the optimisation as a design changes. RapidPlan supports executable collision-free motion across shared workspaces, while the broader workflow gives integrators a way to evaluate multi-robot coordination before commissioning the physical equipment.
Articles
Funding
- 2024-05-28 - Series B initial close - $21.1M - Realtime Robotics closes $21.1 million first tranche of planned $45 million Series B
Realtime Robotics secured Series B funding led by Mitsubishi Electric for industrial robot motion planning. - source: rtr.ai
- 2023-06-27 - Additional funding - $9.5M - Realtime Robotics raises additional $9.5 million from Shinhan GIB and Kyobo Life
Realtime Robotics completed a $9.5M Funding round financing on 2023-06-27. - source: rtr.ai
- 2022-09-07 - Additional funding - $14.4M - Realtime Robotics secures additional $14.4M funding
Realtime Robotics secured an additional $14.4M in funding. - source: therobotreport.com
- 2021-06-03 - Series A - $31.4M - Realtime Robotics completes $31.4 million Series A
Realtime Robotics completed its Series A with new strategic and institutional investors joining existing backers to fund product rollout and expansion in manufacturing and logistics. - source: rtr.ai
Investors
- Duke Capital Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-28
- Heroic Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-09-07
- Kyobo Life Insurance - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-06-27
- Mitsubishi Electric - Lead - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2024-05-28
- Next47 - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-05-28
- Shinhan GIB - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2023-06-27
- SIP Global Partners - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-09-07
- Soundproof Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-09-07
Team
- Peter Howard - Chief Executive Officer - Directs the company's industrial automation and motion-planning strategy.
- Kevin Carlin - President and Chief Commercial Officer - Leads commercial execution and industry partnerships for Realtime Robotics.
- Steve Dias - Vice President of Engineering - Leads engineering delivery for the company's motion-planning and optimization software.
- Ville Lehtonen - Chief Product Officer - Directs product strategy for industrial motion planning and adaptive control.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-08-13 - Executive Hire - Realtime Robotics appoints Kevin Carlin as chief executive
Carlin previously served as Realtime Robotics' president and chief commercial officer after a career spanning semiconductors and industrial automation. Howard remains connected to company strategy as non-executive chairman after leading Realtime Robotics as co-founder and chief executive. The leadership transition comes as the company scales Resolver, its software for designing and optimising industrial robot workcells.
Source - 2025-12-03 - Product Launch - Realtime Robotics debuts Resolver in Japan at iREX 2025
Realtime Robotics presented an interactive Resolver demonstration at iREX in Tokyo from 3 to 6 December 2025. The release added single sign-on, improved study organization and broader robot-model support. The demonstration showed Resolver integrations with Siemens Process Simulate and Visual Components.
Source - 2024-05-28 - Funding - Realtime Robotics closes $21.1 million first tranche of planned $45 million Series B
Realtime Robotics’ company history identifies $21.1 million as Part 1 of its Series B growth round. Mitsubishi Electric led the close, with participation from Next47 and Duke Capital Partners. The stated $45 million figure is the planned Series B total, not the amount completed in this close.
Source - 2023-06-27 - Funding - Realtime Robotics raises additional $9.5 million from Shinhan GIB and Kyobo Life
Shinhan GIB and Kyobo Life Insurance provided the additional $9.5 million financing. Realtime Robotics said the funding would support product enhancements and expanded go-to-market capacity. The announcement followed market adoption of the company’s RapidPlan motion-planning software.
Source - 2022-09-07 - Funding - Realtime Robotics secures additional $14.4M funding
Soundproof Ventures, Heroic Ventures and SIP Global Partners led the additional financing. The capital was intended to scale Realtime Robotics and meet demand following the launch of its RapidPlan motion-planning software. RapidPlan uses a digital-twin workcell to generate collision-free robot task plans and apply the same plan to physical robots.
Source - 2021-06-03 - Funding - Realtime Robotics completes $31.4 million Series A
The company explicitly described the Series A as completed. New investors included HAHN Group, SAIC Capital, Soundproof Ventures and Heroic Ventures; existing investors also participated. The completed total supersedes the earlier Series A close for aggregate purposes rather than creating an additive second round.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Mitsubishi Electric
Motion Planning Technology Partner - Mitsubishi collaborates with Realtime Robotics on industrial motion-planning integration.
- Siemens AG
Industrial Automation Partner - Realtime Robotics and Siemens collaborate on industrial robot workcell integration.
- Kawasaki Robotics
Industrial Robot Technology Partner - Realtime Robotics and Kawasaki Robotics collaborate on industrial-robot programming, deployment and control.
- Visual Components
Robot Simulation Integration Partner - Realtime Robotics and Visual Components integrate Resolver into Visual Components for robot-workcell design and optimization.
Context
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Context tags
- Robot motion planning AI - Peer Group - Official company page documents AI-powered industrial robot optimization and motion planning.
- Robot motion planning - Workflow - Official product and company pages document collision-free single- and multi-robot path generation.
- Robot motion planning layer - Stack Layer - RapidPlan and Resolver operate as the planning and optimization layer for industrial workcells.
