Collaborative Robotics is turning mobile cobots into a shared-workspace material handling layer

A 100 million dollar Series B and Proxie launch put Collaborative Robotics across healthcare, logistics, and manufacturing customers with a non-humanoid warehouse cobot design.

20 Nov 24

Collaborative Robotics raised $100 million in Series B funding on April 10, 2024, bringing total funding above $140 million in less than two years. General Catalyst led the round, with Bison Ventures, Industry Ventures, Lux Capital, and others participating. The financing supported Proxie, a mobile collaborative robot built for repetitive material handling in shared workspaces.

Brad Porter founded Collaborative Robotics in 2022 after serving as Amazon vice president of robotics and Distinguished Engineer. The team includes robotics and AI staff from Amazon, Apple, and NASA, with offices in Santa Clara and Seattle.

Proxie launched in November 2024 with a design aimed at human-shared material movement rather than fenced industrial cells. The robot uses Glide 360 mobility, Scout Sense perception, and Flex Grasp manipulation modules to handle carts, boxes, and totes. Lidar-based mapping and real-time surroundings capture form the navigation layer.

The launch named Maersk, Mayo Clinic, Moderna, Owens & Minor and Tampa General Hospital as customers.

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