Robotics Companies in India You Should Know About in 2026 and Their Hiring Roles

Kathir • 10 min read

A warehouse worker in Pune used to walk 15–20 kilometres a day picking orders off shelves. A sanitation worker in Chennai used to enter manholes manually, work that is illegal in India, yet still happens. A drone pilot used to sit in a control room manually operating each surveillance UAV, one at a time, over difficult terrain.

In each of these cases, a robot now does the job instead.

India's robotics industry has been growing steadily over the last decade, moving from early-stage research and academic projects into commercial deployment across warehousing, defence, infrastructure inspection, healthcare, and sanitation. The companies building in this space today span a wide range from well-funded companies that have raised institutional capital and are exporting products internationally, to IIT-incubated startups that have been shipping robots to enterprise clients for years without much public attention.

India's robotics market is projected to reach $6.8 billion by 2030, growing at a compound annual growth rate of over 24%, driven by demand across manufacturing automation, logistics, and government-backed infrastructure programmes.

The companies listed below are actively hiring in 2026.

GreyOrange — Gurugram / Bengaluru / Chennai / Hyderabad

Founded: 2011–2012

GreyOrange builds AI-driven warehouse automation software and autonomous mobile robots for fulfillment centres, distribution centres, and retail stores. Their core platform, GreyMatter, is an AI orchestration system that coordinates robots, human workers, and warehouse operations in real time. Their Ranger robot series handles goods-to-person picking, assisted picking, and inventory movement. Co-founded by Samay Kohli and Akash Gupta, both BITS Pilani graduates, the company's early break came from Flipkart during the 2013–14 e-commerce boom. Customers today include H&M, Adidas, IKEA, Apple, and Walmart.

Revenue: $150 million in 2022, according to CB Insights. Blume Ventures, one of GreyOrange's early investors, reported approximately $100M in revenue in a 2024 company profile, the difference likely reflects figures from different years. The company has 15,000 robotic agents deployed worldwide.

India presence: Engineering and operations offices across Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. Investors include Tiger Global, Mithril, and Blume Ventures.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics software engineers, AI/ML engineers, warehouse automation engineers, embedded systems engineers, application support engineers, product managers.

Miko — Mumbai

Founded: 2015

Miko builds AI-powered companion robots for children, combining robotics, AI, and IoT to create personalised, interactive learning experiences. Products include Miko 3, Miko Mini, and Miko Chess Grand. Founded in 2015 by Sneh Vaswani, Prashant Iyengar, and Chintan Raikar, the company operates in 140+ countries including the US, Europe, and the Middle East.

Revenue: Miko crossed ₹225 crore in FY23, with revenue more than doubling year on year, according to Entrackr. The company has since raised a $15.8M Series D (October 2024) and a further $10.5M led by US audio media company iHeartMedia in November 2025.

India presence: Headquartered in Mumbai with a team of 477 employees as of May 2026 (Tracxn). Investors include IvyCap Ventures, Chiratae Ventures, YourNest, Alteria Capital, and iHeartMedia.

Roles they hire for in India: AI/ML engineers, IoT engineers, embedded systems engineers, product managers, curriculum/content specialists, QA engineers.

Ati Robotics — Bengaluru

Founded: 2017 | Total Funding: $34.35M Series B (CB Insights, Crunchbase)

Ati Robotics (formerly ATI Motors) designs and builds intelligent autonomous robots for material movement in factories and warehouses. Their core product line is the Sherpa family, seven purpose-built AMRs for tugging, pallet movement, and lifting — all coordinated by their AI orchestration platform Ati Flow. Deployed across 70+ factories with customers including Daimler, Hyundai, Airbus, Cummins, Samsung, and Harley-Davidson. The company rebranded to Ati Robotics in 2025 as it expanded its global footprint.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed.

India presence: Bengaluru is the primary R&D and engineering hub described by the company as their Centre of Excellence for APAC. US operations run from Michigan. Investors include Blume Ventures, Exfinity Venture Partners, True Ventures, Athera Venture Partners, and NGP Capital.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics software engineers, AI/ML engineers, control systems engineers, mechanical engineers, power electronics engineers, fleet management software engineers.

Unbox Robotics — Pune

Founded: 2019 | Total Funding: $28M Series B (YourStory, Inc42 — January 2026)

Unbox Robotics builds software-defined, modular robotic systems for warehouse parcel sortation and order consolidation. Their flagship product UnboxSort uses swarm intelligence to create 3D vertical sortation, robots work in coordinated fleets to sort parcels without large fixed conveyor infrastructure. Founded by Pramod Ghadge and Shahid Memon, both Flipkart alumni who experienced India's fulfillment scale-up firsthand.

Revenue: ₹13.6 crore in FY25, with a 5X revenue jump targeted in FY26, according to Inc42. The company reached profitability in June 2024.

India presence: Headquartered in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune. The January 2026 Series B was led by ICICI Ventures and Redstart Labs (InfoEdge), with participation from F-Prime, 3one4 Capital, Navam Capital, and Force Ventures.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics software engineers, swarm AI engineers, mechanical engineers, data engineers, QA engineers.

EndureAir Systems — Noida (IIT Kanpur-incubated)

Founded: 2018 | Total Funding: $10.6M (PitchBook); ₹25 crore from IAN Alpha Fund in September 2025 (Inc42)

EndureAir builds indigenous helicopter-style UAVs for defence, high-altitude logistics, and disaster management designing both hardware and software entirely in-house. Products include Sabal (10–70 kg payload, inducted by the Indian Army's Eastern Command), Vibhram (used in Telangana's Medicine from the Sky programme for vaccine delivery), and Alakh (nano-drone deployed in the Chamoli cloudburst and Silkyara tunnel rescue operations). Founded by Dr. Abhishek (IIT Kanpur Professor of Aerospace Engineering) and his former students Rama Krishna and Chirag Jain.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed. The company reported cumulative revenue of ₹1 crore through early sales and consultancy and annual revenue of ₹2 crore in FY21-22, per YourStory company profile, and has since scaled significantly with defence contracts.

India presence: Engineering and manufacturing in Noida with approximately 150 employees, 110 of whom work in engineering and manufacturing. Co-developing high-altitude logistics drones with Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

Roles they hire for in India: Aerospace/drone engineers, embedded systems engineers, AI/computer vision engineers, mechanical engineers, autopilot software engineers.

IG Defence — Noida (origin: Odisha)

Founded: 2018 | Total Funding: $6.55M across 3 rounds (Tracxn, Inc42)

IG Defence (formerly IG Drones, rebranded December 2025) builds indigenous military drone systems — FPV strike drones, ISR platforms, heavy-lift logistics drones, RF-based anti-drone jammers, and tactical unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). The company holds India's first patent for a defence drone simulator. In February 2026, it received ₹300 crore approval for a new multi-drone manufacturing hub in Odisha's Ganjam district. Most recent raise: $5M in March 2026 from India Accelerator and Finvolve, per Inc42.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed.

India presence: Headquarters in Noida with 87 employees as of February 2025 (Tracxn).

Roles they hire for in India: UAV/drone engineers, embedded systems engineers, RF/communications engineers, defence systems engineers, AI engineers, counter-UAS specialists.

Ottonomy.io — New York HQ / Noida manufacturing

Founded: 2020 | Total Funding: $4.9M (TechCrunch, People Matters)

Ottonomy builds Level 4 fully autonomous delivery robots for airports, retail, restaurants, and hospitality — operating both indoors and outdoors without GPS dependency. Flagship product Ottobot 2.0 features a four-wheel swerve drive ("crab mode"), modular compartments, and QR-code secured delivery. The company was the first globally to use autonomous robots for food delivery inside an airport (Cincinnati Airport). Robots are designed and manufactured in India, primarily in Noida, for global customers.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed. The company has signed contracts worth $3.5 million and has deployed 50+ robots across the US, Middle East, and Europe, per Electronics For You.

India presence: Manufacturing facility in Noida. Co-founded by Ritukar Vijay, Pradyot Korupolu, Ashish Gupta, and Hardik Sharma. Backed by Pi Ventures (Bengaluru), Connetic Ventures, and Branded Hospitality Ventures.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics software engineers, AI/ML engineers, embedded systems engineers, hardware engineers, manufacturing engineers.

Genrobotics — Trivandrum, Kerala

Founded: 2017 | Total Funding: ~$3M (YourStory, Analytics India Magazine, Inc42 — as of 2022 Zoho round)

Genrobotics builds robotic and AI systems designed to remove humans from hazardous sanitation, healthcare, oil and gas, and defence tasks. Their flagship product Bandicoot is widely described as the world's first robotic scavenger - an automated system for cleaning manholes and sewers, operated remotely by a human above ground. Bandicoot 2.0 was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi in October 2018, in the presence of UN Secretary-General António Guterres. More than 300 Bandicoot units are deployed across 37 sites in 19 states across India, having collectively cleaned more than 6,000 manholes.

Revenue: Genrobotics reported revenue of approximately ₹12.73 crore by FY21, growing to close to ₹20 crore in FY22, with a reported profit of approximately ₹6 crore that year, according to figures stated by the company.

India presence: Headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. Investors include Unicorn India Ventures, Zoho (₹20 crore investment led by Sridhar Vembu in 2022), and personal investment from Anand Mahindra and Rajan Anandan, per YourStory and Inc42.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics engineers, embedded systems engineers, mechanical engineers, AI engineers, field operations and support roles.

EyeROV — Kochi, Kerala

Founded: 2016–2017 | Total Funding: ~$3.44M across 6 rounds (Inc42, CXOToday, CIOL)

EyeROV builds Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) for underwater inspection of dams, tunnels, pipelines, bridges, ports, and offshore infrastructure. Founded by Johns T. Mathai and Kannappa Palaniappan P — both College of Engineering Trivandrum alumni who later studied at IIT Delhi and IIT Madras respectively. The company's most recent raise was a ₹13 crore pre-Series A in early 2026, co-led by AWE Funds and Unicorn India Ventures. In September 2025, EyeROV secured a ₹47 crore contract from the Indian Navy to supply advanced underwater ROVs.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed. The company has completed more than 150 projects for over 80 clients including Maersk, ONGC, the Adani Group, and the Indian Navy.

India presence: Headquartered in Kochi. More than 70 employees. Investors include GAIL (India) Ltd, Unicorn India Ventures, the K Chittilappilly Foundation, AWE Funds, and Venture Center Pune.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics/ROV engineers, embedded systems engineers, mechanical engineers, AI engineers, underwater systems engineers, field operations roles.

iHub Robotics — Kochi, Kerala (manufacturing: Kalamassery)

Founded: 2021

iHub Robotics builds humanoid and semi-humanoid robots for service-oriented tasks in hospitality, healthcare, airports, and railway stations. Their flagship product Tara Gen-1 is described by the company as India's most advanced semi-humanoid robot, with AI-powered speech recognition, real-time decision-making, and multi-language communication. Tara Gen-1 has been exported to the UAE and Saudi Arabia. In January 2025, iHub Robotics became the first Indian company officially recognised by NVIDIA, after being selected for the NVIDIA Humanoid Robotics Programme.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed. The company reports producing approximately 300 humanoid robots per month at its Kalamassery facility.

India presence: Headquartered in Kochi with manufacturing in Kalamassery. The company has signed MoUs with EY Global and SAP Germany.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics engineers, AI/ML engineers, mechanical engineers, embedded systems engineers, manufacturing engineers.

Rapyuta Robotics — Tokyo HQ / Chennai engineering hub

Founded: Spun out of ETH Zurich

Rapyuta Robotics builds cloud robotics platforms and warehouse automation hardware — Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) and Automated Storage & Retrieval Systems (ASRS) for fulfillment and distribution centres. The platform processes over 10 million jobs and $20M+ in payments annually. Clients include IKEA and Vodafone. The Chennai office functions as a core engineering hub, not a support centre.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed.

India presence: Chennai engineering hub with open roles across application support, QA, and platform engineering.

Roles they hire for in India: Application support engineers, QA engineers (robotics), cloud platform engineers, robotics software engineers.

Vecros — Bengaluru / Delhi NCR

Founded: 2021 | Total Funding: ~$546K across 4 rounds (Tracxn, Startupstory Media)

Vecros builds GPS-denied autonomous drones powered by spatial AI — for defence, construction, and warehouse inspection. Builds the entire autonomy stack in-house: ATHERA (flagship drone), JETCORE (NVIDIA Jetson-based compute module), JETPIX OS (proprietary AI operating system), Vecros Cloud (mission planning platform), and Vecros SDK. Founded in 2021 by Besta Prem Sai and Rajashree Deotalu — IIT Delhi and NIT Nagpur alumni. The Indian Army is a primary client. Featured on Shark Tank India Season 3, where it secured a ₹1 crore deal.

Revenue: Approximately ₹35.8 lakh annually as of March 2025 (Tracxn), with the company generating ₹4–5 lakh per month through drone-based services including 3D scanning and terrain modelling, per Electronics For You.

India presence: Bengaluru R&D and manufacturing facility with a second base in Delhi NCR. Approximately 32 employees as of April 2026. Backed by 100X.VC, Rebalance, NVIDIA Inception Programme, and IDEX Defence India.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics/drone engineers, computer vision engineers, embedded systems engineers, AI/ML engineers, mission software engineers.

FlytBase — Pune (HQ: San Jose, USA)

Founded: 2013/incorporated 2016 | Total Funding: Undisclosed (seed rounds)

FlytBase builds an enterprise-grade drone autonomy platform that fully automates aerial data collection workflows via docking stations and BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight) operations. Hardware-agnostic — works with DJI and other enterprise drone platforms. Customers include IAG Cargo (British Airways). Won the Global NTT Data Innovation Contest 2019 in Tokyo. The Pune office is the primary engineering hub for a global customer base spanning North America, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed.

India presence: Engineering hub in Pune (Baner) with approximately 88 employees as of late 2024. Investors include Cisco LaunchPad, Lavni Ventures, and Pentathlon Ventures.

Roles they hire for in India: Drone software engineers, full stack engineers, embedded systems engineers, DevOps engineers, product managers, customer success engineers.

Sastra Robotics — Kochi, Kerala

Founded: 2013 | Total Funding: ~$160K–$185K (PitchBook, CB Insights)

Sastra Robotics builds robotic manipulators that mimic human hand and finger movements to automate the functional testing of physical devices, particularly touchscreens, infotainment systems, and Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) in cars, consumer electronics, and avionics. Founded in 2013 at the Kochi Startup Village by Aronin Ponnappan, Achu Wilson, and Akhil Asokan. Clients include Robert Bosch, HCL, Tech Mahindra, Lockheed Martin, and Honeywell.

Revenue: No authentic data.

India presence: Kochi operations under SGBI (Sastra Global Business Innovation), following a 2021 global restructuring that moved the parent entity to Sunnyvale, California, with subsidiaries in the UK and India. Approximately 11–50 employees in India operations.

Roles they hire for in India: Robotics engineers, test automation engineers, embedded systems engineers, mechanical engineers, software QA engineers.

Svaya Robotics — Hyderabad

Founded: 2018 | Total Funding: Not publicly disclosed

Svaya Robotics builds collaborative robots and general-purpose humanoid robots for manufacturing automation. Takes a vertically integrated approach designs hardware, writes software, and develops the AI stack in-house. Products include the SR-L series of cobots designed for assembly, machine tending, pick-and-place, welding, and inspection built without requiring infrastructure modifications or programming expertise. Has worked with DRDO to build India's first homegrown quadruped robot and wearable exoskeleton for defence applications.

Revenue: Not publicly disclosed. Approximately 52 employees as of June 2025.

India presence: Headquartered in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. The company has demonstrated robots at IIT Madras, NIT campuses, and enterprise manufacturing facilities across India.

Roles they hire for in India: Controls engineers, embedded systems engineers, robotics software engineers, AI/ML engineers, mechanical design engineers.

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Published: July 3, 2026

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