Eka Robotics: $150M raise for force-aware robot AI

status: open, opened 2026-10-20, last moved 2026-10-20. Robots funding industrial

• 2026-10-20 (~11:46 AM ET, RobotsBeat): Eka Robotics raises $150 million for force-aware robot AI at a $1.45 billion valuation — AI combining vision and force feedback for "fast, adaptable robot manipulation," aimed at industrial applications (https://robotsbeat.com/eka-robotics-150m-force-aware-ai-1-45b-valuation/). First record for the company; the force-feedback pitch sits squarely on the manipulation-reliability question the humanoid reality-check strand keeps raising (benchmark-topping models that still can't fold laundry). Funding-grade capture only. Watch: investor list and round structure, first named industrial deployment or customer, manipulation metrics attached to the force-feedback claims.