Armatrix Raises $2.1M for Snake-like Robotic Arms
Robotics startup Armatrix has raised a $2.1 million pre-seed round led by Pi Ventures. The company is developing snake-like robotic arms for automation tasks in confined industrial spaces.
- The funding will be used to finalize the development of their snake-like robotic arm, grow the engineering and R&D teams, and initiate pilot programs with industrial clients. - Armatrix was founded in 2024 by three IIT Kanpur graduates: Vishrant Dave (CEO), Prateesh Awasthi, and Ayush Ranjan (CTO). - The company's hyper-redundant robotic arms are designed for inspection and maintenance in hazardous and confined industrial environments, such as storage tanks, ship hulls, and reactors. - Target sectors include shipbuilding, nuclear, oil & gas, and aviation, where sending human workers into confined spaces poses significant safety risks. - The core technology features a robotic arm with high flexibility for navigation, modular end-effectors, and an AI-based navigation system for real-time adjustments. - Armatrix has already developed a functional 3-metre proof-of-concept arm that boasts over 22 degrees of freedom. - The global market for robotics in maintenance was estimated at $41.66 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow to $150 billion by 2032. - Other investors in the pre-seed round included Inuka Capital, Boundless Ventures, Boost VC, Turbostart, and returning investor gradCapital.
