KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics: robotics company

Overview

KTH Royal Institute of Technology's Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning researches robotics, computer vision and machine learning, with research areas including grasping and manipulation, mobile robotics, active perception, planning and decision making, and social robotics. KTH's Mechatronics unit also researches autonomous systems such as self-driving cars, drones and robots.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Focus

Grasping and manipulation, mobile robotics, active perception, planning and decision making, social robotics

Location

Stockholm, Sweden

Robotics perception and learning

KTH Royal Institute of Technology's Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning researches perception, decision-making, and robotics (KTH RPL).

Autonomous systems research

KTH's Mechatronics unit lists autonomous systems as a research area covering mobile robotics and related applications (KTH autonomous systems).

Lab

KTH Interaction and Robotics Lab (IRL), run jointly by the TMH and RPL departments; its Humanoid Robot Lab fleet includes Rainbow Robotics HRN-Y1 and Unitree H1 humanoids.

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Models (1)

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Current platform

KTH Robot Platform

KTH Royal Institute of Technology robotics research platform for autonomous systems.

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KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics on the deployment map

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Current leadership (2)

Danica Kragic Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technologysecondary-verified
Anders Söderholm Presidentsecondary-verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics.

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Recent coverage

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics in third-party press

KTH IRL – Interaction and Robotics Lab

Jan 1, 2024

Peer companies

Unitree Robotics12 models
DJI9 models
AgiBot6 models
DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Orbbec6 models
Boston Dynamics5 models

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdAug 9, 2026
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Sources (3)

Common questions

What is KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology's Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning researches robotics, computer vision and machine learning, with research areas including grasping and manipulation, mobile robotics, active perception, planning and decision making, and social robotics. KTH's Mechatronics unit also researches autonomous systems such as self-driving cars, drones and robots.

What does KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics make?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: KTH Robot Platform (KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics builds physical robots).

Who competes with KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics building in the same form factors include Unitree Robotics, DJI, AgiBot, DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics.

Where is KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics headquartered?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.

Where does KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics operate robots?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.

Is KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics ranks in roughly the top 96% of companies tracked by the registry.

When was KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics founded?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics was founded in 1827.

Is KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics safe?

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-21

Sources by quality tier

3: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Peer companies

Unitree Robotics12 models
DJI9 models
AgiBot6 models
DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Orbbec6 models
Boston Dynamics5 models

In the press

Recent coverage mentioning KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.

speech.kth.seJan 1, 2024

KTH IRL – Interaction and Robotics Lab

KTH's IRL houses a growing fleet of humanoid robots and dual-arm platforms for dexterous manipulation, loco-manipulation, and physical human-robot collaboration.

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Machine-readable surfaces

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RSS feed: /companies/kth-robotics/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/6d6f2245-e9ed-4237-b42e-40a679f97a30
Revision history: /companies/kth-robotics/history
Data documentation: /data
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Peer companies

Unitree Robotics12 models
DJI9 models
AgiBot6 models
DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
Orbbec6 models
Boston Dynamics5 models

Heat Index

Serious

50/100

A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.

Reality vs attention

KTH Royal Institute of Technology Robotics draws attention at the 5th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.

RealityInsufficient datanot enough verified signal yet

Attention5thpctilemedia + video vs other robots

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6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 96% of Other

vs funding peers-40.3 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

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Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

1.2LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed

Claim Integrity Fleet Reality Operator Repeat All indices

Last computed: Nov 7, 2026

Methodology Intelligence layer