Funding
$25.9M
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1
Overview
ETH Zurich spinoff building full-stack physical AI for general-purpose dexterous manipulation. Mimic Robotics develops the Mimic Hand M1, a tendon-driven robotic hand with 15 actuated DOF and 21 joints designed for industrial automation, paired with the Mimic Wearable U1 exoskeleton for data collection. The company focuses on dexterous hands rather than full humanoid robots, pairing its AI-driven hands with off-the-shelf industrial robot arms for deployment in manufacturing, logistics, and retail.
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Models (1)
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Current leadership (3)
- Stefan Weirich Co-founder & CEOSEC-verified
- Elvis Nava Co-founder & CTOSEC-verified
- Stephan-Daniel Gravert Co-founder & CPOSEC-verified
Founders (3)
- Stefan Weirichcofounder
- Elvis Navacofounder
- Stephan-Daniel Gravertcofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Mimic Robotics.
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Recent coverage
Mimic Robotics in third-party press
Funding rounds (2)
- Seed2025-11-03
$16M
Investors: Elaia Partners (lead), Speedinvest (lead), Founderful, 1st Kind, 10x Founders, 2100 Ventures, Sequoia Scout Fund
- Pre-Seed2024-05-08
$3M
Investors: Founderful (lead), another.vc, Tiny.vc
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJul 18, 2026
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Common questions
- What is Mimic Robotics?
- ETH Zurich spinoff building full-stack physical AI for general-purpose dexterous manipulation. Mimic Robotics develops the Mimic Hand M1, a tendon-driven robotic hand with 15 actuated DOF and 21 joints designed for industrial automation, paired with the Mimic Wearable U1 exoskeleton for data collection. The company focuses on dexterous hands rather than full humanoid robots, pairing its AI-driven hands with off-the-shelf industrial robot arms for deployment in manufacturing, logistics, and retail.
- What does Mimic Robotics make?
- Mimic Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Mimic Hand (Mimic Robotics builds physical robots).
- Who is the CEO of Mimic Robotics?
- Stefan Weirich is the ceo of Mimic Robotics, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Where is Mimic Robotics headquartered?
- Mimic Robotics is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.
- How much funding has Mimic Robotics raised?
- Mimic Robotics has raised approximately $26M in disclosed funding on record in the DEPLOY registry.
- Where does Mimic Robotics operate robots?
- Mimic 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 Mimic Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Mimic Robotics ranks in roughly the top 24% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Mimic Robotics founded?
- Mimic Robotics was founded in 2024.
- Is Mimic Robotics safe?
- Mimic 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: Claimed (not independently verified) · no sources on file · last reviewed 2026-07-18
Verification posture
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Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-18
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Mimic Robotics.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Mimic Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Video
Meet the mimic hand M1: the first robotic hand purpose-built for industrial automation. Strong enough to hold a 25 kg payload, sensitive enough to feel a 50 g weight through motor current alone. The M1 is designed AI-fir
The mimic wearable U1 ("umimic") is a passive exoskeleton for collecting post-training demonstration data without a robot in the loop. The U1 matches the mimic
We introduce mimic-video, a new class of Video-Action Model (VAM) that grounds robotic policies in pretrained video models. Unlike standard VLAs that must learn
Elvis Nava is an ML expert and Co-Founder and CTO of Mimic Robotics, an ETH Zurich spin-off creating advanced humanoid hands and AI for dexterous manipulation t
#humanoidrobot #robot #usa German automotive giant Audi has announced a strategic collaboration with Mimic Robotics, a Zurich-based startup specializing in dex
Mimic builds frontier physical AI models trained on real-world human demonstrations, using innovative methods to overcome the data scarcity problem in robotics.
Mimic Robotics: Scalable AI models for universal robotic manipulation. Intuitively automate your most complex and tedious manual labor tasks from retail to manu
Reality vs attention
Mimic Robotics draws attention at the 46th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
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Analysis
Funded with institutional backing on record. Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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
Last computed: Jul 20, 2026