The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Smart Robots: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region, $3.8M raised. 3 sources back the record.
Overview
Italian deep tech company developing 3D vision and augmented reality systems for quality control in manufacturing. Part of the e-Novia group, Smart Robots combines a 3D video sensor with proprietary software to track manual operations, detect objects, and guide operators with projected AR instructions — aiming for zero errors on factory floor assembly lines. Founded in 2016 as a spin-off from Politecnico di Milano, the company serves industrial clients globally across assembly, kitting, packaging, and machine tending applications.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Founder
Parent Group
Origin
Key Customers
SRv3 vision system
Recognition precision
Tracking cadence
Factory integration
Data & sources
Web sources
3
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Models (1)
View all models →Smart Robots on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jan 2024. Explore where Smart Robots's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full Smart Robots deployment record →
Current leadership (1)
- Roberto Rossi Co-founder & General Managersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Roberto Rossicofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for Smart Robots.
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Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Smart Robots in third-party press
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Financial state
- Total funding
- $3.8M
- Reporting period
- 2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2025-07-21
$4M(reported)
Timeline
Every recorded move in Smart Robots’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2025-07-21Series A raising $3800000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 21, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
- Smart Robots Digital Assistant with Orbbec Femto Bolt · https://www.orbbec.com/case-studies/smart-robots-digital-assistant-improves-manufacturing-operations-with-orbbecs-femto-bolt-cameras/
- https://smartrobots.it/en/product
- https://smartrobots.it/en/applications
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Smart Robots.Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Smart Robots from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
🤖Building Smart Robots Requires Massive Data. Where Do We Get It?
Investors are pouring billions into Chinese humanoid startups. This money is being used to buy data first.
Smart Robots Raises $3.8M Series A Funding
Milan-based Smart Robots secured $3.8M in Series A funding. The Italian deep tech firm, part of the e-Novia group, develops artificial vision technology to eliminate human error…
Smart Robots Digital Assistant Improves Manufacturing Operations with Orbbec's Femto Bolt Cameras
Smart Robots integrated Orbbec's Femto Bolt 3D camera solution into its digital assistant platform, bringing precision, efficiency, and quality control across diverse industrial…
Interdependent Cobots: Smart Robots stresses human-robot cooperation
Smart Robots, an Italian firm making industrial vision systems, stresses the values of robot/human cooperation as smart co-workers, using 3D vision to track manual operations and…
A New Industrial Era: Human-Oriented Manufacturing
Smart Robots is a spin-off from the Politecnico di Milano, founded in 2016 within the e-Novia group's business support division. The company brings artificial vision to support…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/smart-robots.md
- RSS feed: /companies/smart-robots/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/6cd03466-4b26-4de1-bca2-02a5028bf5f1
- Revision history: /companies/smart-robots/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Google21 models
- Roborock20 models
- ST Telemedia Global Data Centres11 models
- Unitree Robotics10 models
- Teraco Data Environments8 models
- AirTrunk7 models
Video
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
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
Smart Robots draws attention at the 57th percentile but verifies reality at the 7th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +49.9, 43rd widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
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: Oct 5, 2026