# Smart Robots: robotics company

Canonical ID: `6cd03466-4b26-4de1-bca2-02a5028bf5f1`

## Key facts

- **Founder:** [Roberto Rossi](/people/roberto-rossi-smart-robots.md) (General Manager & co-founder)
- **Parent Group:** e-Novia (deep tech incubator, Milan)
- **Origin:** Spin-off from Politecnico di Milano
- **Funding:** [$3.8M Series A (2025); earlier funding from e-Novia (2018)](/investors.md) ([see investors](/investors.md))
- **Key Customers:** Giobert S.p.A., AEC Illuminazione S.r.l.

- **Slug:** smart-robots
- **Founded:** 2016
- **HQ:** Milan, Italy

## Models

- [SRv3](/models/smart-robots-srv3.md) (other) (id: `7a3fa5be-587c-4be6-bd4d-5133e1622b5b`)

## Current leadership (1)

- [Roberto Rossi](/people/roberto-rossi-smart-robots.md) Co-founder & General Manager (secondary-verified)

## Founders (1)

- [Roberto Rossi](/people/roberto-rossi-smart-robots.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Smart Robots?

Italian [deep tech](https://smartrobots.it/en/home/) company developing 3D vision and augmented reality systems for quality control in manufacturing. Part of the [e-Novia](https://www.e-novia.it/) 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.

### What does Smart Robots make?

Smart Robots has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: SRv3 (Smart Robots builds physical robots).

### Where is Smart Robots headquartered?

Smart Robots is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

### Where does Smart Robots operate robots?

Smart Robots operates 1 verified deployment, including at Global.

### How many robots has Smart Robots deployed?

DEPLOY has 1 verified Smart Robots deployment on record at sites including Global. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

### Is Smart Robots a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Smart Robots ranks in roughly the top 6% of companies tracked by the registry.


## Sources (1)

1. **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/

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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