Robotics on the public markets
Which robot companies have gone public?
Only a few robotics companies trade publicly, though 2026 is adding more. Only a handful of robotics companies trade publicly. Intuitive Surgical went public in 2000, iRobot in 2005, and Tesla in 2010. More recently Unitree filed for a Shanghai listing in March 2026, and Agility Robotics announced a $2.5 billion SPAC merger in June 2026. Each figure below is dated and attributed to a public source.
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The honest answer is that pure-play robotics is still a small corner of the public markets, so the list is short and easy to date.
Three companies have been public for years. Intuitive Surgical, the maker of the da Vinci surgical robot, listed on the Nasdaq on June 13, 2000, at $9 per share. iRobot, the company behind the Roomba, went public in November 2005 at $24 per share. Tesla, which makes cars and now the Optimus humanoid, priced its IPO at $17 per share on June 29, 2010, and raised about $226 million.
Two more moves landed in 2026, and both come with a caveat. Unitree Robotics filed for an initial public offering on Shanghai's STAR Market, with the exchange accepting the application on March 20, 2026, to raise roughly $608 million. That is a filing that advanced through review, not a completed listing. Agility Robotics, maker of the Digit warehouse humanoid, announced on June 24, 2026, that it would go public through a $2.5 billion merger with a special purpose acquisition company, Churchill Capital Corp XI, expected to trade as AGLT. That is an announced merger, not a closed deal.
So when people ask which robot companies have gone public, the accurate answer separates the completed IPOs from the 2026 moves that are still in progress. Every figure here is dated and attributed to a public source, so you can check each one yourself.
The public-listing ledger
Every row is a dated public-market event, attributed to a confirmed public source. Two of the 2026 entries are a filing and an announced merger, not yet completed listings.
| Company | Event | As of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
Agility Robotics North American exchange, ticker AGLT On June 24, 2026, Agility Robotics, maker of the Digit warehouse humanoid, announced a business combination with Churchill Capital Corp XI at a pre-money equity value of about $2.5 billion, expected to trade as AGLT. It is an announced merger, not yet a completed listing, attributed to the companies and reported by TechCrunch. | Announced, not yet closed SPAC merger (announced) | Jun 24, 2026 (as reported) | |
Unitree Robotics Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market The Shanghai Stock Exchange accepted Unitree Robotics' STAR Market IPO application on March 20, 2026, a filing to raise roughly 4.2 billion yuan, about $608 million. It is a filing that later advanced through review, not a completed listing at the time of writing, attributed to Caixin Global. | Filed, not yet listed IPO filing | Mar 20, 2026 (as reported) | |
Tesla Nasdaq, ticker TSLA Tesla priced its initial public offering at $17 per share on June 29, 2010, selling 13.3 million shares to raise about $226 million on the Nasdaq. The stock rose on its first trading day. Tesla later became a maker of both cars and the Optimus humanoid, attributed here to contemporaneous reporting. | Completed IPO IPO | Jun 29, 2010 (as reported) | |
iRobot Nasdaq, ticker IRBT iRobot, the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, priced its initial public offering at $24 per share on November 9, 2005, offering 4.3 million shares. The figure is drawn from iRobot's own IPO pricing release. | Completed IPO IPO | Nov 9, 2005 (as reported) | |
Intuitive Surgical Nasdaq, ticker ISRG Intuitive Surgical, maker of the da Vinci surgical robot, listed on the Nasdaq on June 13, 2000, at an IPO price of $9 per share. The date and the price are drawn from separate public references, each confirmed. This is the oldest robotics listing in the ledger. | Completed IPO IPO | Jun 13, 2000 (as reported) |
A young public category
Each column is attributed to what the public record shows. The long-public names sit apart from the 2026 moves that were still in progress.
Three names, listed years ago
Intuitive Surgical (2000), iRobot (2005), and Tesla (2010) have traded publicly for years. Each IPO date and price is attributed to a confirmed public source.
A filing and a merger
Unitree filed for a Shanghai IPO in March 2026, and Agility Robotics announced a $2.5 billion SPAC merger in June 2026. Both were still in progress, not completed listings.
A young public category
Pure-play robotics is still a small corner of the public markets, so the list is short. DEPLOY records each move as a dated, attributed public event, and separates completed IPOs from filings and announced mergers.
How we know this
This answer is a dated ledger of public-market events, each attributed to a confirmed public source: an IPO pricing release, an exchange filing report, or contemporaneous news. Here are the sources behind them.
Every figure here is drawn from a public source that was fetched and confirmed, not from DEPLOY's registry. Two of the 2026 entries are a filing and an announced merger, not completed listings, and are labeled as such. DEPLOY does not sell stock; it checks the record and links every source.
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