# 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.

Last verified Jun 24, 2026. 6 sources.

## Short answer

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 | Venue | As of | Detail | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agility Robotics | SPAC merger (announced) | North American exchange, ticker AGLT | Jun 24, 2026 (as reported) | Agility Robotics announced a $2.5 billion deal to go public via SPAC. 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. | [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/agility-robotics-plans-to-go-public-via-spac-in-a-2-5b-deal/) (2026-06-24) |
| Unitree Robotics | IPO filing | Shanghai Stock Exchange STAR Market | Mar 20, 2026 (as reported) | Unitree filed for a Shanghai IPO seeking about $608 million. 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. | [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-03-21/unitree-robotics-files-for-608-million-star-market-ipo-102425491.html) (2026-03-21) |
| Tesla | IPO | Nasdaq, ticker TSLA | Jun 29, 2010 (as reported) | Tesla went public on June 29, 2010, at $17 per share. 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. | [The Christian Science Monitor](https://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0629/Tesla-IPO-2010-Tesla-Motors-stocks-rise-in-public-trading-debut) (2010-06-29) |
| iRobot | IPO | Nasdaq, ticker IRBT | Nov 9, 2005 (as reported) | iRobot went public in November 2005 at $24 per share. 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. | [iRobot Corp. (IPO pricing release)](https://www.goodwinlaw.com/en/news-and-events/news/2005/11/irobot-corp-initial-public-offering-priced-at-24-per-share) (2005-11-09) |
| Intuitive Surgical | IPO | Nasdaq, ticker ISRG | Jun 13, 2000 (as reported) | Intuitive Surgical went public on June 13, 2000, at $9 per share. 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. | [StockAnalysis](https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/isrg/), [The Motley Fool](https://www.sharewise.com/us/news_articles/If_You_Invested_1000_in_Intuitive_Surgicals_IPO_This_Is_How_Much_Money_Youd_Have_Now_TheMotleyFool_20210225_1245) (2021-02-25) |

## How we know this

- [TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/24/agility-robotics-plans-to-go-public-via-spac-in-a-2-5b-deal/) (2026-06-24)
- [Caixin Global](https://www.caixinglobal.com/2026-03-21/unitree-robotics-files-for-608-million-star-market-ipo-102425491.html) (2026-03-21)
- [The Christian Science Monitor](https://www.csmonitor.com/From-the-news-wires/2010/0629/Tesla-IPO-2010-Tesla-Motors-stocks-rise-in-public-trading-debut) (2010-06-29)
- [iRobot Corp. (IPO pricing release)](https://www.goodwinlaw.com/en/news-and-events/news/2005/11/irobot-corp-initial-public-offering-priced-at-24-per-share) (2005-11-09)
- [StockAnalysis](https://stockanalysis.com/stocks/isrg/)
- [The Motley Fool](https://www.sharewise.com/us/news_articles/If_You_Invested_1000_in_Intuitive_Surgicals_IPO_This_Is_How_Much_Money_Youd_Have_Now_TheMotleyFool_20210225_1245) (2021-02-25)

## Common questions

### Is Tesla a robotics company that is public?

Tesla is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under TSLA, and it went public on June 29, 2010, at $17 per share. It is best known as a carmaker, but it also builds the Optimus humanoid robot and its Full Self-Driving driver assistance system, so it is the largest publicly traded company with a serious robotics program. It is not a pure-play robotics stock, though.

### Can you buy stock in a humanoid robot company?

Directly, only a few options exist today. Tesla is public and builds Optimus. In 2026 that began to change: Unitree Robotics filed for a Shanghai IPO in March, and Agility Robotics announced a $2.5 billion SPAC merger in June that is expected to trade as AGLT. Both were still in progress at the time of writing, so a pure humanoid stock was not yet freely tradable. Many other humanoid makers, such as Figure and Apptronik, remain private.

### When did iRobot go public?

iRobot, the maker of the Roomba robot vacuum, went public on the Nasdaq on November 9, 2005, pricing its initial public offering at $24 per share and offering 4.3 million shares. The figure comes from iRobot's own IPO pricing release.

### Is Unitree publicly traded?

As of the time of writing, Unitree Robotics is not yet publicly traded, but it 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. The listing advanced through review during 2026. Until it completes, Unitree is a company that has filed to go public, not one whose shares you can buy.

### What was the first robotics company to go public?

Among the companies on this page, Intuitive Surgical is the oldest listing. It went public on the Nasdaq on June 13, 2000, at $9 per share, well before the current wave of humanoid and consumer robotics companies. Robotics as a public-market category is young, which is why the list of publicly traded robot companies remains short.

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