Collaborative Robotics (Cobot)

Proxie, a mobile robot for hospitals, warehouses and factories from Amazon Robotics' former VP

Startup · Shipping · Robotics leader · Santa Clara, California, United States · Founded 2022 · co.bot

• Valuation · not disclosed

Profile

Cobot was founded in 2022 by Brad Porter, who scaled Amazon's robot fleet as its VP of Robotics and was later CTO of Scale AI. Its Proxie robot moves carts and materials in hospitals, warehouses and factories and is in production with customers such as Mayo Clinic and Maersk. The Jun 2026 Proxie Gen 2 finds its own tasks without software integration and adds an optional two-arm version.

People

• BP
  Brad Porter Founder

  Founder and Chief Executive Officer
• ST
  Steph Tryphonas Founder

  Co-founder

As of Oct 8, 2026. X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.

Flagship robots

• Proxie Gen 2 Mobile manipulator
  Mobile cart-moving robot with an optional two-arm version; from $5,000 a month

Funding and valuation

Trademarks

1 name filed in the US since 2025 · last checked Oct 15, 2026.

• PROXIE Refused (final)
  Filed Dec 15, 2025 · Class 007 · USPTO record
  Industrial robots; commercial robots for material handling; commercial robots for object manipulation.

Source: USPTO Trademark Search, matched on the company’s legal names. Rechecked on the 1st and 15th of each month. A filing shows intent to use a name in the US, not a launched product.

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Serve Robotics

  Direct competitor

  USRobotics leader

  Both sell robots that carry and fetch supplies inside hospitals: Serve Robotics runs sidewalk delivery robots and, since buying Diligent, Moxi hospital robots, while Collaborative Robotics makes Proxie, a mobile robot for hospitals, warehouses and factories.

  Sources (2)

  • Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) (company website)
  • Serve Robotics (company website)

• Walden Robotics

  Adjacent competitor

  USRobotics leader

  Both build wheeled robots with arms for industrial sites: Walden Robotics builds wheeled two-armed robots for factories, run by its own Large Behavior Models, while Collaborative Robotics makes Proxie, a mobile robot for hospitals, warehouses and factories.

  Sources (2)

  • Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) (company website)
  • Walden Robotics (company website)

• Addverb

  Adjacent competitor

  INHumanoid OEM

  Both sell mobile manipulators for warehouse and industrial work: Addverb builds a wheeled industrial humanoid alongside warehouse automation, while Collaborative Robotics makes Proxie, a mobile robot for hospitals, warehouses and factories.

  Sources (2)

  • Collaborative Robotics (Cobot) (company website)
  • Addverb unveils wheeled humanoid Elixis-W at LogiMAT India 2026 (Economic Times)

Recent news

• Jun 22, 2026 — Launches Proxie Gen 2 with autotasking and an optional two-arm configuration The Robot Report

Sources

• Collaborative Robotics raises $100 million in Series B funding (PR Newswire) (Apr 10, 2024)
• Cobot Announces Second-Generation Proxie (PRWeb) (Jun 22, 2026)
• Cobot's Proxie Gen 2 robot adds autotasking, mobile manipulation (The Robot Report) (Jun 22, 2026)
• Cobot team page (Oct 8, 2026)
• Collaborative Robotics (Sequoia Capital portfolio) (Oct 8, 2026)

Confidence: high.

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