mimic

ETH Zurich spinout building human-level dexterous hands and the AI to run them

Startup · Pilot · Humanoid startup · Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · Founded 2024 · mimicrobotics.com

Unverified Website domain unverified; also a dexterous-hand supplier.

Profile

mimic is an ETH Zurich spinout developing dexterous robot hands and physical-AI models for manufacturing and logistics. It raised a $16M seed in Nov 2025 and launched the 15-DOF M1 hand and U1 data-collection exoskeleton in Jul 2026.

Also listed as a component supplier.

Leadership

No leadership names in this dataset.

Flagship robots

• M1 hand Dexterous hand
  15-DOF tendon-driven hand (Jul 2026)
• U1 Component
  Wearable data-collection exoskeleton

Funding and valuation

Competitors

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

• Robot Era

  Direct competitor

  CNHumanoid startup

  Both sell dexterous robot hands as products: Robot Era makes the STAR1 humanoid and XHAND dexterous hands, while mimic develops dexterous robot hands and the AI to run them.

  Sources (2)

  • mimic (company website)
  • Robot Era (company website)

• Genesis AI

  Adjacent competitor

  FRRobot foundation model

  Both pair dexterous hands with AI for robot manipulation: Genesis AI builds a robot-brain model and now its own hand and the Eno robot, while mimic develops dexterous robot hands and the AI to run them.

  Sources (2)

  • mimic (company website)
  • Genesis AI (company website)

• Sanctuary AI

  Adjacent competitor

  CAHumanoid startup

  Both pair dexterous hands with AI for robot manipulation: Sanctuary AI built the Phoenix humanoid with hydraulic hands and now also licenses its physical-AI software, while mimic develops dexterous robot hands and the AI to run them.

  Sources (2)

  • mimic (company website)
  • Sanctuary AI (company website)

Recent news

• Jul 15, 2026 — Launches M1 15-DOF hand and U1 wearable The Robotics Media
• Nov 3, 2025 — Raises $16M seed led by Elaia GlobeNewswire

Sources

• mimic robotics raises $16 million to deploy frontier physical AI (GlobeNewswire) (Nov 3, 2025)
• mimic Robotics launches M1 hand and U1 wearable exoskeleton (The Robotics Media) (Jul 15, 2026)

Confidence: medium.

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