CompanyUnited States
Cartwheel Robotics
Small startup founded by Scott LaValley (ex-Boston Dynamics Atlas team and Disney's Baby Groot robot lead) to build friendly social humanoids; it ran about four years and closed in early 2026 after failing to raise manufacturing capital.
- Robot models in the atlas
- 11 humanoid
- First robot
- 2025One year so far
- Headquarters
- NevadaUSA
- Is it still sold?No longer soldEvery robot is retired or discontinued
- What is new?2026-02-07Cartwheel Robotics shuts down
Robots
1 robot model shown in public in 2025. Newest first. Open one for its full profile.
Humanoids 1 humanoid
What is new
The latest stories about Cartwheel Robotics's robots, newest first.
- Cartwheel Robotics shuts down Mike Kalil · Yogi
- Cartwheel pitches humanoids people love IEEE Spectrum · Yogi
The company
What it says about itself and what the sources record.
- Headquarters
- Nevada, USA
- Focus
- Character-style social humanoids (Yogi, Speedy) for homes, museums and science centres; robotics engineering services.
- Funding
- About $3 million in outside capital; earlier bootstrapped with engineering-services revenue.
Similar makers
Other makers of humanoids, starting with those in United States.
Sources
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