Robot maker · early
Dexmate
Builds Vega, a wheeled mobile humanoid with a foldable torso that extends to 2.2 m, 7 kg payload per arm, 36 degrees of freedom and 10+ hours of loaded battery runtime, computed on NVIDIA AGX Orin. Also sells the Vega U dual-arm manipulation platform and tactile grippers for industrial automation, research, data collection and physical-AI development. Vega is orderable at $89,999 with roughly three-month lead times, and the company is an NVIDIA Inception startup featured in NVIDIA's robotics developer ecosystem. Founded by robotics PhDs Tao Chen (MIT), Yuzhe Qin (UCSD) and Chongyang Wang.
Company overview
Identity and operating footprint
Robot models
Specifications remain vendor-claimed
Vega
- Foldable design extends to 2.2 m with 7 kg payload per arm and 36 degrees of freedom
Reach envelope, per-arm payload and articulation of the mobile humanoid
Claim source - More than 10 hours of operation per charge with payload (up to 30 hours unloaded) on NVIDIA AGX Orin compute
Battery endurance and onboard edge computer
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Vega U
- Stationary dual-arm manipulation platform variant of Vega for research and data collection
Product configuration for benchtop/manipulation workloads
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Funding history
Publicly announced rounds
Series A
LG CNS (via LG Technology Ventures)
Round sourceHiring signal
Public job board · 2026-07-13
Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.
Company timeline
Milestones and announcements
Source ledger
4 unique public sources