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Embodied AI SA

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Embodied AI SA is an EPFL spin-off building the Helix Manipulator, a soft robotic arm based on a patented trimmed helicoid structure that enables independent stiffness control for safe human-robot collaboration. The system achieves nine degrees of actuation, one-meter workspace, and one-centimeter precision using proprietary control algorithms. The company is training in-house Visual Language Action (VLA) models that convert natural language instructions into precise robot motion, targeting food handling and lab automation applications. European patent filed; technology published in Nature npj Robotics.

HeadquartersLausanne, CH
Founded2023
Corporate fundingNot disclosed
Team1-10
Deployments0
Open roles0
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Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker
Market segmentCorporate
StagePre-Seed
FoundersFrancesco Stella (CEO), Josie Hughes (CRO), Max Polzin (COO), Kai Junge (CTO), Cosimo Della Santina (Co-founder)
Regions servedEurope
Countries deployedNot listed
Service footprintNot listed
Last reviewed2026-07-05
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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machinemanufacturing

Helix Manipulator

  • Nine degrees of actuation, one-meter workspace, one-centimeter precision with independent stiffness control

    Soft robotic arm based on patented trimmed helicoid structure with embedded proprioceptive algorithms

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2025-01-30Received CHF 150,000 Venture Kick grant to develop the first commercial soft robot manipulatorStartupTicker.ch
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