Realtime Robotics

Realtime Robotics was founded in 2016 with the goal of transforming how robots and autonomous vehicles move. The company states it holds 53 awarded patents and 20 unique invention disclosures, and it provides automated, AI-powered solutions for industrial robot optimization, multi-robot coordination, and real-time object detection and reaction. Its Resolver platform is a cloud-based motion planning offering, and the company has been named an official BMW Group supplier and has partnered with Siemens and Kawasaki Robotics. In August 2026, Kevin Carlin was appointed Chief Executive Officer, succeeding co-founder Peter Howard, who continues as non-executive Chairman of the Board.

Realtime Robotics was founded in 2016 with the goal of transforming how robots and autonomous vehicles move. In 2017 the team moved into MassRobotics, described as the original HQ and launchpad for Realtime Robotics. In 2018 the company officially hit 25 employees and moved into its own office. In 2019 it announced an $11.7 million Series A funding. In 2020 it partnered with Siemens to accelerate the integration of industrial robotic workcells. In 2021 it completed a $31.4 million Series A funding round. In 2022 Kawasaki Robotics teamed with the company to automate the programming, deployment and control of its industrial robots. In 2023 Realtime Robotics became an official BMW Group supplier. In 2024 its Resolver Solution was named the Gold Winner for Manufacturing Solution by the 2024 Globee Business Awards and won the 2024 Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation (IERA), and the company completed Part 1 of a $45 Million Series B Growth Round at $21.1 Million led by Mitsubishi Electric with participation from Siemens Next47 and Duke Capital Partners. In 2025 Realtime Robotics launched Resolver at Automate 2025. In August 2026 the company announced that Kevin Carlin had been appointed Chief Executive Officer, succeeding co-founder Peter Howard, who continues as non-executive Chairman of the Board.

Industrial AI for all robotic applications; leader in industrial AI for automated robot system design and deployment.

• Resolver

  A cloud-based motion planning offering described as a motion planning expert in the cloud, using Industrial AI to solve problems in parallel.

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