Scottish robotics sector report
Scottish robotics comes out of Edinburgh's and Heriot-Watt's research groups and serves industries Scotland already has: offshore, energy, manufacturing and agriculture.
Key findings
- 13 Scottish-registered companies on record in robotics, led by Edinburgh (7) and Glasgow (2).
- Of the 1 company with accounts at Companies House, SeeByte has the most staff (86).
- 6 funding rounds on record, £23.4m disclosed; the 3 rounds in the last twelve months brought in £10.4m.
- The largest disclosed round is Leap AI raises £7.9m (24 Sep 2024).
- The most recent: Nami Surgical raises £3.4m.
Funding by month
Disclosed rounds, last twelve months; bar height is on a square-root scale so small rounds stay visible · Scottish robotics funding this month
Top companies
| Company | Raised |
|---|---|
| Launchpad Build | £2m |
| ScrubMarine | £750k |
| Danu Robotics | 1 round |
| SeeByte |
Also on record, no figures yet: Robotical, Cyberhawk, The Robot Group, Robotics Training Centre Scotland, Flowcopter, High Performance Robotics, weeteq, Eagle RAY Robotics, Touchlab.
Ranked by money raised on record.
Where they are
People in the news
In the news
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Cite this: ayeoh, “Scottish robotics sector report”, data to 31 Oct 2026, https://ayeoh.io/sectors/robotics. Free to quote with a link.
Sources: Companies House filings, funding announcements and company boards read by ayeoh, and the Scottish tech press. Money is the disclosed amount only; a round with no stated figure counts as a round, not as money. Data to 31 Oct 2026.
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