Tamara Djurickovic , 2025-12-02 05:00:00
Brussels-based AILOS Robotics has raised €3.5 million in a seed round led by QBIC and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from Wallonie Entreprendre and
finance&invest.brussels, reinforcing Europe’s commitment to developing
local, strategic component supply for the rapidly growing humanoid and
collaborative robotics markets.
AILOS is a spin-off from
the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and its BruBotics research centre.
Following a decade of research supported by VLAIO (Flanders) and Innoviris
(Brussels), the company has developed and validated its minimum viable product,
the R2poweR gearbox.
The R2poweR architecture
is designed for humanoids, cobots, exoskeletons and prosthetic devices. It
enables smooth, human-friendly interaction through low backdrive torque,
delivers high torque density for heavily loaded joints, and helps reduce
overall robot weight, energy consumption and noise. The design also supports
low-cost industrialisation, is scalable, and is well-suited to high-volume
robotics manufacturing.
According to Pablo López García, CEO and co-founder of AILOS Robotics, modern robots demand a new
category of actuation:
We combine quasi-direct drive-like backdrivability with
the high torque density of advanced gearing,
finally removing one of the main barriers to agile, lightweight, and
safe robots that can operate alongside humans.
Having completed the
transition from research to a market-ready product, AILOS is now moving from
lab to factory. The company is engaging with robot manufacturers for initial
pilot projects, industrial partners to scale manufacturing and supply chains, and
investors interested in supporting European leadership in strategic automation
technologies.
The new funding will allow
AILOS Robotics to industrialise a new class of robotic gearboxes that combine
the agility of quasi-direct drives with substantially higher torque density,
supporting the development of robots that are lighter, safer, more affordable
and more energy-efficient.
