India moves beyond software, one robot at a time

It has long been common to see LinkedIn posts from US-based Indian engineers lamenting the lack of opportunities to work on hardware back home, arguing that most roles remain confined to software. That perception, however, is beginning to shift, thanks in part to a new wave of robotics startups.

From warehouse automation to adaptive factory systems and cutting-edge machine vision, firms such as Addverb, Unbox Robotics, Ati Motors and CynLr are collectively shaping what could become one of the country’s most consequential deep-tech ecosystems.