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      "name": "Allied Motion",
      "country": "NL",
      "category": "Actuators",
      "products": [
        "servo motors",
        "frameless torque motors",
        "motion controllers"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "industrial automation OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.alliedmotion.com",
      "notes": "Broad motion-control portfolio for industrial and mobile robot joints.",
      "status": "shipping"
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    {
      "name": "ATI Industrial Automation",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Sensors",
      "products": [
        "force/torque sensors",
        "tool changers"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "robot arms",
        "research labs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.ati-ia.com",
      "notes": "Industry-standard wrist force/torque sensors for manipulation and contact-rich tasks.",
      "status": "shipping"
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    {
      "name": "Bosch Sensortec",
      "country": "DE",
      "category": "Sensors",
      "products": [
        "IMUs",
        "barometric sensors",
        "environmental sensors"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "consumer electronics",
        "robotics OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.bosch-sensortec.com",
      "notes": "High-volume MEMS sensors for orientation and motion tracking.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "BYD",
      "country": "CN",
      "category": "Batteries & Power Systems",
      "products": [
        "Blade batteries",
        "battery packs",
        "BMS"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "EV and industrial customers"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.bydglobal.com",
      "notes": "Major vertically integrated battery supplier for packs and power systems.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Dexterous Robotics",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Hands & End Effectors",
      "products": [
        "tentacle grippers",
        "adaptive end effectors"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "logistics pilots"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.dexterousrobotics.com",
      "notes": "Soft, adaptive manipulation technology for irregular packages and goods.",
      "status": "sampling"
    },
    {
      "name": "EnerTech International",
      "country": "KR",
      "category": "Batteries & Power Systems",
      "products": [
        "lithium-ion cells",
        "custom packs"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "EV and robotics OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.enertechint.com",
      "notes": "Korean lithium cell and pack supplier for mobility applications.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fortress Interlocks",
      "country": "UK",
      "category": "Safety Systems",
      "products": [
        "guard locking",
        "access control",
        "trapped-key systems"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "industrial robot cells"
      ],
      "website": "https://fortress-safety.com",
      "notes": "Physical access control for dangerous machinery and robot workcells.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Grepow",
      "country": "CN",
      "category": "Batteries & Power Systems",
      "products": [
        "LiPo packs",
        "semi-solid cells",
        "custom robotics batteries"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "drone and robot OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.grepow.com",
      "notes": "Custom pack supplier with high-discharge options for mobile robots.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Harmonic Drive",
      "country": "JP",
      "category": "Actuators",
      "products": [
        "integrated servo actuators",
        "strain wave gears"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "industrial robot OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/",
      "notes": "Combines precision reduction with compact actuation for robotic joints.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Harmonic Drive Systems",
      "country": "JP",
      "category": "Reducers & Gearboxes",
      "products": [
        "strain wave reducers",
        "servo actuators"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "industrial robot OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.hds.co.jp/english/",
      "notes": "Gold-standard precision strain-wave gears for compact robot joints.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Inspire Robots",
      "country": "CN",
      "category": "Hands & End Effectors",
      "products": [
        "dexterous robot hands",
        "prosthetic hands"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "humanoid startups",
        "research labs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.inspire-robots.com",
      "notes": "Cost-competitive multi-finger hands used by several Chinese humanoid builders.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Intel RealSense",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Sensors",
      "products": [
        "depth cameras",
        "tracking cameras"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "robotics developers",
        "AMR OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.intelrealsense.com",
      "notes": "Widely used RGB-D sensors for perception and manipulation prototypes.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Kollmorgen",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Actuators",
      "products": [
        "frameless motors",
        "servo drives",
        "AGV controls"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "automation OEMs",
        "AMR builders"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.kollmorgen.com",
      "notes": "Strong in frameless torque motors and industrial servo platforms.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Leuze",
      "country": "DE",
      "category": "Safety Systems",
      "products": [
        "safety scanners",
        "light curtains",
        "switches"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "intralogistics",
        "packaging automation"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.leuze.com",
      "notes": "Strong in optoelectronic safety sensors for machinery and mobile robots.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Maxon Motor",
      "country": "CH",
      "category": "Actuators",
      "products": [
        "brushless DC motors",
        "gearheads",
        "servo drives"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "NASA",
        "medical robotics OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.maxongroup.com",
      "notes": "High-performance compact motors widely used in precision robotics and space systems.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Molicel",
      "country": "CA",
      "category": "Batteries & Power Systems",
      "products": [
        "high-discharge cylindrical cells"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "eVTOL",
        "motorsport",
        "robotics"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.molicel.com",
      "notes": "High-power cells favored for robots needing strong peak discharge.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Moog",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Actuators",
      "products": [
        "servo valves",
        "electric actuators",
        "motion control systems"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "aerospace",
        "defense robotics"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.moog.com",
      "notes": "Aerospace-grade motion systems increasingly relevant to high-force humanoid joints.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nabtesco",
      "country": "JP",
      "category": "Actuators",
      "products": [
        "precision cycloidal reducers",
        "actuator modules"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "major industrial robot makers"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.nabtesco.com/en/",
      "notes": "Dominant supplier of precision reducers for heavy-duty robotics.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nabtesco Precision",
      "country": "JP",
      "category": "Reducers & Gearboxes",
      "products": [
        "RV reducers",
        "cycloidal gearboxes"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "Fanuc",
        "Yaskawa",
        "Kawasaki"
      ],
      "website": "https://precision.nabtesco.com/en/",
      "notes": "High-rigidity reducers for larger robot axes and heavy payloads.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Neugart",
      "country": "DE",
      "category": "Reducers & Gearboxes",
      "products": [
        "planetary gearboxes",
        "right-angle gearboxes"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "machine builders",
        "robot integrators"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.neugart.com",
      "notes": "Precision planetary gearboxes for servo-driven automation.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nidec Drive Technology",
      "country": "JP",
      "category": "Reducers & Gearboxes",
      "products": [
        "reducers",
        "traction drives",
        "precision gears"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "industrial automation OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.nidec.com/en/nidec-drivetechnology/",
      "notes": "Broad precision gearing portfolio with scale manufacturing.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omron",
      "country": "JP",
      "category": "Safety Systems",
      "products": [
        "safety controllers",
        "scanners",
        "machine vision"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "manufacturing automation"
      ],
      "website": "https://automation.omron.com",
      "notes": "Integrated safety and automation stack for factories.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ouster / Velodyne",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Sensors",
      "products": [
        "digital lidar",
        "3D perception sensors"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "autonomy OEMs",
        "industrial robotics"
      ],
      "website": "https://ouster.com",
      "notes": "Merged lidar supplier serving robotics, mapping, and industrial automation.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Pilz",
      "country": "DE",
      "category": "Safety Systems",
      "products": [
        "safety relays",
        "controllers",
        "safe motion"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "factory automation integrators"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.pilz.com",
      "notes": "Machine safety controls and certified automation components.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "RightHand Robotics",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Hands & End Effectors",
      "products": [
        "RightPick grippers",
        "piece-picking cells"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "logistics operators"
      ],
      "website": "https://righthandrobotics.com",
      "notes": "Warehouse picking end-effectors with vision-guided grasping software.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Saft",
      "country": "FR",
      "category": "Batteries & Power Systems",
      "products": [
        "Li-ion packs",
        "industrial battery systems"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "rail",
        "aerospace",
        "defense"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.saft.com",
      "notes": "Rugged industrial battery systems for safety-critical mobile platforms.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "SCHUNK",
      "country": "DE",
      "category": "Hands & End Effectors",
      "products": [
        "grippers",
        "tool changers",
        "5-finger hands"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "automotive factories",
        "research labs"
      ],
      "website": "https://schunk.com",
      "notes": "Large catalog of industrial grippers and anthropomorphic research hands.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Shadow Robot",
      "country": "UK",
      "category": "Hands & End Effectors",
      "products": [
        "Shadow Dexterous Hand",
        "tactile fingers"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "Google DeepMind",
        "OpenAI researchers"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.shadowrobot.com",
      "notes": "Benchmark dexterous hand platform for AI manipulation research.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "SICK AG",
      "country": "DE",
      "category": "Safety Systems",
      "products": [
        "safety lidar",
        "light curtains",
        "encoders"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "industrial robot cells",
        "AMRs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.sick.com",
      "notes": "Core supplier for robot perception, guarding, and safe area monitoring.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Spinea",
      "country": "SK",
      "category": "Reducers & Gearboxes",
      "products": [
        "TwinSpin reducers",
        "high-precision gearboxes"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "cobots",
        "medical robotics OEMs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.spinea.com",
      "notes": "Compact high-ratio reducers designed for robotic joints.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Stereolabs",
      "country": "FR",
      "category": "Sensors",
      "products": [
        "ZED stereo cameras",
        "spatial AI SDK"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "robotics labs",
        "autonomous machines"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.stereolabs.com",
      "notes": "Stereo depth cameras with onboard neural perception options.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Tekscan",
      "country": "US",
      "category": "Sensors",
      "products": [
        "tactile arrays",
        "pressure mapping sensors"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "medical",
        "robotics research"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.tekscan.com",
      "notes": "Thin tactile and pressure sensors used in grippers, feet, and validation rigs.",
      "status": "shipping"
    },
    {
      "name": "Wonik Robotics",
      "country": "KR",
      "category": "Hands & End Effectors",
      "products": [
        "Allegro Hand",
        "robot hands"
      ],
      "notableCustomers": [
        "universities",
        "research labs"
      ],
      "website": "https://www.wonikrobotics.com",
      "notes": "Allegro Hand is a common low-cost dexterous research platform.",
      "status": "shipping"
    }
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