Well, folks, RealSense has officially spun out from Intel, emerging as an independent company with $50 million in Series A funding and a new partnership with NVIDIA aimed at boosting physical AI in humanoids and autonomous mobile robots. Backed by Intel Capital and MediaTek Innovation Fund, the company plans to scale its AI-powered vision technology globally.
“Our mission is to enable the world to integrate robotics and AI in everyday life safely,” said Nadav Orbach, CEO of RealSense. He added that independence gives the company the agility to innovate while support from investors and collaboration with NVIDIA accelerates adoption of physical AI.
RealSense’s new alliance with NVIDIA will integrate its depth cameras with platforms such as Jetson Thor, Isaac Sim, and Holoscan Sensor Bridge. By combining RealSense’s perception technology with NVIDIA’s AI computing, the two companies hope to help developers shorten time to market, find new applications, and safely scale into production.
The company says native integration with NVIDIA platforms ensures high performance and low latency for next-generation humanoids and machines. Orbach explained that RealSense is “building systems that remove danger and drudgery from human work, amplifying human potential with intelligent, secure, and reliable vision systems.”
With more than 3,000 customers and over 80 patents, RealSense already has traction in robotics, industrial automation, and healthcare. Its D555 depth camera, powered by the company’s Vision SoC V5 with Power over Ethernet, has been adopted in 60 percent of the world’s AMRs and 80 percent of humanoid robots.
The robotics market is on track to grow from $50 billion today to over $200 billion within six years. Demand for humanoid robots alone is expected to rise at more than 40 percent annually. With this new funding and NVIDIA collaboration, RealSense appears ready to play a major role in how intelligent machines see and interact with the world.
