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Turn complex technical challenges into systems that work in the real world.

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What we do

Innovobot Labs helps companies from startups to scaleups to Fortune 500 solve complex technical challenges and accelerate the commercialization of advanced technologies.

 
 

Industry-leading team of 50 engineers and professionals who have authored over 750 US-granted patent contributions across industries such as consumer electronics, mobility, automotive, medical devices, cybersecurity and aviation.

 

We design, engineer, and deploy intelligent physical systems by integrating robotics, artificial intelligence, IoT, human machine interface, and advanced materials. Through our open innovation model, our teams work closely with partners to reduce technical risk, accelerate development cycles, and unlock new commercial opportunities.

Our integrated

Innovation model

  • Bringing intelligence
    to the physical world

Innovobot applies a fully integrated innovation model that connects system design, engineering, validation, and industrialization into a single execution path.

We:

  • Design and engineer intelligent physical systems
  • Integrate robotics, AI, IoT, HMI, and advanced materials
  • Reduce technical risk and development time
  • Unlock new commercial opportunities

Our open innovation model brings our teams and partners together to move faster, smarter, and with confidence.

  • Our global team​

Innovobot Labs brings together a multidisciplinary global team spanning artificial intelligence, robotics, electronics, human machine interface, manufacturing, and industrialization.

What sets us apart:

  • Deep experience across engineering, science, product development, and commercialization
  • Speed and industrial rigor in tackling complex technical challenges
  • One integrated team working across labs, disciplines, and geographies
  • Notable recognition for our thought leadership published in esteemed journals.
  • Leading authorities in Human-Machine Interface, Cybersecurity, Haptics, Robotics, Industry 4.0, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech, AgTech, UX Design.
“Innovobot asked us: ‘What problem are surgeons really trying to solve?’ That flipped our whole development model. They didn’t just want to build what we asked for: they wanted to build what the market needed.”
Christopher Lee CEO, HapticHeart Solutions
“You need someone who really knows how to take the concept to prototype to production. That’s what you get with Innovobot.”
Jon Gilman
Entrepreneur & Inventor
“Innovobot stood out because they didn’t just deliver recommendations. They worked alongside our team to build the solution within real operational constraints. The hands-on approach is helping accelerate our path toward real-world deployment.”
Eric Camirand CEO, Waste Robotics

Testimonials

Trusted by visionary founders and industry leaders

“Innovobot asked us: ‘What problem are surgeons really trying to solve?’ That flipped our whole development model. They didn’t just want to build what we asked for: they wanted to build what the market needed.”
Christopher Lee
Christopher LeeCEO, HapticHeart Solutions
"You need someone who really knows how to take the concept to prototype to production. That’s what you get with Innovobot."
Jon Gilman
Jon GilmanEntrepreneur & Inventor
“Innovobot stood out because they didn't just deliver recommendations. They worked alongside our team to build the solution within real operational constraints. The hands-on approach is helping accelerate our path toward real-world deployment.”
Eric Camirand
Eric CamirandCEO, Waste Robotics
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What we do

Innovobot Labs helps companies from startups to scaleups to Fortune 500 solve complex technical challenges and accelerate the commercialization of advanced technologies.

Human Machine Interface (HMI) Lab

Innovobot’s HMI Lab designs next-generation interaction systems that enable intuitive, safe, and efficient collaboration between humans and intelligent machines. 

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Manuel Cruz, Ph.D.
Operating Partner, Chief Scientist and Head of the HMI Lab

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Our team includes pioneers of modern haptics and human-machine interaction, behind technologies deployed in billions of consumer and industrial devices, including the PlayStation®5 DualSense™ controller, and foundational innovations that transformed mobile haptics at Samsung.

Our multidisciplinary teams develop multimodal interfaces that combine haptics, augmented reality, wearables, voice interaction, and digital twins to enhance usability, safety, and performance in complex environments. By tightly integrating HMI, AI, and IoT, we help organizations deliver business-ready systems that redefine user experience and operational excellence

Key capabilities: 

  • Smart panels
  • Augmented reality (AR)
  • Wearables
  • Voice control
  • Haptic feedback
  • Digital twins
  • Remote access
  • Machine Learning–Enhanced Interfaces
  • Multi-modal systems
  • Safety-aware interfaces

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Lab​

Innovobot’s Artificial Intelligence Lab develops applied AI systems that convert complex data into reliable operational decisions.

We design predictive models, optimization engines, and computer vision systems that improve asset reliability, logistics efficiency, quality control, and energy performance across industrial and scientific environments. Our work spans predictive maintenance, route optimization, AgTech forecasting, MedTech analytics, knowledge automation, and Physical AI, enabling organizations to deploy AI responsibly and at scale.

 

At the core of our approach is Physical AI: intelligent systems that integrate perception, cognition, and action, and are capable of interacting with humans and their environment in a safe, adaptive, and efficient way.

Key capabilities: 

  • Adaptive control for industrial robotic
  • Collaborative robotics (CoBot intelligence)
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Computer vision and quality control
  • Energy management and CO₂ reduction
  • IoT-driven optimization
  • Physical AI systems
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Michel Dubois, M.Sc.A 

Operating Partner, Chief Scientist and Head of the Artificial Intelligence Lab

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Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Lab

Innovobot’s Robotics and Advanced Manufacturing Lab designs and deploys intelligent automation systems that improve efficiency, reliability, and scalability across complex industrial environments.

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Pedro Gregorio, M.Eng.

Operating Partner, Head of Robotics Lab

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By integrating robotics, AI, and data-driven optimization into existing operations, Innovobot enables seamless deployment at scale: improving productivity, reducing operational risk, and creating durable competitive advantage across manufacturing, logistics, MedTech, electronics and space systems.

Key capabilities: 

  • Custom robotic systems
  • User-friendly automation interfaces
  • Rapid prototyping
  • Performance and cost optimization
  • Scalable integration
  • Training and support

Innovobot Labs works with

Case studies

We work with companies that make a difference, commercializing revolutionary and disruptive innovations, that have a positive social and/or environmental impact.

Robot automated haptic effects testing system

Partner: Dell

Innovobot Labs developed a robotic platform to automate and standardize haptic effects testing for next-generation input devices.

  • Designed and built a robotic testing system combining custom hardware and software.
  • Enabled precise measurement and analysis of click feel across a wide range of trackpads and haptic contexts.
  • Co-developed with Dell, resulting in joint IP filing and shared commercialization revenue.

Bringing touch back to cardiac interventions​

Partner: HapticHeart Solutions

Innovobot Labs led the development of a next-generation automotive display featuring high-definition haptics.

  • Developed modular wearable haptics integrated into surgical gloves and armbands.
  • Delivered low-latency force and pressure feedback to improve procedural precision and safety.
  • Validated with clinicians and showcased at the Heart Rhythm Society meeting, now advancing toward commercialization.

Automotive haptic display

Partner: TDK, BOE, Microchip

Innovobot Labs led the development of a next-generation automotive display featuring high-definition haptics.

  • Designed and integrated a complete system combining technologies from TDK, BOE Varitronix, and Microchip.
  • Delivered a cost-effective reference design for automotive dashboards.
  • Reduced adoption barriers and accelerated commercialization of safer, more intuitive vehicle interfaces.

Intelligent haptic seating for in-flight, automotive, and beyond

Partner: Inflight Canada

Innovobot Labs created an immersive haptic seating concept to enhance passenger comfort and onboard experience.

  • Designed and prototyped a full haptic seating system with multipoint spatial feedback.
  • Integrated advanced haptics to support relaxation, wellness, and synchronized entertainment.
  • Improved sleep quality, reduced fatigue, and delivered a differentiated in-flight experience.

About us

The Innovobot Labs open innovation ecosystem

For transformational ideas to gain traction, we need to convene a variety of stakeholders that bring the right perspectives, resources and focus to our Lab clients to accelerate innovation and ensure success.

When you collaborate with Innovobot Labs, you open up opportunities for:

  • Co-development with our team of world-class strategists & technologists.
  • IP-sharing across a wide range of sectors.
  • Additional revenue streams on the back-end through non-competing applications of co-developed IP.

What we do together

Partners

Interhaptics

Our collaboration with Interhaptics, Razer Inc. a subsidiary, focuses on seamlessly integrating their cutting-edge platform, empowering Razer Sensa HD haptics, with us serving as the integration partner.

By combining Interhaptics’ high-definition haptic turnkey solution with Innovobot’s expertise in advanced technologies, the partnership accelerates the development of innovative haptic products across gaming, automotive, aviation, and entertainment markets, breaking new ground in reshaping digital experiences.

“Innovobot is thrilled about our partnership with Interhaptics and Razer. The Interhaptics platform is poised to make a major impact on the future of haptics by easing integration of new haptic products, across multiple industries”

 

Danny Grant, CTO, Innovobot

The Haptics Company

Our collaboration with The Haptics Company, created alongside core partners Innovobot Labs, XeelTech, and STIWA Advanced Products, focuses on enabling the practical adoption of high-quality haptic systems in next-generation products. By bridging advanced haptics R&D with real-world product development, the partnership delivers scalable, reliable, and production-ready haptic solutions across consumer, gaming, mobility, and industrial applications.

 

By uniting deep haptics expertise, electronics and firmware, mechanical integration, and high-precision manufacturing, the collaboration helps partners unlock the full potential of tactile interaction and bring more intuitive, human-centered experiences to market.

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What is standing between your program and the next credible milestone?

Bring us the problem, the operating constraints and the outcome you need. We will help determine the right technical path.

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