Mentee Robotics

Herzliya, IsraelEst. 202251-200 employeesPrivate

Integrating robotics, sensing, and AI into a humanoid robot with human-like dexterity and perception, adaptable to different environments and tasks using natural human interaction. Aims to enhance productivity and daily operations for households and warehouses.

About

Mentee Robotics is an Israeli robotics startup developing MenteeBot, an AI-integrated humanoid robot designed to understand verbal commands, navigate, manipulate objects with dexterity, and perform complex tasks in both home and industrial settings. The company combines advanced Sim2Real machine learning for locomotion, NeRF-based 3D mapping, and transformer-based language models for task reasoning. Co-founded by AI and robotics experts including Prof. Amnon Shashua, Prof. Lior Wolf, and Prof. Shai Shalev-Shwartz.

Founded in 2022 by AI and robotics pioneers.
Unveiled MenteeBot, an AI-centric humanoid robot prototype capable of verbal interaction, navigation, object detection, scene understanding, and manipulation.
Raised approximately $17M in funding led by Ahren Innovation Capital.
Production-ready prototype expected for deployment by Q1 2025.
Reported plans for serial production of humanoid units in 2025 targeting warehouse logistics and other industrial applications.