Brussels-based AILOS Robotics has raised €3.5 million in a seed round led by QBIC and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from Wallonie Entreprendre and finance&invest.brussels, reinforcing Europe’s commitment to developing local, strategic component supply for the rapidly growing humanoid and collaborative robotics markets.
AILOS is a spin-off from the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and its BruBotics research centre. Following a decade of research supported by VLAIO (Flanders) and Innoviris (Brussels), the company has developed and validated its minimum viable product, the R2poweR gearbox.
The R2poweR architecture is designed for humanoids, cobots, exoskeletons and prosthetic devices. It enables smooth, human-friendly interaction through low backdrive torque, delivers high torque density for heavily loaded joints, and helps reduce overall robot weight, energy consumption and noise. The design also supports low-cost industrialisation, is scalable, and is well-suited to high-volume robotics manufacturing.
According to Pablo López García, CEO and co-founder of AILOS Robotics, modern robots demand a new category of actuation:
We combine quasi-direct drive-like backdrivability with the high torque density of advanced gearing, finally removing one of the main barriers to agile, lightweight, and safe robots that can operate alongside humans.
Having completed the transition from research to a market-ready product, AILOS is now moving from lab to factory. The company is engaging with robot manufacturers for initial pilot projects, industrial partners to scale manufacturing and supply chains, and investors interested in supporting European leadership in strategic automation technologies.
The new funding will allow AILOS Robotics to industrialise a new class of robotic gearboxes that combine the agility of quasi-direct drives with substantially higher torque density, supporting the development of robots that are lighter, safer, more affordable and more energy-efficient.
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