UK-based robotics software startup Kinematic Trees has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate the development of its robot-agnostic software platform and expand its commercial and engineering teams. The round was backed by Haatch through its SEIS Fund, D2N2 Early-Stage Angel Investment Fund, and British Business Bank (BBB) Syndicate Fund.
Founded in 2025 by Dr Stuart Wilson and Daniel Camilleri, Kinematic Trees develops a software integration layer designed to make advanced robotics easier to deploy across different hardware platforms.
Inspired by principles of natural intelligence, the platform captures specialist robotics expertise in modular software components that can be reused, combined and adapted for new applications, enabling robotics providers, manufacturers and software developers to build and scale robotic systems more efficiently.
The company is working with robotics providers to develop integrated solutions across sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, education and the creative industries. Alongside its commercial activities, Kinematic Trees is also involved in research into embodied artificial intelligence and cognitive architectures to support the broader adoption of personal and industrial robotics.
According to CEO Dr Stuart Wilson, recent advances in robotics hardware and artificial intelligence have significantly reduced the cost of deploying robots, but software remains a key barrier to wider adoption.
Our robot-agnostic intelligence layer provides the software foundation to make robots more useful, adaptable and safe, while allowing advanced control systems and expertise to be reused across different hardware platforms,
he said.
CTO Daniel Camilleri added that widespread robotics adoption depends on software portability rather than individual hardware platforms.
Our approach enables software to evolve across different robot embodiments, creating an ecosystem of reusable capabilities that can accelerate both industrial and consumer robotics,
said Camilleri.
The new funding will support product development, international deployment, and the expansion of Kinematic Trees' commercial, robotics and software engineering teams across London, Nottinghamshire and Sheffield. The company also plans to announce its first factory deployments and new partnerships with robotics providers and software developers during the second half of 2026.
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