Also known as: RigManic
Affordable humanoid robots using artificial muscles to perform household chores at iPhone prices.
Household chores require time-consuming manual labor, and existing humanoid robots are expensive, rigid, and limited in production scale, hindering widespread adoption and AI training data collection.
Household chores require time-consuming manual labor, and existing humanoid robots are expensive, rigid, and limited in production scale, hindering widespread adoption and AI training data collection.
Mass-producible humanoid robots powered by affordable artificial muscles, priced like iPhones, enabling safe home use, scalable manufacturing, and data-driven autonomy development.
Mass-producible humanoid robots powered by affordable artificial muscles, priced like iPhones, enabling safe home use, scalable manufacturing, and data-driven autonomy development.
Appears active as of Fall 2025 based on Y Combinator listing and startup directories.
Event Year: 2025
Appears active as of Fall 2025 based on Y Combinator listing and startup directories.
Event Year: 2025
Piggy Robotics develops humanoid robots aimed at household automation. The company focuses on creating affordable, mass-producible robots capable of performing everyday chores. Their technology emphasizes safety and scalability for consumer adoption.
Piggy Robotics utilizes artificial muscles, consisting of tubes wrapped in braided fiber powered by a single pump. This design contrasts with traditional electric-motor driven humanoids, offering a softer and safer alternative. The approach enables advanced features like 22-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands. Such innovation supports real-world AI training at scale.
The robots are positioned as significantly cheaper than conventional humanoid models, targeting prices comparable to an iPhone. This pricing strategy aims to facilitate widespread deployment in homes. The company claims to have built a full-size, mass-producible humanoid in two months for under $1000 in components. This capital-efficient method supports rapid scaling toward millions of units.
Piggy Robotics develops humanoid robots aimed at household automation. The company focuses on creating affordable, mass-producible robots capable of performing everyday chores. Their technology emphasizes safety and scalability for consumer adoption.
Piggy Robotics utilizes artificial muscles, consisting of tubes wrapped in braided fiber powered by a single pump. This design contrasts with traditional electric-motor driven humanoids, offering a softer and safer alternative. The approach enables advanced features like 22-degree-of-freedom dexterous hands. Such innovation supports real-world AI training at scale.
The robots are positioned as significantly cheaper than conventional humanoid models, targeting prices comparable to an iPhone. This pricing strategy aims to facilitate widespread deployment in homes. The company claims to have built a full-size, mass-producible humanoid in two months for under $1000 in components. This capital-efficient method supports rapid scaling toward millions of units.
Hardware sales of affordable humanoid robots (Y Combinator backed)
Hardware sales of affordable humanoid robots (Y Combinator backed)
Consumer households seeking automation for chores
Consumer households seeking automation for chores
Y Combinator F2025 batch listing
Hiring: No hiring indicated
Y Combinator F2025 batch listing
Hiring: No hiring indicated
Piggy Robotics applies a data-driven strategy similar to self-driving car development. Mass production precedes full autonomy to gather extensive real-world data. With over 50 degrees of freedom in humanoids, deploying large numbers of robots is essential for collecting sufficient training data. Their simpler actuators enable higher production volumes compared to competitors.
Piggy Robotics applies a data-driven strategy similar to self-driving car development. Mass production precedes full autonomy to gather extensive real-world data. With over 50 degrees of freedom in humanoids, deploying large numbers of robots is essential for collecting sufficient training data. Their simpler actuators enable higher production volumes compared to competitors.
Founded by Richard Gong and Chenny Deng in 2024, the team brings specialized backgrounds. Richard studied medicine at Oxford University with experience in AI for cancer vaccines and human biomechanics. Chenny completed a PhD in Computer Science at Oxford, focusing on AI models for human motion, with prior work at Tencent. The 15-16 member team includes engineers from Oxford and top robotics competitions, plus factory deployment experience.
Founded by Richard Gong and Chenny Deng in 2024, the team brings specialized backgrounds. Richard studied medicine at Oxford University with experience in AI for cancer vaccines and human biomechanics. Chenny completed a PhD in Computer Science at Oxford, focusing on AI models for human motion, with prior work at Tencent. The 15-16 member team includes engineers from Oxford and top robotics competitions, plus factory deployment experience.
The company participates in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch, highlighting its active status in the robotics sector. Piggy Robotics targets consumer markets by prioritizing phone-level economics over car-level pricing. This positions them to potentially enter billions of households, based on available information from company profiles and directories.
The company participates in Y Combinator's Fall 2025 batch, highlighting its active status in the robotics sector. Piggy Robotics targets consumer markets by prioritizing phone-level economics over car-level pricing. This positions them to potentially enter billions of households, based on available information from company profiles and directories.
