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Dexmate

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US based robotics startup founded by PhDs from MIT, UCSD, and Carnegie Mellon, building the Vega wheeled humanoid with 36 degrees of freedom. NVIDIA Inception member. Vega runs 20 hours per charge and is priced at $89,999.

Founded $41M raised
HUMANOIDWHEELEDINDUSTRIALRESEARCH

Humanoid Robots

Vega
PRODUCTION
Vega
Foldable wheeled humanoid with industry leading 25 hour battery life for research and industrial use.
H:220 cm
W:130 kg
D:34
S:4 km/h
L:10 kg
B:25 hours
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Executive Summary

Dexmate is a Santa Clara-based startup specializing in AI-powered dexterous manipulation for industrial automation. Founded in 2024 by MIT, UCSD, and Carnegie Mellon PhDs, its Vega humanoid is a dual-armed mobile platform with a foldable torso, dexterous hands, and 10+ hours of operation, priced at $89,999.

Technical Profile

Platform maturity, autonomy stack, and flagship-system specifications in one view.

Technology Snapshot

A concise view of platform maturity and deployment footprint.

Hardware GenerationGen 1
Flagship PlatformVega

AI Stack

Capabilities and model layers highlighted by the company.

01NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor

Vega Specs

Published operating specifications for the lead system.

Battery Life25 hours
Payload Capacity10 kg
Speed4 km/h
Degrees of Freedom34

Investors

LG Technology Ventures

Latest Updates

All Updates
March 10, 2026Funding RoundInvestment
Seed

Dexmate team

TC
Tao ChenCo-Founder
Yuzhe Qin
Yuzhe QinCo-Founder

About Dexmate

Dexmate is a Santa Clara-based startup specializing in AI-powered dexterous manipulation for industrial automation. Founded in 2024 by MIT, UCSD, and Carnegie Mellon PhDs, its Vega humanoid is a dual-armed mobile platform with a foldable torso, dexterous hands, and 10+ hours of operation, priced at $89,999.

  1. 2024

    Dexmate is founded around dexterous industrial manipulation

    Dexmate was founded in 2024 by CEO Tao Chen (MIT PhD, CoRL Best Paper), CTO Yuzhe Qin (UCSD PhD), and COO Chongyang Wang (MIT). They set out to bridge the gap in robotic dexterous manipulation.

    MITUCSDCMU
  2. 2025

    Vega defines the mobile dual-arm platform

    Vega is a 171cm, 135kg dual-armed mobile humanoid with omni-directional base and foldable torso reaching 2.2m overhead. It runs 10+ hours continuously at $89,999.

    VegaMobile manipulation
  3. 2025

    Awards and open tooling broaden Dexmates developer footprint

    As an NVIDIA Inception startup, Vega won the Red Dot Design Award in 2025. Dexmate sponsored the $200,000 WBCD Challenge at ICRA 2025 and launched an open-source teleoperation device.

    Red DotICRATeleoperation
  4. 2025 - 2026

    Vega enters enterprise testing

    Vega units are in testing with publicly traded companies across manufacturing, logistics, and retail.

    Enterprise pilotsManufacturing