Theseus Robotics develops humanoid robots and Physical AI software for supermarket shelf restocking, stock rotation and e-grocery order picking. Its systems aim to automate in-store retail fulfillment without requiring store retrofits.
Theseus Robotics is a Zurich-based robotics startup also operating in San Francisco. Founded in 2026, it is part of Y Combinator's Fall 2026 batch. Its founding team includes CEO Samarth Malhotra, CTO Kristóf Floch and CPO Ádám Weinhardt-Kovács. The company develops humanoid robots and software to automate the last 30 metres of retail fulfillment, including overnight shelf replenishment, stock rotation, real-time shelf intelligence and picking online grocery orders. Its wheeled dual-arm robot concept is intended to work in existing supermarket aisles. Retailer pilots are planned for 2027; commercial deployment scale has not been verified.