Tacta Systems raises $75M to give robots a 'smart nervous system' - The Robot Report

Tacta Systems, a Palo Alto-based startup, has raised $75 million to advance its development of dexterous intelligence technology that equips robots with tactile skills and spatial awareness. The company’s proprietary platform, described as a "smart nervous system," integrates software, hardware, and AI to enable robots to perform complex, delicate, and variable tasks with human-like precision, flexibility, and autonomy. CEO Andreas Bibl emphasized that while AI has made strides in processing text and video, much of the physical world remains challenging for machines, and Tacta aims to automate labor-intensive factory work and physical tasks. The funding round includes an $11 million seed round led by Matter Venture Partners and a $64 million Series A led by America’s Frontier Fund and SBVA, with participation from several other investors. Tacta is led by Andreas Bibl, an experienced entrepreneur who previously founded LuxVue Technology, acquired by Apple in 2014. Investors, including Matter Venture Partners’ Wen Hsieh,