Italian cognitive-robotics company Oversonic Robotics has taken on three new shareholders — STMicroelectronics, Fondazione ENEA Tech Biomedical and SpotInvest — in a strategic financing round designed to bankroll international expansion of its factory-certified humanoid robot RoBee.
Turning A Supply Deal Into An Equity Bet
The stake formalises a growing relationship between Oversonic and STMicroelectronics that began in late 2025 when the Italian humanoid maker signed a supply agreement to deploy RoBee inside STM's semiconductor plants. The chip giant is now moving from customer to backer, joining a syndicate designed to accelerate industrial, technological and international development. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Why STM Wants A Humanoid On Its Own Factory Floor
STMicroelectronics — Europe's largest chipmaker and a heavy backer of edge-AI silicon — has been steadily broadening its exposure to physical AI. In May the company launched a 700V PowerGaN family aimed at AI servers and robotics, and in July it partnered with Arrow and eInfochips on a full-stack AMR reference platform. Bringing RoBee inside its own fabs — and now onto its cap table — closes the loop from chip design to embodied deployment.
Cognitive Humanoid, Certified For Factories And Hospitals
Founded in 2020 in Brianza near Milan, Oversonic developed RoBee as the first humanoid robot certified for use in both industrial and healthcare settings. RoBee combines AI perception, natural-language interaction and dexterous manipulation, and is already operational inside multiple Italian companies as well as in experimental hospital programs. The new capital will strengthen the company's US expansion and its European growth as demand for cognitive humanoids accelerates alongside deployments from rivals such as Mitsubishi Motors and Highlanders and LimX Dynamics.
Reporting based on coverage from PR Newswire, Robotics and Automation News and Reuters.