Eka Robotics built a robotic arm with a force-sensitive gripper. It uses a vision-force-action model instead of vision-language-action. The arm picks up 1,500 objects per hour with over 95% success. It adapts to many objects without retraining. Experts note its human-like persistence and smooth motion. Eka raised $150M at a $1.45B valuation. Investors include a16z and F-Prime. The model was trained in a physics simulator. Eka targets pick-and-place and wire manipulation first. The gripper costs under $1,000 and is rated for 5M duty cycles.

• $1.45B valuation
• $150M Series A round
• 1,500 objects per hour
• 95% pick success rate