Plus One Robotics
Integrator / OEM
Vision and supervised-autonomy software that drives robotic parcel picking in warehouses.
Plus One Robotics sells parcel-handling automation for warehouses: PickOne 3D/AI vision, InductOne dual-arm induction, DepalOne portable depalletising/palletising cells, the ICC gripper, and Yonder, its supervised-autonomy platform that keeps remote human 'Crew Chiefs' in the loop to resolve exceptions in seconds. The company says its systems have executed over 1.5 billion picks across 15 countries for logistics and e-commerce customers including FedEx, DHL and GEODIS, and it sells both direct to end users and with robot OEMs/integrators such as FANUC, Yaskawa and JR Automation. Founded in San Antonio in 2016 out of the ROS-Industrial community, it raised a $50M Series C in 2023; volume and customer-use statistics are company-reported.
Research mapping
Physical AI / Autonomy Software, Fleet Platforms & End Markets (L10) / Integrator / OEM
Evidence boundary
Original analysis and independent corroboration remain under development. Commercial scale and durable technical advantage remain under review.
What makes it defensible
Supervised autonomy: AI vision plus a live human-in-the-loop crew is what makes high-throughput, high-variability parcel picking reliable today - reliability, not autonomy purity, is the product.
Position in the stack: Software and vision layer inside warehouse automation cells, layered on third-party robots (FANUC, Yaskawa); it replaces teach-pendant programming and hard fixturing, and the install base of picks is the training-data flywheel.
Who buys it
Named customers: FedEx
Founding team
Erik Nieves — Founder & CEO — Founded Plus One Robotics in 2016; previously Technology Director at Yaskawa Motoman Robotics, where he mapped robotics development capability in the Americas and represented the company in the ROS-Industrial Consortium.
Shaun Edwards — Co-founder & CTO — Robotics software veteran from SwRI; launched the ROS-Industrial repository, led parcel singulation research and was a visiting researcher at Willow Garage; joined Plus One as co-founder in 2016.
Paul Hvass — Co-founder — Launched the ROS-Industrial Consortium and co-developed the PickOne Perception System at SwRI; joined Plus One Robotics as co-founder in 2017.
SourceFinancing detail
- Last round
- Series C $50M (Mar 2023)
Investors: Scale Venture Partners, Top Tier Capital Partners, Tyche Partners, ROBO Global Ventures
Mapped funds and investors
Direct relationships supported by published evidence.
Reported holdings as-of
No sourced relationships mapped yet.
Disclosed investment history
No sourced relationships mapped yet.
Showing up to four relationships in each group. ETF weights describe the fund’s portfolio, not ownership of this company. Private investment history does not establish current ownership.
Evidence & media
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Plus One raises $50M for its parcel robotics vision systems
What this source supports: TechCrunch reports Plus One raised $50M (Series C, Scale Venture Partners-led) for parcel-handling vision systems.
What it does not establish: Does not show valuation, margins, or customer deployment scale.
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Plus One Robotics raises $50 million in funding, led by Scale Venture Partners
What this source supports: Robotics 24/7 corroborates the $50M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners.
What it does not establish: No valuation or customer-contract detail.
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Plus One Robotics enhances operations in one of FedEx's busiest facilities
What this source supports: Port San Antonio describes Plus One enhancing operations at a FedEx facility.
What it does not establish: Economic-development article; no contract value or deployment scale.
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Timeline
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Financing
Series C $50M (Mar 2023) — $94,000,000 total disclosed
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