We give machines the sense of touch About Bota Systems Bota Systems is a Swiss robotics technology company building force and torque sensing solutions that help robots interact with the physical world safely and naturally.Rooted in leading robotics research, we combine scientific rigor with practical engineering to support industry, research, and Physical AI applications worldwide.While the last decade was about teaching robots to see, the next decade is about teaching them to feel. Bota Systems provides the high-performance “sense of touch” required for the next generation of Physical AI. Origin Story Born from Robotics Research. Built for the Real World. Bota Systems is a spin-off of the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zürich, founded by Klajd Lika, Ilias Patsiaouras, and Marco Hutter.The company emerged from years of academic research into force-torque sensing for legged, mobile, and collaborative robots — and the need to bring this technology out of the lab and into real-world robotic systems.This foundation gives us a rare combination of deep research expertise and practical engineering focus. Company Milestones 2013 First Multi-Axis Force Torque Sensor Prototype multi-axis force torque sensor developed for legged robots and research platforms. HAKI Sensor Development of the HAKI sensor, the predecessor of Rokubi. 2015 2015 Platform Expansion Expansion of sensing solutions: Joint torque sensor series, 1-axis force sensors, Tactile sensing technologies 2016 ETH Robotics Systems Lab Collaboration Collaboration with ETH Robotics Systems Lab to equip the ANYmal robot with Rokubi force torque sensing. Sensor Commercialization First commercial products released: Rokubi, SensONE. 2019 2020 ETH Zürich Spin-off Bota Systems AG founded as an ETH Zürich spin-off. Product Portfolio Expansion Launch of new force torque sensors: Medusa, LaxONE, MegaONE 2022 2023 New Facilities Expansion of production and engineering facilities. Capacity increase and scaling of operations. Market Expansion Introduction of additional products: MiniONE, MiniONE Pro.Opening of Athens subsidiary.Opening of Customer Experience Center in Fremont CA. 2024 Complete Force Sensing Ecosystem Positioning Bota Systems as a one-stop shop for force sensing in robotics, supporting: Humanoid robots, Industrial robots, Physical AI platforms Future 2013 First Multi-Axis Force Torque Sensor Prototype multi-axis force torque sensor developed for legged robots and research platforms. 2015 Platform Expansion Expansion of sensing solutions: Joint torque sensor series, 1-axis force sensors, Tactile sensing technologies,. 2016 ETH Robotics Systems Lab Collaboration Collaboration with ETH Robotics Systems Lab to equip the ANYmal robot with Rokubi force torque sensing. 2020 ETH Zürich Spin-off Bota Systems AG founded as an ETH Zürich spin-off. 2023 New Facilities Expansion of production and engineering facilities. Capacity increase and scaling of operations. HAKI Sensor Development of the HAKI sensor, the predecessor of Rokubi. 2015 Sensor Commercialization First commercial products released: Rokubi, SensONE. 2019 Product Portfolio Expansion Launch of new force torque sensors: Medusa, LaxONE, MegaONE. 2022 Market Expansion Introduction of additional products: MiniONE, MiniONE Pro.Opening of Athens subsidiary. Opening of Customer Experience Center in Fremont CA. 2024 Complete Force Sensing Ecosystem Positioning Bota Systems as a one-stop shop for force sensing in robotics, supporting: Humanoid robots, Industrial robots, Physical AI platforms Future Publications Bota Systems was born from robotics research, building on years of peer-reviewed work in force sensing, manipulation, locomotion, and physical interaction. The publications below form the scientific foundation of our technology. Task and Configuration Space Compliance of Continuum Robots via Lie Group and Modal Shape Formulations Orekhov, Andrew L., Garrison LH Johnston, and Nabil Simaan. arXiv preprint arXiv:2306.13155 (2023) DOI ANYexo 2.0: A fully actuated upper-limb exoskeleton for manipulation and joint-oriented training in all stages of rehabilitation Zimmermann, Yves, Michael Sommerhalder, Peter Wolf, Robert Riener, and Marco Hutter. IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2023) DOI Video Adaptive Force Controller for Contact-Rich Robotic Systems using an Unscented Kalman Filter Schperberg, Alexander, Yuki Shirai, Xuan Lin, Yusuke Tanaka, and Dennis Hong arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.01033 (2022) DOI Bistable helical origami gripper for sensor placement on branches Geckeler, Christian, and Stefano Mintchev. Advanced Intelligent Systems 4, no. 10 (2022): 2200087. DOI Video Real-time non-visual shape estimation and robotic dual-arm manipulation control of an elastic wire. Mishani, Itamar, and Avishai Sintov IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 7, no. 1 (2021): 422-429. DOI Video Robotic assembly of timber joints using reinforcement learning Apolinarska, Aleksandra Anna, Matteo Pacher, Hui Li, Nicholas Cote, Rafael Pastrana, Fabio Gramazio, and Matthias Kohler Automation in Construction 125 (2021): 103569. DOI Video Quadrupedal Locomotion on Uneven Terrain With Sensorized Feet Valsecchi, Giorgio, Ruben Grandia, and Marco Hutter. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5, no. 2 (2020): 1548-1555. DOI Video Towards autonomous inspection of concrete deterioration in sewers with legged robots Kolvenbach, Hendrik, David Wisth, Russell Buchanan, Giorgio Valsecchi, Ruben Grandia, Maurice Fallon, and Marco Hutter. Journal of field robotics 37, no. 8 (2020): 1314-1327. DOI Video Where Should I Walk? Predicting Terrain Properties from Images via Self-Supervised Learning Wellhausen, Lorenz, Alexey Dosovitskiy, René Ranftl, Krzysztof Walas, Cesar Cadena, and Marco Hutter IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 4, no. 2 (2019): 1509-1516. DOI Video An Omnidirectional Aerial Manipulation Platform for Contact-Based Inspection Bodie, Karen, Maximilian Brunner, Michael Pantic, Stefan Walser, Patrick Pfändler, Ueli Angst, Roland Siegwart, and Juan Nieto Proceedings of Robotics: Science and Systems, 2019 DOI Video Towards a passive adaptive planar foot with ground orientation and contact force sensing for legged robots Käslin, Roman, Hendrik Kolvenbach, Laura Paez, Klajd Lika, and Marco Hutter. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pp. 2707-2714. IEEE, 2018 DOI Low-velocity impact response of smart sandwich composite plates with piezoelectric tranducers: Modeling and experiments Plagianakos, Theofanis S., Klajd Lika, and Evangelos G. Papadopoulos. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures 27, no. 6 (2016): 774-785. DOI CAREERS AT BOTA SYSTEMS We’re Building the Future of Force-Sensitive Robotics Our team brings together experts in robotics, mechanical design, electronics, and software — united by the goal of making force sensing reliable, accessible, and scalable. View Open Positions
Bota Systems is a Swiss robotics technology company building force and torque sensing solutions that help robots interact with the physical world safely and naturally.
Rooted in leading robotics research, we combine scientific rigor with practical engineering to support industry, research, and Physical AI applications worldwide.
While the last decade was about teaching robots to see, the next decade is about teaching them to feel. Bota Systems provides the high-performance “sense of touch” required for the next generation of Physical AI.
Bota Systems is a spin-off of the Robotic Systems Lab at ETH Zürich, founded by Klajd Lika, Ilias Patsiaouras, and Marco Hutter.
The company emerged from years of academic research into force-torque sensing for legged, mobile, and collaborative robots — and the need to bring this technology out of the lab and into real-world robotic systems.
This foundation gives us a rare combination of deep research expertise and practical engineering focus.
Prototype multi-axis force torque sensor developed for legged robots and research platforms.
Development of the HAKI sensor, the predecessor of Rokubi.
Expansion of sensing solutions: Joint torque sensor series, 1-axis force sensors, Tactile sensing technologies
Collaboration with ETH Robotics Systems Lab to equip the ANYmal robot with Rokubi force torque sensing.
First commercial products released: Rokubi, SensONE.
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