Mirai Robotics has announced a $4.2 million pre-seed funding round, one of the largest in Italy in the robotics and deep-tech sector. The company focuses on developing autonomous and intelligent maritime systems.

Objectives and Market

The company aims to make the sea more governable, safe, and observable. Mirai Robotics' systems are designed to enable persistent surveillance, patrolling, monitoring, and control, reducing human exposure to risk and significantly lowering operational costs compared to traditional models. This is particularly relevant considering the shortage of qualified professionals in the maritime sector.

Technology and Products

Mirai Robotics integrates autonomous vehicles, advanced sensing systems, artificial intelligence, and control systems. The company has already developed two autonomous vehicles designed for different operational scenarios, targeting intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and patrolling scenarios in both coastal and offshore environments. The vehicles integrate advanced perception systems, autonomous navigation, remote control, and safety features, and are designed to operate either as standalone units or as part of distributed systems.

Dual-Use Approach

Alongside its proprietary platforms, Mirai Robotics also develops autonomy, navigation, and control solutions that can be integrated into third-party vehicles, enabling industrial and institutional operators to adopt autonomous technologies without fully redesigning their existing fleets. This approach makes Mirai's technology applicable across multiple civil and institutional use cases, following a dual-use-by-design logic.

Context

Italy has a long tradition in shipbuilding and maritime engineering. Mirai Robotics was born at the intersection of this industrial heritage and a new generation of technologies based on advanced robotics, AI, and autonomous systems.

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