Kinematic Trees raises £585K to scale nature-inspired robotics software

UK-based robotics software startup
Kinematic Trees has raised £585,000 in pre-seed funding to accelerate the
development of its robot-agnostic software platform and expand its commercial
and engineering teams. The round was backed by Haatch through its SEIS Fund,
D2N2 Early-Stage Angel Investment Fund, and British Business Bank (BBB)
Syndicate Fund.

Founded in 2025 by Dr Stuart Wilson
and Daniel Camilleri, Kinematic Trees develops a software integration layer
designed to make advanced robotics easier to deploy across different hardware
platforms.

Inspired by principles of natural intelligence, the platform
captures specialist robotics expertise in modular software components that can
be reused, combined and adapted for new applications, enabling robotics
providers, manufacturers and software developers to build and scale robotic
systems more efficiently.

The company is working with robotics
providers to develop integrated solutions across sectors including
manufacturing, healthcare, education and the creative industries. Alongside its
commercial activities, Kinematic Trees is also involved in research into
embodied artificial intelligence and cognitive architectures to support the
broader adoption of personal and industrial robotics.

According to CEO Dr Stuart Wilson,
recent advances in robotics hardware and artificial intelligence have
significantly reduced the cost of deploying robots, but software remains a key
barrier to wider adoption.

Our robot-agnostic intelligence
layer provides the software foundation to make robots more useful, adaptable
and safe, while allowing advanced control systems and expertise to be reused
across different hardware platforms,

he said.

CTO Daniel Camilleri added that
widespread robotics adoption depends on software portability rather than
individual hardware platforms.

Our approach enables software to
evolve across different robot embodiments, creating an ecosystem of reusable
capabilities that can accelerate both industrial and consumer robotics,

said Camilleri.

The new funding will support product
development, international deployment, and the expansion of Kinematic Trees’
commercial, robotics and software engineering teams across London,
Nottinghamshire and Sheffield. The company also plans to announce its first
factory deployments and new partnerships with robotics providers and software
developers during the second half of 2026.