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Eka Robotics raises $150M for vision-force-action robot model

Original titleEka Robotics raises $150M to scale its vision-force-action model for robots

Outlet: The Robot Report
Published: Oct 24, 2026
Importance: 3/5

Summary

Eka Robotics closed a $150 million round to scale its vision-force-action (VFA) model, which develops an intuition of physics through reinforcement learning for robots.

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Eka Robotics is building a vision-force-action, or VFA, model to develop an intuition of physics through reinforcement learning at scale. The post Eka Robotics raises $150M to scale its vision-force-action model for robots appeared first on The Robot Report.

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