Prometheus Robotics

How we built a humanoid robot — and taught it its first task

A humanoid for factory work, built in Budapest.
Designed, machined, assembled and programmed by a small team.
No big lab. No big budget.

Ilya Pavlenkov · founder
Prometheus robot
2026 · Budapest

Where we are todayAutonomous. No cuts. Real time.

2024 · Buenos Aires

It started on a sofaNo workshop. No team. Not even a 3D printer.

2024 · Buenos Aires

Looking for co-founders. Training the first models.

Late 2024 · Buenos Aires

The headFirst printed parts · LatAm Best Startups

January 2025

The handPrinted, wired, and moving

2025 · Isaac Sim

Navigation, locomotionSimulation in Isaac Sim

Investor
01

First investor

2025

Actuators & bonesThe first joint that moved

Spring 2025 · Serbia

Serbia. The first 3D printer. A tripod.

Summer 2025

Torso and the first arms

December 2025 · Budapest

It raises its armsThe first full upper body

2025 · Budapest

The robot at HunBAN

Skopje · the first time

Skopje, take one

Investor
02

Second investor

2026 · Budapest

CNCFrom printed plastic to machined aluminium

Spring 2026

TeleoperationA human in a headset. The robot repeats.

2026

Data pipelineEvery teleoperation session becomes training data

What did not work

Outtakes

2026 · Budapest

The first task. Entirely on its own.

Let's talk

Looking for

  • Early-stage investors
  • Factories
  • Research labs
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