About
Cobotory — a Russian company that develops robots
Cobotory (NPK COBOTORY LLC) is a Russian robotics company based in Chelyabinsk, founded on 1 June 2023. It develops robots and their key components: silicone tactile skin, machine vision on Axera AX650 edge hardware and ROS 2 autonomy for wheeled and humanoid platforms. It also carries out contract R&D for industry; founder and CTO is Michael Granatov.
2023
Founded
TIN 7448252229
OGRN 1237400024124
Chelyabinsk
Development and testing
What we do
SigmaCC
A mobile robot platform for teaching and research on ROS 2 with Ackermann and 4WS steering and operator-free navigation. For universities, labs and integrators.
Tactile skin
Silicone robot skin that measures temperature and tactile shear so a gripper can detect slip. Offered for technology licensing.
Factory machine vision
Monitoring of manual assembly-line operations; computer program No. 2024663972 registered with Rospatent.
Contract R&D
Development for an industrial client — from the specification to a tested prototype and IP transfer.
Team
Michael Granatov — founder, CTO
Member of the FIRA technical committee, mentor of world robotics champions, robot control systems on ROS 2.
Andrey Makarov — scientific director
Physics, Chelyabinsk State University; has led a robotics team since 2018 — winners and medallists of Russian and world humanoid robot football competitions.
Mikhail Dyshaev — research scientist, PhD
Mathematical modelling and decision-support systems; publications indexed in Scopus and WoS.
Grigory Sizikov — ROS 2 and SLAM engineer
ITMO University; FIRA RoboWorld Cup 2024 — 1st and 2nd places in autonomous car events; worked on an autonomous robot guide shown at INNOPROM 2021.
Company details
- NPK COBOTORY LLC (ООО «НПК «КОБОТОРИ»)
- TIN 7448252229, OGRN 1237400024124
- Registered on 1 June 2023
- Chelyabinsk, Russian Federation
- E-mail: ai@cobotory.com
Cobotory in brief
Does Cobotory make cobots?
No. The name resembles “cobot”, but Cobotory does not make collaborative robot arms. It develops sensing, machine vision and autonomy for robots and carries out contract R&D.
Where is the company based?
In Chelyabinsk, Russia, where development, assembly and testing take place.
How can I work with Cobotory?
Use the form on this page or write to ai@cobotory.com with a short description; we will reply with questions and a proposal.
Get in touch
R&D, partnership or a joint project — tell us the idea.

