Robotics

Driving Industry Efficiency

As an innovator, you are necessarily focused on the development of a product or delivery system that will improve and potentially revolutionize the way we go about our lives. As legal and business counsel to hundreds of technology innovators, we are well versed in helping you balance legal and regulatory considerations with your business goals. Clients mobilized at the cutting edge of all manner of industries leveraging robotic technologies — including health care, manufacturing, entertainment, transportation, and financial technology — rely on Mintz to help them navigate the legal, business and regulatory landscape unique to robotics.

Awards

U.S. News and Best Lawyers®

Nationally ranked for Technology Law and Corporate Law, "Best Law Firms"

Legal 500 United States

M&A and VC & Emerging Companies

Ocean Tomo

Named among Top 20 Firms producing the Highest Quality Patents nationally

Chambers USA

Practice Chair Ranked, Corporate/M&A: Capital Markets

IAM Patent 1000

Multiple patent litigators recognized (2015 ‒ 2024)

Our Experience

Mintz Advises Rendezvous Robotics on $3 Million Pre-Seed Round as Company Emerges from Stealth

Mintz advised Rendezvous Robotics, a space infrastructure company pioneering modular, autonomous in-orbit assembly, on the close of its $3 million Pre-Seed round and its public emergence from stealth.

Mintz Represents AI-Powered Warehouse Robotics Innovator SIMPL Automation in Its Sale to The Home Depot

Mintz represented SIMPL Automation, a Massachusetts–based warehouse automation company that develops modular, AI‑powered robotics and automated storage and retrieval systems, in its sale to The Home Depot, the world’s largest home improvement retailer.

Mintz Represents Drone Autonomy Software Company Swarmer in Its Initial Public Offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market

Mintz represented Swarmer, Inc (Nasdaq: SWMR), a defense technology company specializing in drone autonomy software, in its initial public offering on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Our Approach

Our Robotics team includes attorneys and technology specialists from our transactional, intellectual property, and regulatory practices. And it isn't solely focused on providing legal services. We have a robotic finger on the pulse of this cyborg-charged landscape.

Issue-spotting and problem-solving are hallmarks of our practice. Whether it's hiring a key developer, negotiating a critical license or government contract, developing a commercialization strategy, sourcing and negotiating with investors, or seeking exit — we've been there, and we've done that. Successfully. Efficiently.

Key Areas of Specialization

Transactions: financings; joint ventures, and other strategic alliances; M&A

Regulatory: health care regulatory and compliance; government relations and regulatory affairs

Intellectual Property: patent prosecution and counseling; trademark registration and counseling

Deep Industry Experience

Our clients are deeply engaged in robotics across many industry sectors: