PICKNIK INC.

Boulder, CO · Robotics · Private

Software platform for robot perception and manipulation that uses computer vision and affordance recognition to enable human operators to command robots for inspection and manipulation tasks in unstru

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Updated Oct 23, 2026 · picknik.ai

Sector: Robotics
Headquarters: Boulder, CO
Total capital: $17.1M

Federal grants: $9.5M; 18 awards · 2021–2026; Rank in peer group#2 of 71
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $7.6M; 17 awards · NASA, Defense; Rank in Robotics#17 of 544
Granted patents: None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.

Capital timeline

Latest events

Oct 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II - Picknik Inc.$1.3M
Sep 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase I · 80NSSC26C0382 - SBIR Phase 1 Vision-language Planning Of Force-grounded Skills For Autonomous Space Robotics Operations$224K
Sep 2026Federal grantNASA · Phase I · 80NSSC26C0306 - SBIR Phase I Lighting-robust Visual Slam And Risk-aware Navigation For Gps-denied Lunar Surface Mobility$224K
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR 1ADAPTIVE Robotic Systems For Orbital Infrastructure$150K
Sep 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR I Space Ros Improvements For Space Flight$150K
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR 1ADAPTIVE Robotic Systems For Orbital Infrastructure$150K
Sep 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase I · SBIR I Space Ros Improvements For Space Flight$150K

Show 26 earlier federal awards

Aug 2025Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II- 80NSSC25C0102 - Space Ros: A Modular Framework For Cost-effective, Reusable Space Robotics Systems$849K
Jul 2025Federal contractDefense · SBIR Phase I Topic A244-P058, Shop Tools And Enablers Open Topic$250K
Jul 2025Federal grantDefense · Phase I · SBIR Phase I Topic A244-P058, Shop Tools And Enablers Open Topic$250K
Jul 2025Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II- 80NSSC25C0102 - Space Ros: A Modular Framework For Cost-effective, Reusable Space Robotics Systems$849K
Jun 2025Federal contractNASA · Fy 25 SBIR Phase III - Constant Velocity Cartesian Manipulation For In-space Welding$190K
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Lunar Autonomy Enabled By Simultaneous Localization And Mapping For Space$150K
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Long Range Navigation Capabilities For Autonomous Mobile Manipulation$150K
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Accelerating Space Robot Operating System For A Sustainable Lunar Future$150K
Aug 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Lunar Autonomy Enabled By Simultaneous Localization And Mapping For Space$150K
Aug 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase II · SBIR Phase II - Dexterous Whole-body Manipulation For Robotic Lunar Operations$850K
Aug 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Accelerating Space Robot Operating System For A Sustainable Lunar Future$150K
Aug 2024Federal contractNASA · SBIR Phase II - Dexterous Whole-body Manipulation For Robotic Lunar Operations$850K
Jul 2024Federal grantNASA · Phase I · FY24 SBIR Phase I- Long Range Navigation Capabilities For Autonomous Mobile Manipulation$150K
Feb 2024Federal grantDefense · Phase II · A Platform For Autonomous Robotic Assisted Capture Of Resident Space Objects$1.7M
Feb 2024Federal contractDefense · A Platform For Autonomous Robotic Assisted Capture Of Resident Space Objects$1.7M
Aug 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase II · An Affordance Driven, Human-in-the-Loop Perception Framework$850K
Aug 2023Federal contractNASA · E0104042 - FY23 - SBIR Phase II - An Affordance Driven, Human-in-the-loop Perception Framework$940K
Jul 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase I · Task and Motion Planning for Space Operations, with Human-Assisted Recovery$157K
Jul 2023Federal grantNASA · Phase I · A Framework for Failure Management and Recovery for Remote Autonomous Task Planning and Execution$157K
Jul 2023Federal grantDefense · Phase II · Proposal (RFP); DAF STTR Phase II Proposal$1.5M
Jan 2023Federal contractNASA · Phase III$375K
Aug 2022Federal contractDefense · Integrated Planning And Control For On-orbit Capture$250K
Jul 2022Federal contractNASA · E014042 SBIR Phase 1 An Affordance Driven, Human-in-the-loop Perception Framework.$156K
Aug 2021Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Advanced planning capabilities for robots in microgravity environments$755K
Aug 2021Federal contractNASA · We Propose To Develop A New Software Product Called Moveit Studio That Provides Supervised Autonomy Capabilities.$1.1M
Aug 2020Federal contractNASA · Advanced Planning Capabilities For Humanoids In Microgravity Environments$124K

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Standing among 71 peers

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Robotics · Software

Federal grants#2 · top 3%

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What it has protected

No granted patents are on record.

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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026

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Sources

Federal grants from SBIR/STTR, NIH, NSF and DoD records. Federal contracts from USAspending.gov. Private capital from SEC Form D. Patents from USPTO. Publications from OpenAlex. Regulatory activity from the Federal Register. Press matched on company name.

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Data freshness

SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.