# WATER Robotics raises Rs 24 crore for India’s first robotic bed 2026-08-24T23:22:46+00:00 | Technology | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Hyderabad-based AI startup WATER Robotics has raised $2.5 million (about Rs 24 crore) in a funding round led by Endiya Partners. The round saw participation from national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, Darwinbox co-founder Rohit Chennamaneni, and Swiggy co-founder Nandan Reddy. The company will use most of the capital for research and development, with a portion going toward data collection, founder and CEO Teja Vinukollu said. Founded in 2024 by Vinukollu and Haneesh Mourya Desu, WATER Robotics builds adaptive intelligent surfaces. Its flagship product, CAMA, is a robotic bed equipped with 10,752 pressure sensors and 42 actuators that adjust the surface in real time based on a person's body. ## Indian Opinion Analysis WATER Robotics is entering a niche where Indian hardware startups have rarely succeeded: physical AI for consumer furniture. The company's core technology, a foundational model called VORTEX that maps and responds to the human body in real time, sits at the intersection of healthcare, hospitality, and home automation. India's robotics market is projected to grow from about $2 billion in 2025 to over $7 billion by 2034, according to industry estimates. The next milestone for WATER will be demonstrating that its bed can pass medical-grade safety certifications and scale manufacturing beyond prototype volumes. ## Coverage - inc42.com Straight fundraising announcement with founder quotes and market context, no editorial framing This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Endiya Partners, Hyderabad, Pullela Gopichand, WATER Robotics Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/water-robotics-raises-rs-24-crore-for-indias-first-robotic-bed/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/water-robotics-raises-rs-24-crore-for-indias-first-robotic-bed/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/