A Hungarian startup is generating buzz with its automated manufacturing system for building robots that’s straight out of Westworld.
Budapest-based Allonic just raised $7.2 million to develop its so-called 3D tissue braiding system designed to replace traditional robot assembly. The pre-seed funding round, reportedly the largest in Hungary’s history, was led by Visionaries Club, a European early-stage investor group, with other participants including Day One Capital, Prototype, SDAC Ventures, TinyVC, and angel investors affiliated with OpenAI and Hugging Face.
Instead of machining and assembling rigid components, Allonic’s system weaves robot bodies in a way that’s closer to making clothing than industrial machinery. It braids high strength fibers, elastic materials, tendons, cables, and other wiring around a simple internal frame. The result is a robot that’s mechanically complete and ready for activation.
The startup shared footage of the system creating a five-fingered robotic hand capable of grasping and manipulating objects. Allonic says the structure resembles musculoskeletal anatomy, with its structural support, movement, and internal routing formed together.
The 3D tissue system is differs from additive manufacturing. Instead of stacking material layer by layer like a 3D printer, it intertwines fibers that are braided and tensioned for strength and flexibility. According to Allonic, the method simplifies the production of next-gen robots by reducing part count and eliminating failure points.
Benedek Tasi founded Allonic in Budapest in 2021 along with Dávid Pelyva and David Holló. Tasi, who serves as CEO, until December 2025 headed the Prosthetics Lab at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, where he led research and development into next-generation artificial limbs and wearable biomedical interfaces. The work extended beyond prototype design and into mass production strategies. The lab explored additive manufacturing methods, textile and advanced material systems, and automated digital manufacturing workflows supported by custom machinery.
Allonic is focused on robotic hands, manipulators, and limbs for now but says the system is meant to scale to larger humanoid robot bodies over time. The startup is reportedly in talks with major US robotics and technology firms to scale deployments.