Service & Cobot Robotics
Commercial service robotics, autonomous floor care, food preparation systems, inspection robots, and hospitality automation platforms.
Active Deployments
[3899 Recorded]- DroneHunter at United States[OPERATIONAL]
United States · Jan 1, 2024 · Fortem Technologies · DroneHunter
Details - DroneHunter at Ukraine[OPERATIONAL]
Ukraine · Jan 1, 2024 · Fortem Technologies · DroneHunter
Details - DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem at Tampa, Florida, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Tampa, Florida, USA · Oct 1, 2022 · DroneUp · DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem
Details - DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem at Bentonville, Arkansas, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Bentonville, Arkansas, USA · Jan 1, 2022 · DroneUp · DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem
Details - DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem at Phoenix, Arizona, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Phoenix, Arizona, USA · Oct 1, 2022 · DroneUp · DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem
Details - DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem at Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA · May 24, 2022 · DroneUp · DroneUp Autonomous Ecosystem
Details - Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box at Travis Air Force Base, California, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Travis Air Force Base, California, USA · Dec 14, 2020 · Easy Aerial · Easy Aerial Drone-in-a-Box
Details - EH216-S at Guangzhou[OPERATIONAL]
Guangzhou · Jun 1, 2024 · EHang · EH216-S
Details - EH216-S at Shenzhen[OPERATIONAL]
Shenzhen · Jun 1, 2024 · EHang · EH216-S
Details - EH216-S at Guangzhou[OPERATIONAL]
Guangzhou · Jun 1, 2024 · EHang · EH216-S
Details - Elbit Skylark at Philippines[OPERATIONAL]
Philippines · Jan 1, 2020 · Elbit Systems · Elbit Skylark
Details - Elbit Skylark at Israel (IDF operations)[OPERATIONAL]
Israel (IDF operations) · Jan 1, 2009 · Elbit Systems · Elbit Skylark
Details - Elios 3 at Global (multiple sites)[OPERATIONAL]
Global (multiple sites) · Jan 1, 2022 · Flyability · Elios 3
Details - Elios 3 at Lausanne[OPERATIONAL]
Lausanne · Jun 1, 2024 · Flyability · Elios 3
Details - Elroy Air VTOL at Byron, California[OPERATIONAL]
Byron, California · Jan 1, 2024 · Elroy Air · Elroy Air VTOL
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[1576 Indexed]- TRT[PILOT][2025]
Blended-wing-body (BWB) tail-sitter delivery drone with just two propellers for vertical takeoff and landing.
Airbound · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - XQ-58A Valkyrie[PILOT][2023]
The Kratos XQ-58A Valkyrie is an experimental stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) designed for Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) missions alongside manned fighters.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - AEVEX Strike Drone[PILOT][2022]
AEVEX Aerospace is a California-based defense technology company producing autonomous unmanned aircraft, including the Phoenix Ghost and Disruptor strike drones used extensively in Ukraine.
AEVEX Aerospace · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - SkyfireAI Autonomy Platform[PILOT][2026]
AI-native autonomy platform for autonomous multi-ship drone operations.
SkyfireAI · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Skyfire AI Swarm System[PILOT][2024]
AI-powered autonomous drone swarm system for public safety and first-responder applications.
Skyfire AI · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Wingcopter 198[PILOT][2024]
Wingcopter, founded in 2017 in Darmstadt, Germany by Tom Pluemmer, Jonathan Hesselbarth, and Ansgar Kadura, makes the Wingcopter 198, a fixed-wing tilt-rotor electric vertical-takeoff delivery drone aimed at medical and logistics delivery in Africa and other remote regions.
Wingcopter · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - AirForestry Harvesting System[RESEARCH][2026]
AirForestry's drone-based harvesting system uses heavy-lift drones (~6.2 m diameter) with a purpose-built ~60 kg harvesting tool to autonomously and selectively fell and lift individual trees without ground machinery, aiming to raise timber yield while reducing soil damage.
AirForestry · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - A200-XT[RESEARCH][2020]
Asteria Aerospace is a Bengaluru-based Indian UAS manufacturer, majority-owned by Reliance Jio Platforms, that designs and manufactures the A200-XT, a DGCA type-certified quadcopter for enterprise surveillance and inspection applications.
Asteria Aerospace · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Phi-Sat-1[RESEARCH][2020]
Phi-Sat-1 (ɸ-Sat-1), launched September 2020 on the Vega rocket, is ESA's first satellite to demonstrate artificial intelligence for Earth observation.
European Space Agency · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Archer Midnight[PROTOTYPE][2024–2026]
Five-seat eVTOL aircraft with 12 tilt-six rotors.
Archer Aviation · drones · 9 deployments
View spec - VX4[DEVELOPMENT][2024–2026]
Four-seat eVTOL with tilt-rotor configuration.
Vertical Aerospace · drones · 6 deployments
View spec - Lilium Jet[DEVELOPMENT][2023–2026]
Seven-seat eVTOL with 36 ducted electric vectored thrust fans.
Lilium · drones · 3 deployments
View spec - ALIA-250[DEVELOPMENT][2024]
All-electric fixed-wing VTOL aircraft with lift+cruise configuration.
Beta Technologies · drones · 2 deployments
View spec - Buoyant Aero Cargo Blimp[PROTOTYPE][2025]
Buoyant Aero's unmanned hybrid airship is a zero-emissions autonomous drone blimp designed for middle-mile cargo delivery, with 650 lb payload capacity.
Buoyant Aero · drones · 1 deployment
View spec - Eviation Alice[PROTOTYPE][2022]
Nine-passenger all-electric commuter aircraft with T-tail and twin magni650 electric motors.
Eviation Aircraft · drones · 1 deployment
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Real-World Incidents & Failure Modes
[732 Logged]- NEURA Robotics 4NE-1 humanoid collapsed on stage during Qualcomm keynote at Computex 2026 in Taipei[MALFUNCTION]
Aug 1, 2026 · NEURA Robotics · 4NE-1 · Herzogenaurach, Germany
Details - Daxbot sidewalk robot struck by vehicle in Tyler Texas[COLLISION]
Jun 12, 2026 · Daxbot · Dax Security · United States (multiple hotel chains)
Details - Daxbot sidewalk robot destroyed by truck in Tyler, TX 24 hours after deployment[COLLISION]
Jun 11, 2026 · Daxbot · Dax Security · United States (multiple hotel chains)
Details - FDA grants 510(k) clearance to Momentis Surgical Anovo system for multiport surgery, first platform supporting all three surgical access approaches[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 23, 2026 · Momentis Surgical · ANOVO · Fort Myers, Florida, USA
Details - FDA clears Johnson & Johnson Ottava robotic surgical system for soft tissue surgeries[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 22, 2026 · Johnson & Johnson · Johnson & Johnson Ottava · New Brunswick
Details - FDA grants De Novo authorization to Johnson & Johnson OTTAVA robotic surgical system for multiple soft tissue procedures[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 22, 2026 · Johnson & Johnson · Johnson & Johnson Ottava · California
Details - FDA clears J&J Ottava surgical robot for US launch following de novo submission[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 22, 2026 · Johnson & Johnson · Johnson & Johnson Ottava · New Brunswick
Details - FDA grants De Novo marketing authorization to J&J Ottava surgical robot[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 22, 2026 · Johnson & Johnson · Johnson & Johnson Ottava · California
Details - Medtronic Hugo surgical robot earns FDA clearance for additional indication[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 1, 2026 · Medtronic · Hugo RAS · Dublin, Ireland
Details - LEM Surgical receives FDA clearance for Dynamis multi-arm surgical robot[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 1, 2026 · LEM Surgical · Dynamis Robotic Surgical System · Switzerland, Europe
Details - FDA clears CMR Surgical Versius Plus robotic surgical system for gallbladder removal procedures[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 1, 2026 · CMR Surgical · Versius · India
Details - ROBODOC Surgical System receives FDA 510(k) marketing clearance[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 30, 2026 · ROBODOC · ROBODOC Surgical System · Sacramento, California, USA
Details - LEM Surgical receives second FDA 510(k) clearance for next-gen robotic surgical system[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 23, 2026 · LEM Surgical · Dynamis Robotic Surgical System · Switzerland, Europe
Details - Intuitive Surgical recalls da Vinci SP1098 instrument[RECALL]
Jun 22, 2026 · Intuitive Surgical · da Vinci (and Ion) · South Korea
Details - FDA Class I recall: Zimmer Biomet ROSA Brain 3.0 robotic surgery system software anomaly[RECALL]
Jun 15, 2026 · Zimmer Biomet · ROSA · France
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Active Manufacturers & Operators
[1062 Tracked]- Pudu Robotics
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $150M
Inspect - Tutor Intelligence
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $42M
Inspect - X-Humanoid
[RESEARCH] · 2 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $97M
Inspect - Zerith Robotics
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $88M
Inspect - Devanthro
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $780,000
Inspect - Humanoid
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $152M
Inspect - EngineAI
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 4 deployments · Funding: $330M
Inspect - AeiROBOT
[ACTIVE] · 2 models · 4 deployments · Funding: $10M
Inspect - Aldebaran Robotics
[ACQUIRED] · 2 models · 4 deployments
Inspect - Chery Robotics
[SUBSIDIARY] · 2 models · 4 deployments
Inspect - CloudMinds
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 4 deployments
Inspect - Dexmate
[ACTIVE] · 2 models · 4 deployments · Funding: see investors →
Inspect - Hiwonder
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 4 deployments
Inspect - Nori Robotics
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 4 deployments
Inspect - Hanson Robotics
[ACTIVE] · 1 models · 4 deployments
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Regulatory Policies & Safety Standards
[53 Filings]- ANSI/A3 R15.08 - Industrial mobile robot (IMR) safety[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/CAN/UL 3300:2024 - Safety for service, communication, information, education and entertainment (SCIEE) robots[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - ANSI/RIA R15.06 - US industrial robot and robot-system safety (adoption of ISO 10218)[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - BIS AI Diffusion Framework (Jan 13 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - BIS Oct 17 2023 tightening of AI chip export controls[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - FERC orders the six RTOs and ISOs to justify or reform large-load interconnection rules[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0): Voluntary Guidelines for Trustworthy AI[in effect]
United States · safety standard
Inspect filing - NVIDIA H20 China export licensing requirement (April 2025)[in effect]
United States · operational restriction
Inspect filing - ERCOT opens a fast-track grid-connection path for large flexible loads (Batch Zero and PCLR)[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Texas pauses new data-center grid connections pending a statewide PUCT and ERCOT audit[in effect]
Texas · operational restriction
Inspect filing - Virginia Governor Spanberger signs Executive Order 22: state agencies barred from NDAs on data center projects[in effect]
Virginia · other
Inspect filing - EU AI Act Annex III High-Risk Compliance Deadline Extended to December 2, 2027[proposed]
European Union · data protection
Inspect filing - EU AI Act Transparency Rules: Marking and Detection Requirements (December 2, 2026)[proposed]
European Union · data protection
Inspect filing - EU AI Act: High-Risk AI System Obligations Enter Into Force (August 2, 2026)[in effect]
European Union · data protection
Inspect filing - EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)[in effect]
European Union · other
Inspect filing