Service & Cobot Robotics
Commercial service robotics, autonomous floor care, food preparation systems, inspection robots, and hospitality automation platforms.
Active Deployments
[3899 Recorded]- Ameca at Dubai[OPERATIONAL]
Dubai · Oct 10, 2022 · Engineered Arts · Ameca
Details - Amity ARC Move at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[OPERATIONAL]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Jan 1, 2025 · Amity Robotics · Amity ARC Move
Details - Apollo at Austin[OPERATIONAL]
Austin · Jan 1, 2024 · Apptronik · Apollo
Details - Apollo at GXO Distribution Center (US, Apptronik pilot)[OPERATIONAL]
GXO Distribution Center (US, Apptronik pilot) · Jun 20, 2024 · Apptronik · Apollo
Details - Apollo at Jabil Manufacturing Facility (US)[OPERATIONAL]
Jabil Manufacturing Facility (US) · Feb 1, 2025 · Jabil Inc. · Apollo
Details - Apollo at Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin)[OPERATIONAL]
Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus (Berlin) · Mar 1, 2026 · Apptronik · Apollo
Details - Apollo 2 at Stuttgart[OPERATIONAL]
Stuttgart · Jan 1, 2025 · Apptronik · Apollo 2
Details - AstroDroid at China, Asia[OPERATIONAL]
China, Asia · Jun 1, 2024 · Infiforce · AstroDroid
Details - AstroDroid at United States (multiple hotel chains)[OPERATIONAL]
United States (multiple hotel chains) · Jun 1, 2024 · Infiforce · AstroDroid
Details - Atlas at Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA[OPERATIONAL]
Hyundai Metaplant Georgia, USA · Jul 14, 2026 · Boston Dynamics · Atlas
Details - Atlas at Hyundai Metaplant America (Savannah)[OPERATIONAL]
Hyundai Metaplant America (Savannah) · Jan 1, 2026 · Boston Dynamics · Atlas
Details - Avatar Humanoid at Dallas[OPERATIONAL]
Dallas · Dec 1, 2025 · Avatar Robotics · Avatar Humanoid
Details - Booster T1 at Salvador[OPERATIONAL]
Salvador · Jul 17, 2025 · Booster Robotics · Booster T1
Details - Booster T1 at Salvador[OPERATIONAL]
Salvador · Jul 17, 2025 · Booster Robotics · Booster T1
Details - CASBOT 01 at China (city unspecified)[OPERATIONAL]
China (city unspecified) · Sep 1, 2024 · CASBOT · CASBOT 01
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Hardware Platforms & Robot Models
[1576 Indexed]- Brokk 170[PRODUCTION][2001–2024]
The Brokk 170 is a remote-controlled demolition robot combining compact size with high hitting power, used for concrete demolition, processing, and work in confined or hazardous environments across construction, nuclear, and mining sectors.
Brokk · food-service · 5 deployments
View spec - BUDDY[PRODUCTION][2017–2025]
Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists, educates, entertains, and connects people in home, education, elder-care, and business settings.
Blue Frog Robotics · food-service · 3 deployments
View spec - Bullfrog[PRODUCTION][2026]
Allen Control Systems (ACS) is an Austin-based defense robotics company building autonomous weapon stations for counter-drone defense.
Allen Control Systems · food-service · 1 deployment
View spec - Burro[PRODUCTION][2024–2026]
Burro (founded in 2017 as Augean Robotics; headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with a Western office in Visalia, California; founder and CEO Charlie Andersen) makes outdoor autonomous wheeled ground carts that follow workers and run autonomous point-to-point routes, using a vision-first system the company calls Pop-Up Autonomy that needs no central command or pre-installed infrastructure, with RTK-GPS and lidar as options.
Burro · food-service · 4 deployments
View spec - Butterfly AI Ultrasound[PRODUCTION][2020]
Butterfly Network develops AI-powered handheld ultrasound technology, including the Butterfly iQ+ and Butterfly iQ3 probes that enable whole-body imaging from a single semiconductor-based device.
Butterfly Network · food-service · 1 deployment
View spec - Butterfly iQ+[PRODUCTION][2022–2023]
The Butterfly iQ+ is a handheld, single-probe whole-body ultrasound system that uses patented Ultrasound-on-Chip semiconductor technology.
Butterfly Network · food-service · 2 deployments
View spec - C-Star[PRODUCTION][2025]
The C-Star is a 1-metre hand-deployable autonomous surface vehicle (USV) powered by wind and solar energy.
Oshen · food-service · 2 deployments
View spec - Cafe X Robotic Coffee Kiosk[PRODUCTION][2024]
Vision-guided robotic coffee kiosk (Jarvis arm) making hot/cold espresso drinks.
Cafe X · food-service · 1 deployment
View spec - Cangqiong CEORION[PRODUCTION][2024–2026]
The world's first marine embodied large model, enabling autonomous underwater operations from 0 to 10,000 meters depth.
SEAHI Robotics · food-service · 3 deployments
View spec - Canvas drywall-finishing robot[PRODUCTION][2021]
Canvas (San Francisco; founder and CEO Kevin Albert, formerly of Boston Dynamics; about $43M+ raised including a $24M round) makes a drywall-finishing robot: a Universal Robots UR10e collaborative arm mounted on a mobile base that applies and sands drywall compound to a finished wall surface, operated by a trained union carpenter.
Canvas · food-service · 1 deployment
View spec - Cassie[PRODUCTION][2025]
A single-armed mobile manipulator for case-picking and palletizing in warehouses.
Tutor Intelligence · food-service · 3 deployments
View spec - Cat 793F Command for Hauling[PRODUCTION][2018–2026]
The Cat 793F Command for Hauling is Caterpillar's flagship autonomous mining truck (240 metric tonnes payload), part of the Command suite.
Caterpillar · food-service · 4 deployments
View spec - Cat MineStar Command for Hauling[PRODUCTION][2023–2024]
Cat MineStar Command for hauling is Caterpillar's autonomous haulage system for surface mining and quarrying.
Caterpillar Mining · food-service · 3 deployments
View spec - Cat MineStar Command for Hauling[PRODUCTION][2013–2024]
Cat MineStar Command for Hauling is Caterpillar's autonomous haulage system (AHS) for mining trucks, enabling fully driverless operation of haul trucks in open-pit mines.
Caterpillar Mining · food-service · 4 deployments
View spec - Centaur[PRODUCTION][2020–2023]
Teledyne FLIR's Centaur is a medium-sized rugged tactical UGV (about 160 lb) for EOD, reconnaissance, and hazardous-mission support, with an EO/IR camera suite and a manipulator arm reaching over six feet; the US Armed Services ordered roughly 500 additional units in a ~$62.1M contract.
Teledyne FLIR · food-service · 10 deployments
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Real-World Incidents & Failure Modes
[732 Logged]- Out-of-control DJI Phantom 3 hits a building and falls into the crowd at the Seattle Pride parade, knocking a woman unconscious[INJURY]
Jun 28, 2015 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - DJI Phantom 4 strikes a US Army Black Hawk over Staten Island in the first confirmed US civilian-drone / manned-aircraft midair collision[COLLISION]
Sep 21, 2017 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - JetBlue flight from Las Vegas hits drone before landing at JFK[COLLISION]
Jun 29, 2026 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - Drone falls into stands at Ponoka Stampede, injuring two people[INJURY]
Jul 10, 2026 · DJI · DJI Mavic 3 Pro · Global
Details - Archer Aviation becomes first eVTOL company to close FAA Phase 3 of Type Certification process for Midnight[REGULATORY ACTION]
Apr 1, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - Archer Aviation selected for FAA AAM Integration Pilot Program spanning 26 states for Midnight eVTOL testing[REGULATORY ACTION]
Mar 9, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - Archer Aviation completes FAA Phase 3 certification for Midnight eVTOL[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Archer Aviation · Archer Midnight · California
Details - FAA unveils eight AAM eVTOL integration pilot projects spanning 26 states, allowing Joby, Archer, Beta, and Wisk to begin operations by summer 2026[REGULATORY ACTION]
Mar 9, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Joby Aviation clears FAA Stage 4 airworthiness conformity review, one step from type certificate[REGULATORY ACTION]
Mar 28, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Joby Aviation completes submission of Stage 3 certification plans to FAA[REGULATORY ACTION]
May 15, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Joby Aviation completes FAA Stage 4 certification, advancing toward air taxi launch[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jun 15, 2026 · Joby Aviation · Joby S4 · Texas
Details - Matternet medical-delivery drone operated for Swiss Post crashes into Lake Zurich[MALFUNCTION]
Jan 25, 2019 · Matternet · Matternet Station · Raleigh
Details - Matternet drone falls uncontrolled near children in Zurich; Swiss Post grounds the delivery fleet[MALFUNCTION]
May 9, 2019 · Matternet · Matternet Station · Raleigh
Details - Vertical Aerospace delays Valo type certification to 2029, pushes critical design review to end of 2026[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 13, 2026 · Vertical Aerospace · Valo · Drones
Details - Pentagon awards AeroVironment 00M contract for counter-drone technology[REGULATORY ACTION]
Jul 2, 2026 · AeroVironment · AeroVironment Switchblade (300/600) · Kyiv, Ukraine
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Active Manufacturers & Operators
[1062 Tracked]- Boston Dynamics
[SUBSIDIARY] · 5 models · 47 deployments · Funding: $880M
Inspect - Tesla
[PUBLIC] · 4 models · 40 deployments
Inspect - Unitree Robotics
[PUBLIC] · 10 models · 29 deployments · Funding: $2.2B
Inspect - UBTech Robotics
[PUBLIC] · 5 models · 21 deployments · Funding: $1.8B
Inspect - Agility Robotics
[PUBLIC] · 3 models · 18 deployments · Funding: $1.8B
Inspect - Dobot
[ACTIVE] · 6 models · 13 deployments · Funding: $88M
Inspect - Figure AI
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 11 deployments · Funding: $1.7B
Inspect - 1X Technologies
[PRIVATE] · 4 models · 10 deployments · Funding: $247M
Inspect - AgiBot
[PRIVATE] · 5 models · 7 deployments · Funding: $112M
Inspect - Apptronik
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 8 deployments · Funding: $1.5B
Inspect - Humanoid
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $302M
Inspect - Fourier Intelligence
[PRIVATE] · 4 models · 6 deployments · Funding: $92M
Inspect - Yingzhi XBOT
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 6 deployments · Funding: $89M
Inspect - Infiforce
[PRIVATE] · 3 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $150M
Inspect - LimX Dynamics
[PRIVATE] · 2 models · 5 deployments · Funding: $200M
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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
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