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Aethon has specialised in one job since 2004: moving things around inside buildings. From its base in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company — now ST Engineering Aethon following a US$36M acquisition in 2017 — supplies autonomous mobile robots that carry materials through hospitals and hotels, with hundreds of customer sites reported, mostly in North America. Facility managers weighing Aethon are typically automating porter and supply runs rather than production. Ati Robotics covers adjoining ground from Bengaluru, building AMRs for factories and warehouses and supporting US buyers from Rochester Hills, Michigan, on the strength of about $37M in funding raised since 2017. Clone Robotics offers no transport product at all; the Wrocław-founded company builds humanoid androids that walk on artificial muscles, aimed at homes and commercial spaces. DEEP Robotics, based in Hangzhou and funded past CNY 1 billion, builds legged and humanoid robots for outdoor duties such as energy inspection, fire rescue, security patrol and industrial maintenance. DF Automation & Robotics designs and manufactures both AGVs and AMRs from Skudai, Johor in Malaysia, with additional offices in Michigan and Pune and customers across ten countries in warehousing, semiconductors and automotive plants. Hospitals and hotels standardising internal deliveries will find Aethon's track record most relevant; factories may prefer Ati or DF, and Clone or DEEP fit buyers testing humanoid or legged machines.

Alternatives to Aethon

Ati Robotics

Ati Robotics — until recently known as Ati Motors, and now trading under the Ati Robotics name on its current website — is an Indian maker of autonomous mobile robots for factories and warehouses, headquartered in Bengaluru with a United States office in Rochester Hills, Michigan.