Robot Profiles

A growing directory of autonomous service robots — from research prototypes to commercial platforms operating in cities worldwide.

Trombia Free autonomous street sweeper operating in Nordic winter conditions

Trombia Free: Autonomous Street Sweeping for Nordic Conditions

Trombia Technologies Oy (Helsinki, Finland) · 2021 · Finland

Commercial (operational)
Gaussian Robotics autonomous floor cleaning robot in an airport terminal

How Gaussian Robotics Scaled Autonomous Cleaning Worldwide

Gaussian Robotics (Shenzhen, China) · 2018 · China

Commercial (operational)
Nuro autonomous delivery vehicle on a suburban road

Nuro: Purpose-Built Autonomous Delivery on Public Roads

Nuro, Inc. · 2018 · United States

Commercial (operational in select US markets)
Starship delivery robot crossing a university campus path

How Starship Technologies Built the World’s Largest Delivery Robot Fleet

Starship Technologies · 2016 · Estonia / United States / United Kingdom

Commercial (operational)
DustClean autonomous street sweeping robot with rotating brushes

How DustClean Combined Street Sweeping with Air Quality Monitoring

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna · 2007 · Italy

Research prototype (project concluded 2009)
DustCart autonomous waste collection robot navigating an Italian alley

DustCart: The On-Demand Waste Collection Robot

Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna / Robotnik Automation · 2007 · Italy / Spain

Research prototype (project concluded 2009)