Facts

• Segment: Healthcare
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2004
• Website: https://aethon.com/

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Events
• Team
• Supply chain relationships
• Relationships
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Aethon builds autonomous mobile robots for hospital, hospitality and facility logistics. Its TUG and Zena robots automate routine delivery of medications, specimens, meals, linens, amenities and carts through shared indoor spaces.

Market context

Aethon develops autonomous mobile delivery robots for healthcare, hospitality and facility transport workflows.

Facts

• Website: https://aethon.com/
• HQ: Pittsburgh, United States
• Founded: 2004
• Segment: Healthcare

Events

• 2024-04-29 - Product Launch - ST Engineering Aethon launches ZenaRx hospital delivery robot - ZenaRx added next-generation autonomous navigation and a more flexible form factor than the TUG T2 pharmacy robot.
• 2023-07-10 - Deployment - Upstate deploys 14 Aethon TUG robots for hospital logistics - The robots were introduced for pharmacy transport to the cancer center and planned expansion to supplies, meals, equipment, and lin…
• 2017-07-17 - Acquisition - ST Engineering agrees to acquire Aethon - The transaction made Aethon part of ST Engineering's Land Systems sector.
• 2014-01-14 - Deployment - Aethon installs TUG robots at 21 hospitals in 2013 - The sites went live on Aethon's hospital intralogistics platform for internal material movement.

Team

• Peter Seiff - CEO

Supply chain relationships

• RealSense - RealSense depth cameras - Aethon integrates RealSense camera technology into TUG mobile delivery robots for navigation and object detection.

Relationships

• hospital deployment site - SUNY Upstate deployed a 14-robot Aethon TUG fleet for hospital logistics workflows.
• ST Engineering - acquirer - ST Engineering agreed to acquire Aethon and add its autonomous mobile robot business to the group.

Customers and deployments

• Upstate Tug Robot Fleet - 14 TUG robots - 2023-07-10 - SUNY Upstate - hospital logistics - SUNY Upstate deployed a 14-robot Aethon TUG fleet for pharmacy transport and planned hospital logistics expansion. - source post…
• Hospital Sites Installed 2013 - 21 hospital sites installed in 2013 - 2014-01-14 - hospital logistics - Aethon installed TUG robots at 21 hospital sites during 2013 and disclosed more than 400 TUG robots operating acros…
• Hospital Tug Fleet Scale - more than 400 TUG robots - 2014-01-14 - hospital logistics - Aethon disclosed more than 400 TUG robots completing over 50,000 deliveries each week across U.S. hospitals. - source posture: Comp…