Ascento introduces Guard 2.0 for critical-infrastructure patrol - 2024-11-12 - Product Launch - Guard 2.0 provides eight hours of battery life and improved front, side and rear vision for large-perimeter monitoring. Customer deployments span data centres, pharmaceutical campuses, manufacturing sites and logistics… - source: linkedin.com
Ascento launches autonomous outdoor security robot Ascento Guard - 2023-09-12 - Product Launch - The robot was designed for perimeter checks, parking control, thermal-anomaly detection and other repetitive patrol tasks at large outdoor sites. The Robotics-as-a-Service package combined the robot with an encrypted operator… - source: itbusinessnet.com
Ascento raises $4.3M pre-seed round - 2023-09-12 - Funding - Wingman Ventures and Playfair Capital led the round, with participation from robotics founders and non-dilutive support from Innosuisse and ESA BIC. The financing supported fleet growth and expansion of the sales and operations team. - source: techcrunch.com
Securitas trials Ascento security robots at an SBB site - 2023-04-11 - Deployment - The trial had run for several months and covered repeated outdoor patrols at the railway facility. Ascento clarified that Securitas was testing the system and that Swiss Federal Railways was the trial site rather than a direct… - source: ictjournal.ch