Event
Rockwell Automation signs agreement to acquire Clearpath Robotics
Key points
- Rockwell Automation announced a definitive agreement to acquire Clearpath Robotics, describing the company as a leader in autonomous robotics for industrial applications.
- The transaction would bring both Clearpath's research robotics business and its industrial AMR offering OTTO Motors into Rockwell's portfolio.
- Rockwell framed the deal as a way to expand end-to-end autonomous production logistics capabilities for manufacturing customers.
Company context
Industrial automation and digital transformation company with meaningful robotics exposure through both core factory-control infrastructure and direct ownership of autonomous mobile robot businesses. Its 2023 acquisition of Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors brought proprietary AMR and autonomy capabilities into Rockwell's broader industrial software, controls, safety, and production-logistics stack.
Context
- Company
- Rockwell Automation
- Segment
- Development Platform
- Event type
- Acquisition
- Geography
- Milwaukee · United States