Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Aethon, established in 2004 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a trailblazer in autonomous mobile robotics. A proud part of ST Engineering’s Land Systems portfolio, Aethon delivers cutting-edge AMR solutions—especially the TUG®, T3, Zena RX, and Zena robots—to healthcare and hospitality sectors worldwide. Their robots alleviate workforce pressures, enabling staff to focus on high-value tasks by handling routine internal logistics such as medication delivery, linen distribution, meal delivery, and asset movement.
Each year, Aethon’s fleet completes approximately 5 million deliveries, traveling over 300,000 miles—the equivalent of circling the Earth 12 times. Their systems navigate complex environments with precision thanks to advanced LIDAR, SLAM, and AI-based mapping, all while integrating flawlessly with elevators and building systems. Clients also benefit from dedicated project managers, continuous 24/7 support, and a fleet-management software stack. With robots proudly made and supported in the USA and backed by a global engineering powerhouse, Aethon stands at the forefront of logistics automation—transforming how goods move within critical environments.
Aethon is a robotics company that automates the transportation of goods and supplies in hospitals, hotels, and other commercial manufacturing environments. Since its founding in 2004, Aethon has been at the forefront of autonomous mobile robotics, providing innovative solutions to improve efficiency and labor utilization in various industries.
Though not a microcontroller, Intel NUCs are widely used in advanced robotics projects needing full-scale x86 computing power. Ideal for ROS, SLAM, and vision systems, the NUC 11 offers up to 64GB RAM, fast SSDs, and high-speed I/O for industrial or research robots.
The BeagleBone Black is a powerful Linux-enabled development board with a 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 512MB RAM, and onboard eMMC. Known for real-time GPIO control via the PRU subsystem, it’s used in industrial and mobile robotics, especially when running a full Linux stack is beneficial.
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