Company
ACWA Robotics
ACWA Robotics is a French cleantech startup founded in 2018 in Ajaccio, Corsica, developing autonomous robots for mapping and inspecting drinking water…
- Founded
- 2018
- HQ
- Ajaccio, Corsica, France
- Status
- active
Models
1
Overview
ACWA Robotics is a French cleantech startup founded in 2018 in Ajaccio, Corsica, developing autonomous robots for mapping and inspecting drinking water pipelines. The company's Clean Water Pathfinder robot crawls inside active water pipes (minimum 20cm diameter) to scan for corrosion, leaks, and structural issues without disrupting water service. ACWA partnered with SUEZ and Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie for its first mission on the Dunkirk water network. The company has raised approximately 9.6M USD total and received the EIC Accelerator grant, CES 2023 Best of Innovation award, and Greentech Innovation label from the French government.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Founders
Jean-Francois Rossi and Jean-Francois Guiderdoni
Funding total
~9.6M USD across multiple rounds
Key partnership
SUEZ (Dunkirk water network deployment)
Awards
CES 2023 Best of Innovation (Smart Cities), EIC Accelerator, Greentech Innovation
Employees
7 (Bastia and Aix-en-Provence)
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Models (1)
View all models →ACWA Robotics on the deployment map
Where ACWA Robotics's robots are verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Jean-Francois Rossi Co-founder
- Jean-Francois Guiderdoni Co-founder
Safety record
No incidents on record for ACWA Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
ACWA Robotics in third-party press
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Embodied2 models
- EverestLabs2 models
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (2)
- Series A2024-01-01
$5M(reported)
- Seed2021-03-04
$1M(reported)
Investors: Calao Finance (lead), Region Sud Investissement, Sofimac Innovation
Sources (4)
Common questions
- What is ACWA Robotics?
- ACWA Robotics is a French cleantech startup founded in 2018 in Ajaccio, Corsica, developing autonomous robots for mapping and inspecting drinking water pipelines. The company's Clean Water Pathfinder robot crawls inside active water pipes (minimum 20cm diameter) to scan for corrosion, leaks, and structural issues without disrupting water service. ACWA partnered with SUEZ and Agence de l'Eau Artois-Picardie for its first mission on the Dunkirk water network. The company has raised approximately 9.6M USD total and received the EIC Accelerator grant, CES 2023 Best of Innovation award, and Greentech Innovation label from the French government.
- What does ACWA Robotics make?
- ACWA Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Clean Water Pathfinder (ACWA Robotics builds physical robots).
- Who competes with ACWA Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to ACWA Robotics building in the same form factors include DJI, Boston Dynamics, ATI Industrial Automation, August Robotics.
- Where is ACWA Robotics headquartered?
- ACWA Robotics is headquartered in Ajaccio, Corsica, France.
- Where does ACWA Robotics operate robots?
- ACWA Robotics is a robot manufacturer and does not directly operate deployments on the DEPLOY registry. Its products are deployed by customer operators; see the company page for the verified deployment record.
- Is ACWA Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, ACWA Robotics ranks in roughly the top 21% of companies tracked by the registry.
- Is ACWA Robotics safe?
- ACWA Robotics has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-13
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ACWA Robotics.Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Embodied2 models
- EverestLabs2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ACWA Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
ACWA Robotics’ autonomous robots chart a path to water resilience - Autodesk
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ACWA Robotics’ autonomous robots chart a path to water resilience - Autodesk
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ACWA Robotics Raises EUR4.8M for Water Network Inspection
ACWA Robotics closed a EUR4.8M financing round to accelerate deployment of its Pathfinder robot for autonomous drinking water pipeline inspection across live networks in France.
ACWA-ROBOTICS Takes Robots Underground with Fusion 360 - Engineering.com
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10 B2B Technologies Unveiled at CES 2023 - DirectIndustry e-Magazine
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ACWA Robotics Clean Water Pathfinder Optimizes Infrastructure
ACWA Robotics autonomous robot crawls into municipal water pipes to inspect and report on infrastructure status. Debuted at CES 2023.
Inside Job: Robot Would Inspect Water Pipes from Within
Acwa Robotics Clean Water Pathfinder crawls inside active water pipes to check for corrosion and leaks, helping utilities save water and optimize repairs.
CES 2023: ACWA Robotics' Clean Water Pathfinder is a Snake Robot that Travels on your Pipes - Tech Times
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CES 2023 robotics Innovation Award winners announced - The Robot Report
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Acwa Robotics secures 1 million EUR
ACWA Robotics raised 1M EUR from Calao Finance, Region Sud Investissement, and Sofimac Innovation. Founded in 2018 by Jean-Francois Rossi and Jean-Francois Guiderdoni.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/acwa-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/acwa-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/99f1a589-9614-4440-af6b-c954a44b1445
- Revision history: /companies/acwa-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- DJI7 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- ATI Industrial Automation2 models
- August Robotics2 models
- Embodied2 models
- EverestLabs2 models
Video
In this video we take a look at the 4 winners of the CES Innovation Award in the Robotics category. ACWA Robotics - https://www.acwa-robotics.com/ EVAR - http
We spoke to ACWA Robotics all about robots made for waterpipes and it's water saving technology. Find out more here! - https://www.acwa-robotics.com/
Join us as ACWA Robotics shares their remarkable journey leveraging Ansys Gateway powered by AWS and 4CAD support. ACWA Robotics is also heavily using the Ansys
Fanny Berthon interviewe Jean François GUIDERDONI, Directeur Général de ACWA ROBOTICS. La startup française développe des robots autonomes pour analyser l'état
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Discover how ACWA Robotics was empowered to accelerate their engineering simulations, enhance product development, and drive unparalleled performance in their r
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Reality vs attention
ACWA Robotics draws attention at the 70th percentile but verifies reality at the 54th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +15.5, 9th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Jul 14, 2026