The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Aethon: 1 model, 8 deployments across 5 regions. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Aethon develops autonomous mobile robots for healthcare facilities, including the TUG robot for hospital pharmacy and supply delivery. Acquired by St engineering in 2017.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 8 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Parent
Robot
Focus
Technology
Hospital AMR portfolio
T3 transport capacity
TUG hospital logistics
Hospital deployment history
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Aethon has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Mercy Hospital1× joint
- 2NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
Most recent
Aethon on the deployment map
View the global map8 verified deployments across 5 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Aethon's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalTUG at Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA (Parkview Health) →Midwest · verified Jun 2024
- operationalTUG at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (UPMC) →Northeast · verified Jun 2024
- operationalTUG at St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Mercy Hospital) →Midwest · verified Jun 2024
- operationalTUG at San Francisco, California, USA (UCSF) →West Coast · verified Jun 2024
- operationalTUG at Syracuse, New York, USA (Upstate Medical) →Northeast · verified Jun 2022
- operationalTUG at USA (37 VA hospitals) →Virginia · verified Jun 2022
- operationalTUG at Palo Alto, California, USA (Stanford Hospital) →West Coast · verified Jan 2019
- operationalTUG at Global (multiple sites) →International · verified Jan 2010
View the full Aethon deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Aldo Zini President & CEOsecondary-verified
- Spencer Allen Chief Technology Officersecondary-verified
Founders (1)
Safety record
No incidents on record for Aethon.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- Aethon8 deployments
Recent coverage
Aethon in third-party press
Learn how to successfully design hospital logistics robots at the Robotics Summit - The Robot Report
ST Engineering Aethon and Oracle Collaborate to Automate Hospital Supply Chain Processes for Enhanced Operational Efficiency - Newswire.com
Robotics Row expands as Aethon moves HQ to Strip District’s Burns White Center - WPXI
Peers
85 peers across 1 segment. Every Aethon competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
- 6 River Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Addverbdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Aiperdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- AutoStoredirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Balyodirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Berkshire Greydirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- 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.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company Aethon has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Mercy Hospital1× joint
- 2NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- aethon x Mercy HospitalwithMercy Hospitaldeployment—operating
- aethon x nvidiawithNVIDIA1114technology—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
TUG at Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA (Parkview Health)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
TUG at San Francisco, California, USA (UCSF)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
TUG at St. Louis, Missouri, USA (Mercy Hospital)
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
TUG at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (UPMC)
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Aethon.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Aethon from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Learn how to successfully design hospital logistics robots at the Robotics Summit - The Robot Report
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ST Engineering Aethon and Oracle Collaborate to Automate Hospital Supply Chain Processes for Enhanced Operational Efficiency - Newswire.com
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Robotics Row expands as Aethon moves HQ to Strip District’s Burns White Center - WPXI
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Robotics Row expands as Aethon moves HQ to Strip District's Burns White Center - The Business Journals
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ST Engineering Aethon Announces Winners of 2024 RoboHero Awards - Newswire.com
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News - ST Engineering Aethon Launches ZenaRx: Redefining Secure Delivery of Medications, Specimens and Sensitive Goods in Hospitals - ST Engineering
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ST Engineering Aethon Launches Zena RX: Redefining Secure Delivery of Medications, Specimens and Sensitive Goods in Hospitals - Yahoo Finance
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Four Healthcare Robotics Companies You Should Know (Video) - Medical Device and Diagnostic industry
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ST Engineering Aethon Announces RoboHero Awards to Recognize Exceptional Use of Autonomous Mobile Robot Technology in Healthcare - Newswire.com
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Hospital robots face attacks by hackers after security flaws found - New York Post
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Autonomous robots used at UPMC and other hospitals are found to have been vulnerable to hackers - 90.5 WESA
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Autonomous robots used in hundreds of hospitals at risk of remote hijacks - TechCrunch
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/aethon.md
- RSS feed: /companies/aethon/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/03020da2-f43f-40b5-b83a-41f843331fb1
- Revision history: /companies/aethon/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
Video
Say hello to Tug, an automated delivery robot created by Aethon, that transfers medical supplies and patients' meals around hospitals. » Subscribe to CNBC: http
Watch this video to learn how the TUG autonomous mobile robot works along with how it navigates, its locomotion, and enabling technology to make it safe, effici
While waiting for the elevator at UCSF Hospital I encountered a Robot and needed to stand aside to let Robot exit the elevator… The following description of “T
Aethon has been a market leading autonomous mobile robotics provider since 2004. Our products are used by hospitals, manufacturers and hotels and through our p
Mercy hospital utilizes Aethon's T3 autonomous mobile robots to move carts throughout their healthcare facility.
Aethon's TUG autonomous mobile robot was featured on Fox News Willis Report
"Transforming Medication and Specimen Delivery with Advanced Navigation and User-Friendly Interface" Here is the original Aethon Press Release: https://aethon.
Heat Index
Serious54/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Aethon draws attention at the 83rd percentile but verifies reality at the 89th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap -6.1, 41st widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 8 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 8 operational sites across 8 countries. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 4, 2026