The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Autonomous mobile robots and fleet management software for manufacturing and warehousing. Owned by Rockwell automation.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Robot
Technology
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
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Every company Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
ArrivalsMatthew Rendall from Clearpath Robotics, Ryan Gariepy from Clearpath Robotics
DeparturesMatthew Rendall to Clearpath Robotics, Ryan Gariepy to Clearpath Robotics
Founders (2)
- Matthew Rendallcofounderfounded 2009-01-01no longer at company
later founded Clearpath Robotics
- Ryan Gariepycofounderfounded 2009-01-01no longer at company
previously at Clearpath Robotics
later founded Ridgeback (Clearpath), OTTO Motors
Former / Previously (2)
- Matthew Rendall Co-founder & CEOsince 2009-01-01secondary-verified
- Ryan Gariepy Co-founder & CTOsince 2009-01-01secondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors.
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)
- Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors1 deployment
Recent coverage
Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors in third-party press
Warehouse Automation Market to Reach $55 Billion by 2030, Driven by E-Commerce and Supply Chain Transformation - LogisticsIQ - PR Newswire
Automation Fair 2023: Rockwell Automation is Betting on AMRs, Cobots, and Generative AI - DirectIndustry e-Magazine
Rockwell Automation Acquires Clearpath Robotics, OTTO Motors - Industrial Equipment News
Peers
85 peers across 1 segment. Every Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors 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%
Supplied by (1)
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- unknown
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
3 total · 3 operating · 1 ended
Every company Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
All 3 partnerships
open in the atlas →- clearpath-otto x awswithAWS976technology—operating
- clearpath-otto x nvidiawithNVIDIA1108technology—operating
- Clearpath Robotics OTTO Motors x Rockwell Automation (Acquisition)withRockwell Automationinvestment—concludedoperating
Timeline
Every recorded move in Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
DepartureRyan Gariepy departs
2026-08-23Ryan Gariepy left to join Clearpath Robotics
ArrivalRyan Gariepy joins
2026-08-23Ryan Gariepy joined from Clearpath Robotics
DepartureMatthew Rendall departs
2026-08-23Matthew Rendall left to join Clearpath Robotics
ArrivalMatthew Rendall joins
2026-08-23Matthew Rendall joined from Clearpath Robotics
Key hireMatthew Rendall joins as Co-founder & CEO
2009-01-01Matthew Rendall appointed Co-founder & CEO
Key hireRyan Gariepy joins as Co-founder & CTO
2009-01-01Ryan Gariepy appointed Co-founder & CTO
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
OTTO AMRs and Spot on a test floor with ROS integration
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
OTTO AMR at Kitchener
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Warehouse Automation Market to Reach $55 Billion by 2030, Driven by E-Commerce and Supply Chain Transformation - LogisticsIQ - PR Newswire
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Automation Fair 2023: Rockwell Automation is Betting on AMRs, Cobots, and Generative AI - DirectIndustry e-Magazine
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Rockwell Automation Acquires Clearpath Robotics, OTTO Motors - Industrial Equipment News
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Rockwell Automation buys Clearpath Robotics for its OTTO line of AMRs - The Supply Chain Xchange
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How the ‘robot revolution’ is changing jobs and businesses in Canada - Queen's University
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OTTO Motors Raises $29 Million To Take Its Autonomous Mobile Robots Global - PR Newswire
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These tech leaders have signed a pledge against killer robots - The World Economic Forum
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Elon Musk, AI leaders pledge not to develop "killer robots" - Fast Company
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/clearpath-otto.md
- RSS feed: /companies/clearpath-otto/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3316286c-78e3-4ccd-ae74-c87fbf83610e
- Revision history: /companies/clearpath-otto/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
Meet OTTO, the world's first self-driving vehicle for intralogistics and material handling. Increase throughput and reduce operating costs with flexible, effi
See all of the Clearpath robots at www.clearpathrobotics.com/robots. Looking to take your research to the field? Get in touch - we're happy to chat with you ht
Flexible warehouse automation is coming. Visit: http://www.clearpathrobotics.com/coming-soon/
Last year we introduced a ROS package for Spot which enables robotics developers to leverage ROS capabilities out-of-the-box. Our friends at OTTO Motors thought
Want to learn a ton, work with incredible people, and have massive impact? Find out from our past co-ops what it's like to join Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Mot
Who likes to hack?! We've built a team of people who love to think up new and exciting ideas and hack them into reality. It's what our business was built on. Wi
OTTO's Product Manager walks you through our fleet of autonomous mobile robots sharing key features on hardware, software, payload capacity, navigation and more
Tune into this livestream video to learn about our recent acquisition, OTTO Motors, and how AMR technology will enable a full end-to-end solution for our custom
I would like to dedicate this episode to all the ROS developers out there who are thinking and worrying about the future of ROS. If you are worried about whethe
Keynote Speaker for the Ingenuity Labs Robotics and AI Symposium (RAIS2022) from October 13, 2022: Co-founder and CTO Clearpath Robotics OTTO Motors Kitchen
Heat Index
Serious64/100
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
Clearpath Robotics / OTTO Motors draws attention at the 54th percentile but verifies reality at the 9th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap +45.5, 11th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. 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: Sep 6, 2026