The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies OMRON Adept: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 1 source back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Omron Adept Technology, Inc. (formerly Adept Technology) is a US-based industrial robotics subsidiary of Omron, headquartered in Pleasanton, California. Founded in 1983 as a spinout from Unimation by Stanford graduates Bruce Shimano and Brian Carlisle with Victor Scheinman, the company develops SCARA, delta, six-axis, and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for factory automation and logistics. Omron acquired Adept in October 2015 for $200M, rebranding it as Omron Adept Technologies.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Parent company
CEO
Revenue (FY2015)
Revenue (FY2014)
Employees
Product lines
Financial stage
Hero image candidate
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →OMRON Adept on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where OMRON Adept's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full OMRON Adept deployment record →
Relationships
Founders (2)
- Bruce Shimanocofounderno longer at company
- Brian Carlislecofounderno longer at company
Former / Previously (4)
- Rob Cain CEOSEC-verified
- John D. Dulchinos CEO (former)SEC-verified
- Bruce Shimano Co-founderSEC-verified
- Brian Carlisle Co-founderSEC-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for OMRON Adept.
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)
- OMRON Adept1 deployment
Recent coverage
OMRON Adept in third-party press
Peers
85 peers across 1 segment. Every OMRON Adept 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%
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.
Funding rounds (3)
- Series A
- Series A
- Series A
Timeline
Every recorded move in OMRON Adept’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
New supplierNew supplier: Hokuyo Automatic
2026-08-23Supply: LiDAR for mobile robot navigation from Hokuyo Automatic
New supplierNew supplier: SICK AG
2026-08-23Supply: Safety scanners for mobile robots from SICK AG
New supplierNew supplier: NVIDIA
2026-08-23Supply: Edge compute for mobile robots from NVIDIA
New supplierNew supplier: Omron
2026-08-23Supply: Parent — industrial robot manufacturing from Omron
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
OMRON LD250 AMR | 250kg Payload & Smart Fleet Management
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 11, 2026
OMRON LD-250 autonomous mobile robot
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
OMRON LD-250 at Global
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 OMRON Adept.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning OMRON Adept from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Special Coverage: Robot maker Omron Adept faces unique logistical challenges
Omron Adept navigated growing volumes of mobile robot shipments, transitioning from air freight to broader logistics channels for overseas customers.
Refreshed Mobile Robot Line Shows Omron Adept's Strengths
After acquiring Adept, Omron re-engineered the Lynx mobile robot into the Mobile Robot LD product line with improved quality and supply chain.
Omron Adept — Wikipedia
Wikipedia article on Omron Adept covering company history, products, and the 2015 Omron acquisition.
OMRON COMMENCES CASH TENDER OFFER AT $13 PER SHARE FOR ADEPT TECHNOLOGY
Omron initiated a cash tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of Adept Technology at $13 per share, totaling approximately $200M.
Adept succumbs, sells to OMRON for $200M
Japanese industrial giant OMRON announced plans to acquire Adept Technology for $200M in an all-cash offer, a 63% premium over market cap.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/omron-adept.md
- RSS feed: /companies/omron-adept/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/7552f544-534f-48b8-8191-0b20c36fb263
- Revision history: /companies/omron-adept/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
The High speed Adept Cobra SCARA robot is the fastest SCARA robot reaching cycles rates unmatched by other table-top robots. In this video, the high speed Adept Cobra SCARA robot is playing a game of Chinese Checkers, m
In this video Brad Vorrie, Ramco’s Robotics Specialist, shows Lindsey Shepard, Ramco’s Marketing Specialist, just how easy the Omron Adept Robots are to program
In this video, Brad Vorrie introduces us to the ePLC Connect feature of the Omron Adept Robots. ePLC Connect is a feature of Omron Adept robots that allows us
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Omron’s top-of-the-line robotic automation solutions enhance even the most demanding manufacturing lines.
#OMRON #ROBOTICS #ACE 4.0 Turn off all task + Turn off Power of Robot before changing IP Go to [Controller setting] -- [Configure] -- [Configure System Setting]
Learn more at https://www.airlinehyd.com/pages/services/robotics Omron is adding a new line of integrated-vision collaborative robots (cobots), that will integr
In this video, Austin Swanberg walks us through the various aspects that make the Omron such a dominant player in the Delta robot scene. _______________________
https://www.airlinehyd.com/ The Omron/Adept Lynx is self navigating Autonomous Indoor Vehicle (AIV) designed for dynamically moving material in challenging env
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Heat Index
Serious50/100
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
OMRON Adept draws attention at the 26th percentile but verifies reality at the 9th percentile among AMRs. Hype Gap +16.9, 26th widest among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
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