Company
Roam Robotics
Roam Robotics is a company developing the Ascend exoskeleton for outdoor and recreational mobility assistance.
- Founded
- 2013
- HQ
- unknown
- Status
- private (venture-backed)
Models
1
Overview
Roam Robotics is a company developing the Ascend exoskeleton for outdoor and recreational mobility assistance. The commercial exoskeleton supports knee extension for skiing, hiking, and activities requiring leg strength, targeting aging and mobility-impaired users.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
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Key facts
Founded
Founded in 2013 by Tim Swift, an early Ekso designer.
Technology
Uses pneumatic (compressed-air) actuation, powered rather than passive springs.
Product
Ascend is an FDA-cleared knee orthosis.
Product
Elevate is a skiing exoskeleton.
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Safety record
No incidents on record for Roam 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 →
Peer companies
- Honda3 models
- Ekso Bionics2 models
- German Bionic2 models
- Lifeward2 models
- ATOUN1 model
- B-TEMIA1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- aggregator_estimate
- 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.
Sources (2)
Common questions
- What is Roam Robotics?
- Roam Robotics is a company developing the Ascend exoskeleton for outdoor and recreational mobility assistance. The commercial exoskeleton supports knee extension for skiing, hiking, and activities requiring leg strength, targeting aging and mobility-impaired users.
- What does Roam Robotics make?
- Roam Robotics has 1 robot model on the DEPLOY registry: Roam Robotics Ascend (Roam Robotics builds physical robots).
- Is Roam Robotics publicly traded?
- No. Roam Robotics is privately held and not publicly traded, per the DEPLOY registry.
- Who competes with Roam Robotics?
- On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Roam Robotics building in the same form factors include Honda, Ekso Bionics, German Bionic, Lifeward.
- Where is Roam Robotics headquartered?
- Roam Robotics is headquartered in unknown.
- Where does Roam Robotics operate robots?
- Roam 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 Roam Robotics a top robotics company?
- On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Roam Robotics ranks in roughly the top 87% of companies tracked by the registry.
- When was Roam Robotics founded?
- Roam Robotics was founded in 2013.
- Is Roam Robotics safe?
- Roam 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 · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-07
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-07
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Roam Robotics.Peer companies
- Honda3 models
- Ekso Bionics2 models
- German Bionic2 models
- Lifeward2 models
- ATOUN1 model
- B-TEMIA1 model
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/roam-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/roam-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/fc5a00cd-77ad-4de3-b4d7-533f65269aef
- Revision history: /companies/roam-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Honda3 models
- Ekso Bionics2 models
- German Bionic2 models
- Lifeward2 models
- ATOUN1 model
- B-TEMIA1 model
Reality vs attention
Roam Robotics draws attention at the 24th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among exoskeletons.
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to 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: Jul 14, 2026