Cruz is made by A&K Robotics, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Where is Cruz deployed?

No verified deployments of Cruz are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.

Cruz 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.

Robot model

Cruz

A&K Robotics is a Vancouver-based company that builds Cruz, an all-electric autonomous mobility pod designed to transport passengers with mobility challenges…

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Manufacturer: A&K Robotics
Form factor: service
Lifecycle: active

Verified profile

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Overview

A&K Robotics is a Vancouver-based company that builds Cruz, an all-electric autonomous mobility pod designed to transport passengers with mobility challenges through airports, museums, and other large indoor venues. Cruz uses 360-degree sensing combining cameras, sonar, and LiDAR with the proprietary Kinesos AI platform for socially aware navigation in dynamic crowd environments. The robot is deployed at Vancouver International Airport and Madrid-Barajas Airport, and the company raised CAD 8 million in Series A funding in April 2026 to scale manufacturing capacity to hundreds of units per year.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments: None on file
Sources on file: 2 sources, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for Cruz.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (2)

Product — A&K ROBOTICS · https://www.aandkrobotics.com/product
Cruz'ing through the terminal: A&K Robotics lands $8M for autonomous mobility - The Robot Report · https://www.therobotreport.com/cruzing-through-the-terminal-ak-robotics-lands-8m-for-autonomous-mobility/

Common questions

What is Cruz?: A&K Robotics is a Vancouver-based company that builds Cruz, an all-electric autonomous mobility pod designed to transport passengers with mobility challenges through airports, museums, and other large indoor venues. Cruz uses 360-degree sensing combining cameras, sonar, and LiDAR with the proprietary Kinesos AI platform for socially aware navigation in dynamic crowd environments. The robot is deployed at Vancouver International Airport and Madrid-Barajas Airport, and the company raised CAD 8 million in Series A funding in April 2026 to scale manufacturing capacity to hundreds of units per year.
Who makes Cruz?: Cruz is made by A&K Robotics, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Where is Cruz deployed?: No verified deployments of Cruz are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is Cruz safe?: Cruz 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 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: service

Sources by quality tier

1: unclassified; Unclassified source
1: secondary-trade-publication; Trade publication

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.