Robot model
Ottobot
Ottonomy (founded 2020 by chief executive Ritukar Vijay; US-based in Brooklyn with manufacturing in India) makes the Ottobot, a Level-4 autonomous four-wheeled…
The verified answer
As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Ottobot, a sidewalk by Ottonomy (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 5 sources back the record.
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Overview
Ottonomy (founded 2020 by chief executive Ritukar Vijay; US-based in Brooklyn with manufacturing in India) makes the Ottobot, a Level-4 autonomous four-wheeled delivery robot whose differentiator is customizable modular cabins, in an industrial Ottobot 2.0 and a narrower Ottobot 3.0 for tight spaces such as hospital elevators, operating in airports, hospitals, and curbside last-mile settings. The registry records it at commercial maturity at the low end: its strongest independently reported scale is roughly 2,000 deliveries with zero safety incidents at Cincinnati's CVG airport, alongside a deployment at Rome Fiumicino with investment from Aeroporti di Roma Ventures, and it remained active and expanding in 2026 with a Rio Tinto mining-village pilot with Sodexo in March 2026.
A correction to the dispatch's question of whether Ottonomy sells robots: it does not, operating instead a robots-as-a-service leasing model at about $999 per robot per month on one-to-five-year contracts plus a software platform, making it a fixed-fee RaaS lessor rather than a hardware seller or a classic captive operator. Its commercial tier rests on paying RaaS customers and the independently reported CVG service, though much of its broader footprint is pilots and its scale claims are company-sourced.
Its total funding is unverified with sources conflicting between about $4.9 million and $7.8 million, and figures such as 50 robots operating with 500 ordered and 200 deploying in 2026, a $5 million 2026 revenue target, a 14-city footprint, and the contextual-AI technical framing are company-sourced and not independently verified.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
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Key facts
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Data & sources
Press releases
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Web sources
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Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Ottobot. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
- Ottobot at CVG Airport, Kentucky, USAoperational
Ottonomy deployed Ottobot autonomous delivery robots at CVG airport, delivering food and retail items directly to passengers at their gates.
- Ottobot at Cincinnatioperational
Ottonomy deployed Ottobot sidewalk robots at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) for autonomous delivery service, with the deployment debuting in 2021.
Ottobot on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 5, 2026
Ottonomy Ottobot delivery robot
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2023
at CVG Airport, Kentucky, USA
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedAug 1, 2021
at Cincinnati
Deployment-verified media (1)
Ottonomy's footage of its Ottobot autonomous delivery robot. Supervised autonomy operating in geofenced settings such as airports, retail, and curbside; remote oversight applies in practice.
From deployment: Cincinnati
Supply chain (3)
Compute / semiconductor
Sensors
- OusterOuster 3D LiDAR (360-degree; long-term supply contract; Ottonomy demonstrated at Ouster CES 2023 booth)supplies
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ottobot.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (5)
- https://inc42.com/startups/how-ottonomy-robots-are-mapping-last-mile-delivery-with-contextual-ai/
- https://www.iotworldtoday.com/robotics/ottonomy-s-autonomous-delivery-robots-at-work-in-cincinnati-airport
- https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ottonomy-inc-secures-investment-from-aeroporti-di-roma-ventures-after-successfully-launching-ottobot-at-rome-fiumicino-international-airport-fco-301840306.html
- https://theaiinsider.tech/2026/03/19/sodexo-and-ottonomy-testing-autonomous-delivery-robot-at-a-remote-australian-mining-village/
- https://www.uncrewed-systems.com/covid-19-lockdowns-and-the-social-distancing-they-brought-were-the-inspiration-for-developing-this-delivery-ugv/
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Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (1 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
High confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: sidewalk
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- primary-company-ir
- Company IR disclosure
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ottobot.Recent coverage
Ottobot in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ottobot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Ottobot makes deliveries at remote mine village in Australia - The Robot Report
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Robots and Smart Storage Transform Hospital Deliveries in Indiana - Dronelife
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Ottonomy partners with DPD to utilise ‘Ottobot’ delivery - CiTTi Magazine
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DPD deploys autonomous robot Ottobot to deliver parcles to Milton Keynes residents - Motor Transport
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Cooler Keg partners with California-based Ottonomy to debut robo-bartender at CES - The Business Journals
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Robot-Enabled Locker Deliveries - Trend Hunter
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Ottonomy shows off smart lockers, beverage robots at CES 2024 - AppleInsider
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Ottobot Yeti delivery robot autonomously dispenses packages - The Robot Report
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Ottonomy launches new Ottobot YETI autonomous delivery robot - The Robot Report
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Ottonomy.IO unveils autonomous delivery robot - bluebookservices.com
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Ottonomy Unveils Autonomous ‘Ottobot’ at CES - Food On Demand
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Ottonomy.IO Partners with Pittsburgh International Airport's xBridge to Innovate Customer Experiences at the Airport - Robotics Tomorrow
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/ottonomy-ottobot.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/9e4e421d-d7f0-40c8-bfc0-bd52f8ce17d2
- Revision history: /models/ottonomy-ottobot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Reality vs attention
Ottobot draws attention at the 58th percentile but verifies reality at the 33rd percentile among sidewalk robots. Hype Gap +24.7, 3rd widest among sidewalk robots.
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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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 2, 2026