Robot model
Ridgeback
Ridgeback is an omnidirectional autonomous mobile robot platform with Mecanum wheels designed for research and industrial applications.
- Manufacturer
- Ridgeback (Clearpath)
- Form factor
- amr
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
Verified profile
1
Sources on record
0
Tracked changes
Updated recently
Last verified change
Overview
Ridgeback is an omnidirectional autonomous mobile robot platform with Mecanum wheels designed for research and industrial applications. It features precise positioning control and can navigate in all directions with 360-degree operational capability.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Sources on file
- 1 source, view all
No verified deployments on file. DEPLOY tracks independently-sourced deployment evidence separately from manufacturer capability claims.
Safety record
No incidents on record for Ridgeback.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (1)
Common questions
- What is Ridgeback?
- Ridgeback is an omnidirectional autonomous mobile robot platform with Mecanum wheels designed for research and industrial applications. It features precise positioning control and can navigate in all directions with 360-degree operational capability.
- Who makes Ridgeback?
- Ridgeback is made by Ridgeback (Clearpath), based in unknown.
- Where is Ridgeback deployed?
- No verified deployments of Ridgeback 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.
- What is Ridgeback's maturity stage?
- Ridgeback is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.
- Is Ridgeback safe?
- Ridgeback 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 · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-06-28
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: amr
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Ridgeback.Recent coverage
Ridgeback in third-party press
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Ridgeback from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
RoboFactory - TU Delft
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Christmas 2.0: Watch robots steal the show in these viral holiday videos - Yahoo
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Rockwell Automation acquiring AMR developer Clearpath Robotics - The Robot Report
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Learning garment manipulation policies toward robot-assisted dressing - Science | AAAS
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Developing the Foundation to be an Applied Roboticist | Inside Our Program | Master of Science in Robotics - Northwestern University
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Clearpath Robotics offers ROS-enabled cobot arms from Universal Robots - The Robot Report
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Tesla co-founder Marc Tarpenning: “Self-driving technology is clearly on the cusp of a major breakthrough - Electrek
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Rethink’s Baxter gets a new set of wheels - The Boston Globe
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/ridgeback.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/20ad87b9-c789-4784-8a3c-931c969e2afb
- Revision history: /models/ridgeback/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
DEPLOY Intelligence Score
8.2/ 100
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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Dimension breakdown
Safety Record
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Market Presence
IP Activity
Deployment Scale
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.
Last computed: Jul 3, 2026
Intelligence layer