What United Robots does

United Robots is a London-headquartered deeptech company, founded in 2016, that designs and builds Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) for industrial and facility environments. Its product family comprises three units: the UR Cleaner for autonomous floor cleaning, the UR UV-C Disinfectant for autonomous UV-based disinfection in healthcare and public spaces, and the UR Carrier for autonomous intralogistics and material transport. The robots are built around a proprietary autonomy stack combining GraphSLAM, Visual SLAM, 3D point cloud and topological mapping with computer-vision-based obstacle detection and machine-learning-driven navigation. R&D and production are based in Warsaw, Poland, with commercial activity in the United Kingdom and Germany.

The company serves enterprise customers across logistics, facility management, healthcare, and retail environments, including named deployments with the Dussmann Group, Poczta Polska, and MD-TEC. Its research and IP pipeline is supported by a long-running collaboration with the Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN), and the company has been a member of the NVIDIA Inception Program since May 2018. United Robots generates revenue through hardware sales of its three robot SKUs, supplemented by deployment and support services typical of the AMR category.

The business remains at an early commercial stage: headcount is in the 11–50 range (20+ open roles listed on the careers page), revenue is not publicly disclosed, and growth capital has come in modest rounds, most recently from Aper Ventures in August 2023. The go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with a regional channel-partner programme in Poland and a multi-vertical distribution pipeline anchored by the Dussmann partnership, which gives reach into facility-management operations across more than 30 countries.

Name

United Robots

Legal name

United Robots Sp. Z o.o.

Website

https://unitedrobots.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

United Robots builds autonomous mobile robots — UR Cleaner, UR UV-C Disinfectant, and UR Carrier — for logistics, facility management, healthcare, and retail customers in the UK, Poland, and Germany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Robotics / Autonomous Mobile Robots

NAICS

Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing (333310)

SIC

General Industrial Machinery & Equipment (3560)

akta.pro primary industry

Service & Hospitality Robots (HDAAAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Industrial & Warehouse Robotics (HDAAAIAA)

Keywords

• Autonomous mobile robots
• Industrial cleaning robots
• UV-C disinfection robots
• Intralogistics robots
• Warehouse automation

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Autonomous Robot Sales: Sale of autonomous mobile robots (UR Cleaner, UR UV-C Disinfectant, UR Carrier) as hardware products to enterprise customers. Robots are sold with docking stations and associated equipment.
2. Professional Services: Deployment, configuration, training, and ongoing technical support services for robot implementation. Includes facility analysis, mapping, and integration with existing systems.
3. Service & Support Contracts: Ongoing product support including mechanical and software support, robotics know-how consultation, and cleaning process setup assistance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

United Robots designs, manufactures, and sells autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for industrial and commercial facilities. Its product portfolio includes the UR Cleaner (autonomous floor-scrubbing robot), UR UV-C Disinfectant (UV-C disinfection robot), and UR Carrier (intralogistics robot for goods transport). Each robot combines proprietary SLAM algorithms, computer vision, and machine learning to operate without human supervision across warehouses, hospitals, shopping malls, airports, and manufacturing sites.

Product overview

United Robots is a proprietary robotic manufacturer offering a portfolio of three autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for industrial and commercial spaces: UR Cleaner (autonomous floor cleaning robot), UR UV-C Disinfectant (UV-C disinfection robot), and UR Carrier (intralogistics robot for goods transport). All three products share core AI capabilities in mobile localization, machine learning, and computer vision, enabling autonomous operation without human supervision. The products target diverse environments including warehouses, hospitals, shopping malls, airports, and manufacturing facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UR\ Cleaner: Fully autonomous cleaning robot that maps surrounding areas, plans cleaning routes, and navigates in public spaces. Designed for hard floors in warehouses, factories, shopping malls, airports, and hospitals.
• UR\ UV-C Disinfectant
• UR\ Carrier

Products and services

• UR Cleaner Fully autonomous floor-scrubbing robot that maps surrounding areas, plans cleaning routes, and navigates in public and industrial spaces. Features AI-driven obstacle avoidance, intelligent path planning, and automatic docking for recharging and water refill. Covers up to 2,600 m² with up to 8 hours of operating time on a single charge. Built for warehouses, factories, shopping malls, airports, and hospitals.
• UR UV-C Disinfectant Fully autonomous disinfection robot that uses 6 vertical UV-C light strobes for 360-degree coverage to destroy 99% of viruses including COVID-19. Operates up to 5 hours per charge and is designed specifically to protect healthcare workers such as doctors, nurses, and support staff in healthcare and high-footfall public environments.
• UR Carrier Fully autonomous intralogistics robot for carrying goods and tugging heavy loads or carts. Features intelligent route planning, automatic obstacle avoidance, remote device management, and up to 14 hours of operating time with a 50 kg payload capacity. Designed for warehouses, storage areas, healthcare centres, and factories.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% savings on cleaning costs within 3 years
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• DussmanncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 6 April 2023Dussmann, a global facility management leader operating in 30+ countries, partnered with United Robots to deploy autonomous cleaning robots at one of Dussmann's customer's industrial automation factory. The partnership includes installation of docking stations and represents the beginning of a long-term partnership with plans to expand the robot fleet.
• Polish Academy of Sciences (IPPT PAN)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2019United Robots partnered with the Institute of Fundamental Technological Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences since September 2019. The collaboration leveraged IPPT PAN's expertise in sensor integration, AI, and autonomous robotics to develop the UR UV-C Disinfectant robot for COVID-19 fight. The partnership produced a leading-edge solution using UV-C light technology for safer working environments.
• Medical Devices Testing and Evaluation Centre (MD-TEC)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2019MD-TEC at University Hospitals Birmingham conducted usability studies of United Robots' cleaning robots in simulated ward and operating theatre environments. The study evaluated ease of operation, cleaning quality (including noise levels), and general usability in hospital settings.
• Department for International Trade (UK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019United Robots was accepted into the UK Department for International Trade's Global Entrepreneur Programme in 2019. This unique global network is focused on supporting overseas entrepreneurs hoping to build innovative businesses in the UK, providing resources for international expansion.
• NVIDIAcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2018United Robots was invited to join the prestigious NVIDIA Inception Program in May 2018. This virtual accelerator program provides critical support during product development, prototyping, and deployment with unparalleled access to NVIDIA's training platform, global network of deep learning experts, latest software, and remote access to state-of-the-art technology.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• PUDU Robotics: PUDU Robotics produces commercial service robots including floor cleaning and delivery robots deployed in restaurants, hotels and healthcare. It overlaps with United Robots' service robot focus and is expanding aggressively into European markets.
• Gaussian Robotics: Gaussian Robotics is a Chinese-headquartered maker of commercial cleaning robots (e.g., Ecobot) deployed across airports, malls and warehouses in Asia and Europe. It overlaps with the UR Cleaner in facility cleaning use cases and represents a fast-growing international competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Locus Robotics: Locus Robotics provides autonomous mobile robots for warehouse order fulfilment, a much larger incumbent in warehouse AMR space than United Robots. While focused on picking rather than carrier transport, Locus competes for the same warehouse IT budget and share-of-wallet as United Robots' UR Carrier.
• OTTO Motors: OTTO Motors (a division of Clearpath Robotics) supplies heavy-payload autonomous mobile robots for material handling in industrial and warehouse settings. It is a broader incumbent serving overlapping facility and intralogistics customers to those targeted by the UR Carrier.

Direct peers

• Fetch Robotics: Fetch Robotics (now part of Zebra Technologies) builds autonomous mobile robots for warehouse material handling and fulfilment, competing with the UR Carrier in intralogistics and sharing the same AMR technology foundation of SLAM-based navigation.
• Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR): MiR manufactures autonomous mobile robots for internal logistics in factories and warehouses, directly overlapping with the UR Carrier's intralogistics use case. Both companies sell into European industrial buyers via direct enterprise sales and partner channels.
• Xenex Disinfection Services: Xenex manufactures LightStrike pulsed-xenon UV disinfection robots used in hospitals and healthcare facilities to reduce healthcare-associated infections. It directly competes with the UR UV-C Disinfectant in autonomous healthcare disinfection.
• SoftBank Robotics: SoftBank Robotics' Whiz is a commercial autonomous vacuuming robot sold globally to facility operators, directly competing with the UR Cleaner. Both target the same facility management buyer, emphasise labour cost reduction, and rely on enterprise field sales.
• Brain Corp: Brain Corp provides the AI autonomy software platform that powers tens of thousands of commercial AMRs (e.g., Tennant T7AMR, ICE Robotics) used for retail and warehouse floor cleaning. It is a direct competitor to United Robots in the autonomous commercial cleaning robot stack and shares the same enterprise channel.
• Avidbots: Avidbots designs and manufactures commercial autonomous floor-scrubbing robots (Neo) directly competing with the UR Cleaner in warehouses, airports, malls and healthcare facilities. Both companies sell into facility management operators and emphasise AI-driven navigation and labour-cost reduction.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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