"Go beyond automation"
US maker of autonomous forklifts, tuggers and pallet jacks whose Pivotal software orchestrates mixed robot-and-human material handling fleets.
Vecna Robotics is an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) manufacturer headquartered at 425 Waverley Oaks Road in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company was incorporated in 2018 as a spin-out of Vecna Technologies and states that it designs and manufactures its robots in the United States. Its business is material handling automation for warehouses, distribution centers and manufacturing plants, sold as a combination of robot hardware, orchestration software and managed service rather than as standalone vehicles.
The current vehicle line covers three form factors. The Vecna AFL autonomous forklift handles pallets to a maximum lift height of 60 inches and runs more than eight hours per charge, aimed at cross-docking, end-of-line and packaging workflows. The Vecna ATG autonomous tugger tows up to 9,920 pounds with the same eight-hour-plus runtime, serving cross-docking, sortation and kanban replenishment. The Vecna CPJ co-bot pallet jack works alongside a human picker who loads the vehicle manually while the robot drives and drops off autonomously, with roughly 2.5 hours of runtime per charge; it targets case picking and line-side delivery. All three are stated to comply with the ANSI B56.5 and RIA R15.08 safety standards for driverless industrial vehicles.
Above the hardware sits Pivotal, the orchestration platform that is the company's principal differentiator. Pivotal integrates with warehouse management and enterprise resource planning systems to assign and re-sequence tasks across mixed fleets of robots and human workers in real time, and the Pivotal Command Center provides 24/7 remote monitoring and intervention from US-based staff. CaseFlow is a hybrid case-picking application that pairs the CPJ with a human picker, with a voice-directed option sold as CaseFlow Voice. Vecna also offers its fleet on a Robots-as-a-Service basis so customers can scale deployments with seasonal demand instead of committing capital up front, and in 2023 published a throughput-linked performance guarantee.
Named customers include the third-party logistics operator GEODIS, FedEx, Caterpillar, Shape Corp, GE, Petco and Morris & Dickson, spanning warehousing, third-party logistics, manufacturing, automotive, retail distribution and food and beverage.
The company has raised venture funding across several rounds. In June 2024 it announced a Series C totaling 100 million US dollars, of which 40 million was new equity and debt, with participation from Tiger Global Management, Proficio Capital Partners and IMPULSE; Craig Malloy was chief executive at that time and Michael Helmbrecht was appointed chief operating officer. In November 2024 Vecna raised a further 14.5 million US dollars and appointed Karl Iagnemma, co-founder of nuTonomy and former chief executive of Motional, as chief executive officer. On 10 September 2026 the company announced an additional 31 million US dollars led by Unless, with Drive Capital, Tiger Global, Highland Capital Partners and Tectonic Ventures participating; Vecna said the proceeds would fund deployment and go-to-market teams and accelerate development of pallet stacking and de-stacking and trailer loading and unloading.
Recognition cited by the company includes a Robot Report RBR50 innovation award, inclusion in Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies list for 2021, the MassTLC Tech Top 50 and a Supply Chain Brain Great Supply Chain Partner listing.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Autonomous forklift rated to 3,000 lbs, 60-inch lift height and 6.7 mph at max load.
Autonomous tugger built for long hauls, rated to 10,000 lbs at 4.5 mph max load.
Co-bot pallet jack (3,300 lbs, 2.8 mph max load) used in the CaseFlow hybrid case-picking solution.
Orchestration platform that assigns and re-sequences tasks across mixed robot and human fleets in real time.
Driverless counterbalanced forklift for pallet moves in cross-docking, end-of-line and packaging workflows.
High-capacity autonomous tugger for cross-docking, sortation and kanban replenishment.
Collaborative pallet jack: the picker loads it manually, the robot drives and drops off autonomously.
Hybrid case-picking application pairing a human picker with a CPJ co-bot pallet jack.
24/7 remote monitoring and intervention service staffed in the United States.
Contact Vecna Robotics
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+1 617-444-9263HEADQUARTERS
United States
Company Facts
Founded
2018
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
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Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Growth / Late-Stage VC
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