RoboScore
32.6
Out of 100. Its robots, plus proof from customers and the press.
5 of 6 measures have data
News bonus
2.1
From the last 90 days, up to 15
RoboIndex
34.7
Down 0.4 since the 19 Oct ranking
Rank change
Down 1
Now #1311 of 1,332 in All sectors · See the board →
British-made personal mobility and autonomous delivery robot
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Customers
1
1 customer cited in public sources
What the score is made of
How it worksThe score is 65% robots, 30% proof from customers and the press, 5% range of robots. Activity and readiness are shown for context.
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Customers
1customer cited
named in a public source · no deployment on file
A deployment is recorded when a public source names both the customer and the robot, or the maker confirms it. Nothing here counts against Academy of Robotics.
In Research, Saildrone, HEBI Robotics and NASA have deployment evidence on file.
Add a deployment →Kar-go is a UK robotics company behind the Kar-go Road-BOT, a custom-built electric autonomous delivery vehicle designed for last-mile delivery and trials in medical and small-business logistics. Public materials describe it as a British-made platform developed by Academy of Robotics, with deployments and road-approval activity in the UK.
Active products
1
Company facts
- HQ
- Norfolk, United Kingdom
- Founded
- 2016 · 10 yrs
- Website
- www.kar-go.co.uk
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
+2.1news bonus- Sep 17UK's Academy of Robotics closes £100,000 seed round in under six hours
In the news
1 event · last 90 days
Why Academy of Robotics has been in the news, across 1 outlet, collected and classified independently, so a maker cannot add to it. It never changes a robot's RoboScore (the evidence half of the RoboIndex) and it can move a robot up a board by at most 15 points.
Safety reports
UK product recalls reach the Office for Product Safety and Standards, which we read. Workplace incidents sit with the HSE, whose register we cannot reach.
Press coverage
- Kar-go Delivery Bot approved for use on British roads
Highways Today · Oct 2020
- Kar-go Delivery Bot Begins Small Business Deliveries in Surrey
ResponseSource
- the kar-go self-driving robot delivers straight to your door
Designboom · Jun 2016
Milestones
DVSA inspected and approved the core Kar-go vehicle as roadworthy, pending refit of autonomous functions.
Kar-go began a Surrey trial supporting local business deliveries.
- 2016launch
Launched kar-go
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