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OTTO Motors is a robotics company founded 2008, based in Canada, developing 4 robots primarily in the Warehouse AMR category.
CAPITAL & EVIDENCE
OTTO Motors has raised US$29.0M across 1 confirmed round and has 1 deployment on record, all maker-verified.
Raised
US$29.0M
across 1 confirmed round · latest Jun 2020 · Series C
- Jun 2020· Series C· US$29.0M· investors: Kensington Private Equity Investors, BMO Capital Partners, Export Development Canada (EDC) +2 more· FreightWaves ↗· 2 outletsCorrect this round
Confirmed rounds recorded from January 2017. Every amount links to its source.
Correct this →Shipped
1named customer · 1 tied to a specific robot
1 maker-verified · on 1 robot
- Mauser· OTTOottomotors.com ↗
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Autonomous mobile robots for industrial material handling
OTTO by Rockwell Automation makes autonomous mobile robots for industrial material handling in manufacturing facilities and warehouses, including OTTO 1200, OTTO Lifter, and OTTO 1500. The company is based in Canada and markets its systems for moving heavy payloads in mission-critical factory and warehouse environments.
Active products
4
RoboIndex
61.14
RoboScore 61.14 + Momentum 0.00
Company facts
- HQ
- Kitchener, Canada
- Founded
- 2008 · 18 yrs
- Stage
- Series C · Jun 2020
- Website
- ottomotors.com
- View profile ↗
RoboScore
61.14 RoboScore + 0.00 Momentum· Strong evidence
Products 65%, Depth 5%, Evidence 30% set the number, and every rated company has all three. Attention has no weight of its own — it is one of the two things Evidence is built from, and it can only ever add. Activity and Readiness describe the brand but never move it. A value we don't have reads —, never zero. Momentum is independently collected news coverage, worth at most 15 points and never a deduction — a maker we have heard nothing about keeps its full RoboScore. Claiming or paying moves nothing.
6 of 6 factors known. How it's calculated
On the company boards
- #39 of 167·Warehouse AMR·best robot 59.69 + depth 2.64 + news 0.00 = total 62.33
A board total ranks makers within one category. It is built from the best robot's RoboScore, a capped credit for more ranked robots, and news. It is not this company's RoboIndex above. How boards work
Awards & recognition
- Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies 2023 (Robotics)2023ottomotors.com ↗
- Communitech's Team True North 2022 Roster2022ottomotors.com ↗
Milestones
OTTO promoted its AMR product lineup including OTTO 1200, OTTO Lifter, and OTTO 1500 on its product pages and materials.
OTTO operated under Rockwell Automation branding as OTTO by Rockwell Automation.
Press coverage
- OTTO by Rockwell Automation - The Mobile Robot Directory
Mobile Robot Directory
- OTTO Motors - Automation & Handling
Eastern Lift Truck Co.
- OTTO Motors Dealer
Papé Material Handling
Public loss record
Canadian consumer and medical-device recalls reach Health Canada, which we read.
Active products by OTTO Motors
4 shown| # | Category | Key specs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | OTTO | Warehouse AMR | Payload 150 kg·Runtime 6 hr | 2015 | 72.4 |
| 2 |  | OTTO 1500 | Warehouse AMR | Payload 1868.8 kg·Runtime 10 hr | 2026 | 59.7 |
| 3 |  | OTTO Lifter | Warehouse AMR | Payload 1197.3 kg·Top speed 1.5 m/s | 2025 | 59.4 |
| 4 |  | OTTO 1200 | Warehouse AMR | Payload 1200 kg·Top speed 1.5 m/s | 2026 | 59.4 |
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