Fort Robotics

Fort Robotics

Wireless safety for autonomous machines

Overview

Fort Robotics provides wireless safety solutions for autonomous machines across industries such as transportation, agriculture, construction, and manufacturing. Its core offering is the Wireless E-Stop, which lets operators remotely stop machines in emergencies, helping prevent accidents and reduce downtime. The product combines hardware and software that integrate with existing control systems to enable safe, remote intervention without needing physical shutoff. Compared with competitors, Fort Robotics emphasizes wireless, remote safety for mobile and autonomous equipment, offering an end-to-end safety layer that fits into current machinery and control architectures while addressing both physical and cyber risk. The company’s goal is to improve operational safety and efficiency in industrial automation by making remote intervention simple, reliable, and secure.

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About Fort Robotics

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Why Fort Robotics is rated
C+
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated D+ on Differentiation

Industries

Robotics & Automation

Hardware

Industrial & Manufacturing

Enterprise Software

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Founded

2018

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What believers are saying

  • FORT said 2025 revenue grew 62%, supporting a strong current sales trajectory.
  • August 18, 2026 merger targets about $201 million gross proceeds for expansion.
  • FORT reported over 600 customers and 19,500 deployed units, including Agility and Zoox.

What critics are saying

  • August 18, 2026 SPAC deal still needs SEC, shareholder, and Nasdaq approvals.
  • NVIDIA Halos partnerships commoditize FORT's safety layer and compress pricing power by 2027.
  • If the merger slips past November 4, 2026, FORT loses public-market financing momentum.

What makes Fort Robotics unique

  • FORT combines wireless emergency-stop hardware with security software for autonomous machines.
  • June 2026 NVIDIA Halos integration extends FORT into outside-in safety for physical AI.
  • Mapless AI acquisition on May 27, 2026 adds teleoperation and supervised autonomy.

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Funding

Total Funding

$206.9M

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Industry Average

Funded Over

4 Rounds

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Headcount

6 month growth

-7%

1 year growth

-7%

2 year growth

-7%
PR Newswire
Aug 18th, 2026
FORT Robotics to go public via $500M SPAC merger to advance physical AI safety

FORT Robotics will go public through a merger with Newbury Street II Acquisition Corp, valuing the combined company at $556.6 million. The robotics safety platform serves over 600 customers globally, including Agility Robotics, DoorDash, Google DeepMind, and Zoox. The company's revenue grew 62% year-over-year in 2025, with gross margins of 66%. FORT has raised over $31 million in equity commitments from investors including Tiger Global, Prologis Ventures, and Mark Cuban. Founded in 2018, FORT provides safety infrastructure for autonomous machines across industries including warehousing, transportation, manufacturing, and construction. The platform is backed by 25 patents and has been deployed across more than 19,500 units. Upon closing, expected in the fourth quarter of 2026, the combined entity will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker "FROB". The transaction is expected to deliver approximately $201 million in gross proceeds.

Peerless Media LLC
Jun 27th, 2026
Automate 2026: FORT Robotics extends Trust Layer for physical AI with NVIDIA Halos for Robotics collaboration.

Automate 2026: FORT Robotics extends Trust Layer for physical AI with NVIDIA Halos for Robotics collaboration. Adds outside-in-safety by extending robot perception. FORT Robotics By Robotics 24/7 Staff June 27, 2026 At Automate 2026 in Chicago, FORT Robotics announced that it was integrating with the NVIDIA Halos outside-in safety blueprint, extending its trust layer for physical AI beyond the robot itself. Stay up-to-date with news and resources you need to do your job. Research industry trends, compare companies and get weekly market intelligence with Robotics 24/7. At Automate 2026 in Chicago, FORT Robotics announced that it joined the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics ecosystem that's bringing safety to autonomous robots. FORT said that the NVIDIA Outside-In Safety Blueprint combined with the FORT Trust Layer extends robot perception beyond onboard sensors by using external infrastructure sensors and visual AI agents to deliver real-time, safety-certifiable functional safety to maximize operational throughput. Enhanced productivity, worker safety and accident prevention. FORT Robotics said that by utilizing NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge for AI compute and sensor connectivity, the offering enables robots to safely operate alongside workers at high efficiency modes while dynamically adapting to complex environments. The company said that it provides significant value beyond traditional inside-out functional safety systems that are limited to onboard sensors and conservative operating constraints. FORT Robotics said that where traditional safety systems were built for predictable machines in bounded settings, they lack the flexibility needed for mobile robot systems in constantly changing warehouses and factories. The company said that the Outside-In Safety automatically modulates robot efficiency across dynamic environments, reducing costly robot slowdowns and optimizing both safety and productivity. "Safety has always been the precondition for scale - you can't deploy robots broadly if you can't guarantee they'll operate safely around people and valuable infrastructure," said Samuel Reeves, CEO of FORT Robotics. "What collaborating with NVIDIA gives us is enhanced perception that makes safety genuinely intelligent. Agentic robots that understand their environment and respond in real time aren't just safer, they're more productive. That's the combination the industry has been waiting for." As more worksites adopt autonomous systems and physical AI, FORT Robotics said that safety frameworks must adapt to protect workers in mixed human-robot environments. By providing proactive situational awareness, FORT Robotics said that Outside-In Safety can prevent safety incidents and protect workers in real time, and can help address safety challenges across multiple industries. Latest in perception. Latest in artificial intelligence. Latest Robotics news.

PR Newswire
Jun 22nd, 2026
FORT Robotics joins NVIDIA Halos ecosystem to enhance physical AI safety with external sensors

FORT Robotics has joined the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics ecosystem, demonstrating an agentic safety application built with the NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Blueprint at the Automate conference in Chicago. The solution extends robot perception beyond onboard sensors by using external infrastructure sensors and visual AI agents to deliver real-time, safety-certifiable functional safety. The system leverages NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge to enable robots to operate safely alongside workers whilst dynamically adapting to complex environments. By automatically modulating robot efficiency across dynamic environments, the technology aims to reduce costly robot slowdowns and optimise both safety and productivity. FORT Robotics has deployed over 19,000 units to more than 600 customers globally since its founding in 2018, serving Fortune 500 companies across agriculture, construction and warehousing sectors.

HiTechNectar
Jun 22nd, 2026
FORT Robotics extends its Trust Layer for Physical AI by adding Outside-In Safety in collaboration with NVIDIA Halos for Robotics.

FORT Robotics extends its Trust Layer for Physical AI by adding Outside-In Safety in collaboration with NVIDIA Halos for Robotics. PHILADELPHIA, June 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - FORT Robotics, the Trust Layer for physical AI, today announced joining the NVIDIA Halos for Robotics ecosystem that's bringing safety to autonomous robots. FORT will demonstrate an agentic safety application built with the open source NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Blueprint this week at the Automate conference in Chicago and presenting in the Humanoid Robotics Pavilion with NVIDIA on June 23rd. The NVIDIA Outside-In Safety Blueprint combined with the FORT Trust Layer extends robot perception beyond onboard sensors by using external infrastructure sensors and visual AI Agents to deliver real-time, safety-certifiable functional safety to maximize operational throughput. Leveraging NVIDIA IGX Thor and NVIDIA Holoscan Sensor Bridge for AI compute and sensor connectivity, the solution enables robots to safely operate alongside workers at high efficiency modes while dynamically adapting to complex environments. This offering provides significant value beyond traditional inside-out functional safety systems that are limited to onboard sensors and conservative operating constraints: Enhanced Productivity Traditional safety systems were built for predictable machines in bounded settings, and lack the flexibility needed for mobile robot systems in constantly changing warehouses and factories. Outside-In Safety automatically modulates robot efficiency across dynamic environments, reducing costly robot slowdowns and optimizing both safety and productivity. Worker Safety & Accident Prevention As more worksites adopt autonomous systems and physical AI, safety frameworks must adapt to protect workers in mixed human-robot environments. By providing proactive situational awareness, Outside-In Safety can prevent safety incidents and protect workers in real time. This can help address safety challenges across multiple industries. Maximize ROI NVIDIA Halos Outside-In Safety Blueprint will help FORT's new and existing customers across warehousing, manufacturing, and other automated industries to leverage both robots and existing infrastructure for more value. For example, building-mounted cameras can be leveraged to unlock new cost savings by maximizing throughput and optimizing processes such as trailer truck unloading, inventory replenishment, product assembly, and more. A Robotics Safety Ecosystem Built for Scale FORT is a member of the NVIDIA Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab, the world's first ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB)-accredited inspection lab designed specifically for physical AI and autonomous systems. It provides a unified framework to verify functional safety, cybersecurity, and AI compliance for autonomous vehicles (AVs), robotics, and sensor technologies. This collaboration reflects FORT's ongoing work with NVIDIA to making physical AI trustworthy at industrial scale. "Safety has always been the precondition for scale - you can't deploy robots broadly if you can't guarantee they'll operate safely around people and valuable infrastructure," said Samuel Reeves, CEO of FORT. "What collaborating with NVIDIA gives us is enhanced perception that makes safety genuinely intelligent. Agentic robots that understand their environment and respond in real time aren't just safer, they're more productive. That's the combination the industry has been waiting for." FORT has long been the industry standard for safety-certified control, providing autonomous systems with the essential hardware and software backbone required to mitigate real-world operational risk. Outside-In Safety extends FORT's Trust Layer for Physical AI to be even broader. Discover more Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning * Outside-In Safety (new): Reduces costly robot slowdowns and improves safety without sacrificing productivity, by automatically modulating robot efficiency across dynamic environments. * Onboard Active Safety: Onboard perception technology, either embedded or bolted-on, enables machines to actively detect, anticipate, and respond to their environments in real time. This predictive approach allows autonomous vehicles to execute smart, real-time planning and contingency maneuvers, a meaningful leap beyond traditional reactive safety architectures. * Human-in-the-Loop control: Safe and reliable remote operation including both line-of-sight control and remote operation and intervention. About FORT Robotics FORT Robotics provides the foundational trust layer for the Physical AI economy, enabling safe and secure human-machine collaboration across any environment. Through its innovative distributed control platform, FORT empowers machine builders and users with the high integrity, dynamic control necessary to reduce risk, ensure functional safety, and maximize productivity. Since its founding in 2018, the company has secured 27 patents and deployed more than 19,000 units to a global base of over 600 customers. Today, FORT is the definitive safety partner for Fortune 500 leaders in agriculture, construction, warehousing, and more. HiTechNectar send you the latest trends and best practice tips for online customer engagement: Receive Updates: HiTechNectar hate spams too, you can unsubscribe at any time.

PR Newswire
May 27th, 2026
FORT Robotics acquires Mapless AI to add remote supervision and active safety to trust platform

FORT Robotics has acquired Mapless AI, a Boston and Pittsburgh-based vehicle teleoperation and autonomy supervision company, to expand its Trust Platform with remote supervision and active safety capabilities. The acquisition extends FORT's offering from safety-certified machine control to comprehensive supervised autonomy. The deal adds two key capabilities: remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation allowing off-site specialists to monitor and operate vehicles from anywhere, and onboard active safety through environmental sensing that enables real-time hazard detection and response. This allows single operators to safely oversee multiple vehicles remotely. Founded in 2018, FORT Robotics has deployed over 19,000 units to more than 600 customers globally across agriculture, construction, warehousing and defence sectors. The Mapless AI team brings automotive expertise from companies including Bosch, Apple, Uber and Aptiv.

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