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Overview
Relay Robotics develops autonomous mobile delivery and service robots for healthcare and hospitality. The robots run alongside people and perform tasks such as delivering pharmacy orders, blood products, and specimens in hospitals, and handling routine duties in hotels, using secure payload RFID scanning to ensure a complete chain of custody. It differentiates itself with secure, trackable deliveries, open-source software practices, and solutions tailored to healthcare and hospitality, while selling, leasing, and providing ongoing maintenance. The company aims to improve patient care, staff efficiency, and guest experiences, guided by values of respect, dignity, and teamwork.
About Relay Robotics
Industries
Robotics & Automation
Industrial & Manufacturing
Enterprise Software
Healthcare
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$10M
Headquarters
San Jose, California
Founded
2013
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Brick Hospitality deploying robots across all properties signals major hospitality customer expansion.[1]
- Senior product leadership additions (Townsend, Nguyen, Hu) bring 50+ years experience scaling hardware platforms.[1]
- Over 1,000,000 completed deliveries demonstrate proven reliability in hospitals and hotels globally.[3]
What critics are saying
- Boston Dynamics Spot entering hospitality/healthcare with superior mobility threatens market share within 24 months.[1]
- Amazon Robotics expanding into indoor logistics with AWS integration and scale advantages undercuts pricing.[1]
- Major hotel chains developing proprietary solutions or partnering with tech giants commoditizes Relay offering.[1]
What makes Relay Robotics unique
- Proprietary elevator integration with OTIS, Schindler, TK, Mitsubishi, KONE enables autonomous multi-floor navigation.[3]
- Secure RFID chain-of-custody tracking for medications and specimens provides regulatory compliance advantage.[4]
- Relay2 doubles capacity to 10 gallons while maintaining 4-minute room delivery times in hotels.[3]
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Funding
Total Funding
$10M
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Growth & Insights and Company News
6 month growth
↓ -2%1 year growth
↓ -2%2 year growth
↑ 0%Relay Robotics - a provider of indoor robots mainly used in hotels and hospitals to deliver small items - is calling for the creation of a framework for indoor robots similar to that for autonomous road cars.
Brick Hospitality partners with Relay Robotics to deploy guest service Robots across all hotel properties.
In February 2023, Starship Technologies announced a partnership with Teal to offer unmatched connectivity and reliability for automated delivery robots.
According to a contemporary TechCrunch article, the robots, built by a company called Savioke (since acquired by Relay Robotics ) were "able to perform tasks in the front of the house and the back of the house, as well as navigate around guests and use elevators."
US-based automation machinery manufacturing company Relay Robotics has unveiled its latest hotel delivery robot Relay2 at the NYU International Hospitality Industry Investment Conference.
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About Relay Robotics
Industries
Robotics & Automation
Industrial & Manufacturing
Enterprise Software
Healthcare
Company Size
11-50
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$10M
Headquarters
San Jose, California
Founded
2013
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