Fox Robotics
About
About Fox Robotics
Fox Robotics develops autonomous forklifts for loading-dock operations. Its FoxBot ATL system uses onboard sensing and planning to unload and load palletised freight in trailers, targeting repetitive dock work and labour-constrained warehouse receiving workflows.
The company focuses on trailer handling rather than general warehouse transport. Site readiness, pallet compatibility, exception handling and throughput depend on the dock, freight, operating process and deployment configuration.
Products
- FoxBot ATL
- FoxBot Mk3
FoxBot
Deployments
- Operating use
2024-04-12 - Walmart committed to deploy 19 FoxBot autonomous forklifts for trailer loading and unloading workflows. - Walmart FoxBot rollout
Source - Customer site
2024-04-12 - The Walmart FoxBot rollout covered 4 high-tech distribution centers after a Brooksville proof of concept. - Walmart FoxBot rollout - Walmart high-tech distribution centers
Source
Funding
- 2022-10-27 - Investment round - $20M - Fox Robotics raises $20 million led by BMW i Ventures
Fox Robotics raised $20 million to scale production and deployment of its autonomous forklifts for warehouse receiving docks. - source: foxrobotics.com
- 2020-08-27 - Series A - $9M - Fox Robotics raises $9 million Series A
Fox Robotics raised $9 million in Series A financing to develop and deploy autonomous forklifts for warehouse and distribution operations. - source: prnewswire.com
Investors
- Eclipse Ventures - Participant - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2020-08-27 - latest 2022-10-27
- Menlo Ventures - Lead - VC - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2020-08-27 - latest 2022-10-27
- BMW i Ventures - Lead - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-10-27
- Ensemble Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-10-27
- Innovation Endeavors - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-10-27
- Maersk Growth - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-10-27
Team
- Marin Tchakarov - CEO, President and Board Member - Current operating leader for Fox Robotics' autonomous forklift deployments in warehouse receiving docks and large-scale logistics operations.
- Peter Anderson-Sprecher - Co-Founder
Timeline
Events
- 2026-02-10 - Acquisition - Symbotic acquires autonomous forklift maker Fox Robotics
Symbotic is acquiring Fox Robotics, an autonomous forklift maker. The deal expands Symbotic's warehouse automation footprint.
Source - 2024-11-26 - Acquisition - Muddy Machines acquires Fox Robotics farm-logistics robot assets
Muddy Machines acquired key assets and IP from Fox Robotics, adding a farm logistics robot for specialty-crop growers. The acquired Squirrel robot transports harvested crop trays and empty trays across farms and polytunnels. Muddy Machines planned new grower trials in 2025 as it broadened beyond asparagus harvesting.
Source - 2024-04-12 - Deployment - Walmart deploys FoxBot autonomous forklifts across four distribution centers
The deployment followed a 16-month proof of concept at Walmart's Brooksville, Florida distribution center. Walmart also made a minority growth-capital investment in Fox Robotics. FoxBot automates autonomous trailer loading and unloading workflows.
Source - 2022-10-27 - Funding - Fox Robotics raises $20 million led by BMW i Ventures
Investment round: USD 20,000,000. BMW i Ventures led or provided the financing. Fox Robotics raised $20 million to scale production and deployment of its autonomous forklifts for warehouse receiving docks.
Source - 2020-08-27 - Funding - Fox Robotics raises $9 million Series A
Series A: USD 9,000,000. Menlo Ventures led or provided the financing. Fox Robotics raised $9 million in Series A financing to develop and deploy autonomous forklifts for warehouse and distribution operations.
Source
Relations
Relationships
- Walmart
Deployment Partner - Fox Robotics autonomous forklifts support Walmart warehouse dock operations.
- Muddy Machines
Robotics Asset Acquisition - Muddy Machines acquires Fox Robotics farm-logistics robot assets
Context
Comparable profiles
- Multiway Robotics
stack adjacency - Autonomous Forklift Oem
Context tags
- Warehouses - Customer Environment
- Autonomous forklift builder - Peer Group
- Autonomous trailer unloading - Workflow
- Autonomous forklift OEM - Stack Layer