Zena RX
About
About Zena RX
Zena RX is an autonomous hospital robot for secure pharmacy and medication transport. Configurations provide as many as four electronically locked compartments, with biometric and credential-based access controlling loading and retrieval.
The robot navigates clinical facilities, integrates with elevators and automatic doors and records delivery events for chain-of-custody workflows. Runtime reaches approximately ten hours, with a full recharge in about 3.2 hours. Aethon fleet software manages tasks, while connected support monitors deployed robots continuously.
Capabilities
Source-backed capabilities
- Navigation and obstacle avoidance
Claimed - Aethon presents Zena RX for secure autonomous medication delivery using locking compartments and biometric access.
Source - Secure medication delivery
Claimed - Aethon presents Zena RX for secure autonomous medication delivery using locking compartments and biometric access.
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Timeline
- Aethon wins $1.99 million VISN 1 robot-delivery framework agreement
2026-09-16 - Contract Award - The framework standardizes pricing for robot units and deployment services across VISN 1 medical centers. The scope includes recovery and disposal of legacy TUG robots. The competitively solicited agreement uses firm-fixed-price commercial acquisition procedures.
Source - ST Engineering Aethon launches ZenaRx hospital delivery robot
2024-04-29 - Product Launch - ZenaRx added next-generation autonomous navigation and a more flexible form factor than the TUG T2 pharmacy robot. The robot was designed for medications, lab specimens, supplies, and other sensitive hospital goods. The product gives ST Engineering Aethon a concrete offering for healthcare, service or human-assistive robotics workflows.
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