Onward Robotics
About
About Onward Robotics
Onward Robotics builds person-to-goods fulfilment systems around Lumabot autonomous mobile robots and the Pyxis software suite. Pyxis integrates with a warehouse-management system, groups and prioritises orders, and independently routes workers and robots so they meet at the selected pick location. A mobile application gives the associate the location, item and quantity, while lights on the robot indicate the correct tote.
Lumabot carries configurable shelving with payloads up to 460 pounds and uses hot-swappable batteries for more than 20 hours of operation. After picking, robots deliver completed totes to pack-out while Pyxis reallocates people and machines as priorities change. Hub dashboards expose order progress, robot state and workforce performance. The Meet Me system can be purchased as equipment or subscribed to as Robots as a Service, letting warehouses deploy the combined hardware and orchestration layer without adding fixed automation infrastructure.
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Products
- Lumabot
Lumabot
Supply
Supply chain relationships
- RGo Robotics
Inbound - Perception - RGo news states its Perception Engine is implemented in Onward Robotics Pyxis robots for fulfillment-center automation
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Team
- Lance VandenBrook - President and Chief Executive Officer - Leads Onward Robotics through commercialization of Lumabot AMRs and Pyxis warehouse-orchestration software.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-04-14 - Demonstration - Onward Robotics demonstrates Pyxis Suite at MODEX 2026
The demonstration featured orchestration software and Lumabot AMRs for fulfillment workflows. This is classified as a trade-show demonstration, not a deployment. The event adds operating or commercial context for warehouse automation and material-handling robotics.
Source - 2025-03-12 - Partnership - FST Logistics selects Onward Robotics fulfillment automation
The agreement targeted a first deployment at FST Logistics in Columbus, Ohio. The rollout was planned for the first half of 2025, so this is not typed as a live deployment.
Source - 2023-08-29 - Org Change - IAM Robotics rebrands as Onward Robotics
The rebrand followed the Meet Me system launch earlier in 2023. Onward Robotics kept the company focused on AMR-enabled person-to-goods workflows. The event adds operating or commercial context for warehouse automation and material-handling robotics.
Source - 2023-05-18 - Product Launch - IAM Robotics launches Meet Me automation system
The launch combined Lumabot AMRs with Pyxis workflow software for warehouse fulfillment. IAM Robotics positioned the system around coordinating people, robots and work in real time. The event adds operating or commercial context for warehouse automation and material-handling robotics.
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Relations
Relationships
- FST Logistics
Customer Deployment - FST Logistics selected Onward Robotics Meet Me fulfillment automation for its 3PL operations.