IFR Press Release

Pioneering Robot “OTTO” Wins the 2025 IERA Award
OTTO by Rockwell Automation awarded for pioneering heavy-load AMRs and large mobile robot fleets

The 2025 “Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation” (IERA) goes to OTTO by Rockwell Automation for its pioneering achievement in developing the company’s autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). OTTO was the first company to build an AMR solution capable of transporting heavy loads through factories and operating in robot fleets larger than 100 units, setting a technological milestone in professional service robotics.