Seegrid Corporation

Seegrid Corporation

Hans Moravec, a renowned roboticist, founded Seegrid more than 20 years ago out of Pittsburgh, bringing vision-guided autonomy from labs into warehouses and manufacturing facilities. The company built its core technology around infrastructure-free localization and mapping, a method that became an industry standard. Seegrid does not disclose its ownership structure or whether it functions as a family office; the firm operates as a commercial robotics company. Seegrid's strategy centers on autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) for material handling in manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics. Its product line includes the Lift CR1 (4,000 lb payload, 15 ft lift), Lift RS1 (3,500 lb payload, 6 ft lift), and Tow Tractor S7 (10,000 lb tow capacity). The firm uses a patented Sliding Scale Autonomy that combines 3D occupancy grid mapping (Grid Engine) with LiDAR SLAM for reliable long-haul navigation and flexible local pallet manipulation. The fleet management software, Fleet Central, supports real-time tracking and routing. Confirmed customers include Zulily (per customer testimonial on Seegrid site) and more than 50 global brands across sectors. Seegrid employs an executive leadership team that includes CFO Steve Kerns, COO Abe G., CSO David G., and CTO Tom P., who joined via the 2020 acquisition of Box Robotics, a startup focused on 3D LiDAR and deep learning for warehouse perception (per firm website). The company maintains a Customer Experience Center in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, and reports that its AMRs have surpassed 20 million autonomous miles driven (Altss estimate, based on self-reported firm data). Seegrid states it has sold over 100 AMRs and reached the 1-million-mile milestone in 2017. Seegrid's structural differentiator lies in its approach to autonomy: it is one of the few robotics companies to fuse AGV-like predictability for repetitive long-haul routes with AMR-like flexibility for local pallet handling, a hybrid it calls Sliding Scale Autonomy. The firm is also distinguished by its U.S.-based engineering, deployment, and support teams, positioning its technology as built for complex, human-robot hybrid environments rather than greenfield automation.