The Alpha Cart

Employee size

2-10

Organization type

Privately Held

Headquarters

New York, NY

Founded

2022

Founded in 2014, The Alpha Cart develops an autonomous cart that follows its owner while carrying belongings, helping seniors, parents, and workers move items without pushing or lifting them. Led by founder and CEO Brett Baron, the company has refined the design through successive versions into a mobile-app-controlled cart with obstacle detection, adjustable height, and interchangeable baskets. The Alpha Cart’s invention is covered by U.S. Patent 8979115.

• NC
  National Cart CompanyNational Cart Company designs and manufactures carts and material-handling equipment, serving businesses since its founding in 1979. Started by Bob and Dodie Unnerstall in their garage, the family-founded company has grown into a business with manufacturing and distribution facilities in the United States and Poland and more than 460,000 square feet of combined manufacturing and distribution space. Its work includes custom cart design for retail, food service, and logistics operations.OLYPHANT, PA
• Quasi RoboticsFounded in 2017 by three partners with a lifelong passion for robotics and software engineering, Frederick-based Quasi Robotics builds autonomous mobile robots for moving supplies and materials through facilities. Its signature Model C2 carts use proprietary Q.AI software to navigate existing layouts without facility modifications, while the company is developing the mobile pick-and-place Model R2 to link handling and delivery into one workflow. Quasi also supports deployments with integration, training, and fleet-management services.IJAMSVILLE, MD
• SeegridFounded in Pittsburgh in 2003 by roboticist Hans Moravec, Seegrid builds autonomous mobile robots for material handling in manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics facilities. Its U.S.-engineered lift trucks and tow tractors use infrastructure-free navigation to move pallets and cart trains through busy sites where people and automation work together. Seegrid also provides Fleet Central software and deployment support, with more than 2,000 AMRs operating across over 200 customer sites and more than 20 million autonomous miles driven.PITTSBURGH, PA
• ZiiROBOT MobilityFounded in 2017 by Ohio State University professor Yuan F. Zheng, inventor of the first computer-controlled biped walking robot in the United States, ZiiROBOT Mobility turns robotics research into lightweight mobility scooters, electric wheelchairs and smart robotic furniture. Its OSU Robotics Lab team uses AI-driven controls and a patented modular framework to build mobility products aimed at travel, independence and indoor living. The company also keeps its engineering roots close to customers through direct technical support and repair service.COLUMBUS, OH