ALBA Robot

ALBA Robot builds self-driving robots that carry people through indoor and pedestrian spaces. The company is based in Turin, Italy, and also has a US office in Detroit. Its robots serve airports and other large buildings.

ALBA Robot describes itself as an autonomous micro mobility platform. It runs fleets of self-driving personal mobility robots. A passenger can step on board and travel through a building with more independence and less effort. The company says this improves mobility and the overall travel experience.

The robot family includes ALBA One, ALBA Ride, ALBA Ride+ and ALBA Caddie. The company also offers solutions and platforms that tie the robots into the way a site runs. Its system adds digital services on top of transport. These include digital twins and digital out-of-home advertising, known as DOOH. They let site owners link the fleet to their systems and open new ways to reach visitors with media and messages in indoor and pedestrian areas.

The company sets out a clear vision. It wants to redefine indoor mobility with autonomous micro mobility systems driven by artificial intelligence and shaped by design. Its mission is to let people move smoothly and independently inside complex buildings. Its idea is a simple on-demand indoor mobility network that improves the user experience and creates new income, such as digital advertising.

Airports are a main customer group. The company lists Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Manchester, London Gatwick, Turin, Cagliari, Groupe ADP in Paris and SEA Milan Airports among its clients. It also names service firms such as ABM, Samsic Airport, CGS and dnata, along with Green Valley Holdings and Nextenergy.

The team is mainly engineers with strong skills in robotics, artificial intelligence and software. The company designs and integrates the vehicles and the digital platforms that manage the service, including architecture, electronics and safety. It is an international team with a focus on gender balance. Investors include Techstars, RoboIT, Finpiemonte and CDP. Partners include Politecnico di Torino, STMicroelectronics and Amazon Web Services.

Services

• Autonomous indoor mobility robots
• ALBA One
• ALBA Ride
• ALBA Caddie
• Fleet management platforms
• Digital twins
• Digital out-of-home advertising