Attabotics
Attabotics is a Calgary-based robotics company which specializes in inventory management systems. Attabotics was named one of CNBC's 100 most promising startups in 2019, a special mention on TIME Best Inventions of 2019, and Fast Company 32nd most innovative company in 2020.
Attabotics designs and produces a robotic inventory storage and retrieval system. The Attabotics system uses three dimensions of travel which greatly reduces warehouse footprint needed compared to a conventional fulfillment centre, and uses modular totes allowing the system to be easily scaled up or down. Nordstrom's fulfillment centre in Newark, California, which uses Attabotics and Tompkins Robotics systems, saved 90% floorspace compared to conventional alternatives.
Attabotics had a total of $32.7 million in funding by 2019; investors included Coatue Management, Comcast Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, and Werklund Growth Fund LP. Attabotics has also received government investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the City of Calgary.
In 2019, Attabotics announced a new headquarters building in Northeast Calgary. The design, by Calgary-based Modern Office of Design + Architecture, won multiple architectural awards in 2019. It is designed like a wedge to conform with nearby Calgary Airport height restrictions.
