Anyware Robotics Wins Best New Innovation at Promat 2025
Pixmo Transforms from Unloading to Mobile Palletization with Conveyor Add-On
FREMONT, CA — April 7th, 2025 — Anyware Robotics was presented with the MHI Best New Innovation award for its Pixmo solution for unloading and mobile palletizing. The award was announced at Promat 2025, North America’s biggest supply chain trade show, with more than 1100 vendors and over 50,000 attendees.
The MHI Innovation Awards are presented annually at MODEX and ProMat, two of the largest supply chain and material handling trade shows in North America. This year, at Promat 2025, out of a competitive field of 232 submissions, a panel of industry experts selected the Anyware Robotics Pixmo system as the winner for the Best New Innovation, representing a new product not offered before by any company.
Anyware Robotics develops highly versatile mobile manipulators to autonomously tackle tasks beyond human physical capabilities, whether due to size, reach, precision, speed, or hazardous conditions. Focusing on logistics, their first robot, Pixmo, is designed to unload containers and trucks, sort and palletize, depalletize, pick cases, and load containers, reducing labor costs by up to 60%.
Typically, robots designed to tackle multiple applications struggle to match the performance of purpose-built robots. Alternatively, robots customized for specific tasks limit the flexibility of operations and impose a large switching cost on an organization if strategies or operating environments change. This is a fundamental tension.
For unloading, Anyware Robotics transforms the flexible standalone Pixmo with an industry first patent-pending conveyor add-on. By quickly attaching to the conveyor add-on with the universal quick connector, Pixmo simply “pulls” boxes to the conveyor rather than having to “pick and rotate” its arm to place boxes, increasing its unload speed and weight capacity to rival or surpass other purpose-built solutions. This increased performance comes without a tradeoff, as Pixmo retains the ability to detach and be used for other box handling tasks. This transforming concept solves the tension between flexible and purpose-built automation.
“By transforming using the conveyor add-on, Pixmo efficiently unloads, reduces receiving labor expenses and, more importantly, protects workers from injury-prone tasks in harsh conditions where extreme temperatures abound” said Thomas Tang, CEO and co-founder of Anyware Robotics. “We’re grateful for being recognized by MHI as Best New Innovation, and excited to see Pixmo making a big impact for our customers.”
Anyware Robotics recently announced a $12M series seed, led by GFT Ventures, with participation from Foothill Ventures, Black Forest Ventures, Alumni Ventures, and other investors. Pixmo has deployed with multiple leading 3PLs, with a focus on clients who process large volumes of ocean containers.
About Anyware Robotics
Anyware Robotics develops multi-purpose mobile robots, equipped with embodied intelligence, to enhance operations in labor-intensive industries. Pixmo, the company’s first robot, will initially focus on unloading boxes from containers and trucks in a safe, cost-effective, and reliable way. Built for adaptability, Pixmo’s capabilities will expand with future software updates, enabling mobile palletizing, depalletizing, box picking, and truck loading. Founded by AI and robotics industry veterans, Anyware Robotics is headquartered in Fremont, CA. For more information, visit www.anyware-robotics.com.
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