Automation That Fits the Workflow. Not the Other Way Around.

The Sherpa Tug family handles high-frequency trolley routes across manufacturing facilities and warehouses — autonomously, reliably, and without infrastructure changes. Up to 10,000 kg. Full-shift operation. Natural navigation.

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We Don't Solve Everything. We Solve the Right Things.

The Sherpa is an AI-driven AMR engineered for the manufacturing and warehousing environments where material movement is most demanding. Natural navigation, flexible hitching, and full-stack fleet orchestration — built to integrate from day one.

Natural Navigation
No floor tape, no rails, no facility modifications. Sherpa maps its own routes and adapts to dynamic environments — indoors, outdoors, and across multiple buildings.
Full-Shift Operation
Swappable battery design with cold swaps under 2 minutes means the Sherpa keeps running — no downtime waiting for recharges during active shifts.
Fleet Intelligence
Fleet Manager coordinates multiple Sherpa units across simultaneous routes with no conflicts, no manual dispatch, and complete real-time floor visibility.
Sherpa 10K in active tugging operation across factory floor

Engineered for How Your Material Actually Moves

Powered by Ati Intelligence, the Sherpa navigates complex environments with precision — adapting, learning, and making real-time decisions to optimize material movement while ensuring compliance and safety. Whether moving trolleys between production zones, across buildings, or in outdoor yard environments, the Sherpa integrates into existing operations without floor modification.

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250
Team Members Worldwide
15
Fortune 500 Customers
70+
Factories Deployed
4
Global Regions
2M
Missions Completed

The Hardware Behind the Workflow

Two platforms, one mission — autonomous trolley tugging at any scale.

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Sherpa 10K autonomous tugger robot
Tugging
Sherpa 10K
The most powerful robot in the Ati lineup. Tows up to 10,000 kg with 3D LiDAR navigation, full-shift battery operation, and indoor/outdoor capability.
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Sherpa XT Lite autonomous tugger robot
Tugging
Sherpa XT Lite
Flagship trolley AMR for full-shift indoor and outdoor tugging. Up to 1,500 kg, swappable battery in under 2 minutes, flexible hitching, and Industry 4.0 ready.
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Sherpa tugger pulling trolleys across outdoor facility yard between buildings
Outdoor Capable

Inside. Outside. One Robot, One Mission.

Ati tuggers don't stop at the loading dock. Sherpa XT Lite and Sherpa 10K are engineered for full-shift operation across production floors, covered yards, and outdoor transport routes — with rugged electronics, all-weather 3D LiDAR navigation, and ISO 3691-4 safety certification. The robot that pulls trolleys to your line also runs the routes between buildings, from staging yards to receiving docks, without a handoff or a human driver.

All-Weather Navigation
3D LiDAR adapts to rain, dust, and changing light conditions — no reflectors, no floor markers, no re-mapping when the light changes.
Inter-Building Routes
Travels between buildings and across outdoor staging yards on the same mission. No infrastructure retrofit. No operator handoff at the door.
Rated for Real Facilities
ISO 3691-4 certified with industrial-duty enclosures, swappable batteries, and temperature ranges that match real manufacturing environments.
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Robots-as-a-Service. All the Advantages Without the Risk.

The RaaS model gives your operation access to Ati's full AMR platform with no capital expenditure — no hardware risk, no depreciation, no lengthy approval cycle. You get immediate, measurable returns. We're confident enough in our technology and deployment process to put our entire business model behind it.

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Sherpa robots deployed in active facility

Built for the Industries That Build Everything

Wherever materials move on a schedule, Ati Tugging fits — automotive assembly, food production, consumer goods, and heavy industrial facilities.

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Food and beverage production facility

Food & Beverage

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Automotive plant with AMRs

Automotive

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Consumer goods warehouse facility

Consumer Goods / Electronics

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Heavy equipment and industrial manufacturing

Heavy Equipment & Agriculture

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"Ati gave us a deployment timeline of four weeks. They hit it exactly. The robots have been running at 99% uptime since go-live, and we've already started expanding to additional routes."

Director of Operations
Fortune 500 Customer · Automotive Manufacturing
Result: 4-week deployment · 99% uptime · 2 additional routes added post-launch

The Rest of the Material Movement Picture

Tugging handles your routes. Ati also handles pallets, flexible loads, and the software coordination layer that ties it all together.

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Autonomous pallet handling robot

Pallet Movement

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Sherpa Lifting & Handling robot

Lifting & Handling

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Fleet Manager orchestration software dashboard

Software & Orchestration

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long does a typical Tugging deployment take? ∨
Most Tugging deployments go from kick-off to production operation in 4 weeks or less. Our team handles route mapping, robot configuration, and operator training on-site. There's no infrastructure modification required — we design around your existing floor layout and workflow.
What payload capacity does the Sherpa line support?∨
The Sherpa 10K handles up to 10,000 kg towing capacity, making it suitable for heavy manufacturing and automotive applications. The Sherpa XT Lite covers lighter-duty tugging scenarios up to 3,500 kg. Both operate on the same Fleet Manager platform, so you can mix configurations in a single deployment as your needs evolve.
Do I need to modify my facility or infrastructure?∨
No infrastructure changes required. Ati's tugging robots use natural feature navigation — they map your existing environment and operate within it. No floor magnets, no tape, no ceiling markers. If your floor layout changes, route updates are handled via Fleet Manager without any hardware adjustment.
Can Ati Tugging robots integrate with our existing ERP or WMS?∨
Yes. Fleet Manager supports standard API integrations with SAP, Oracle, Infor, and most warehouse management systems. For organizations using our Material Orchestration platform, the integration layer connects directly to production orders and inventory events — so material movement responds to real demand, not manual scheduling.
Ati Intelligence

One Intelligence Stack.
Every Ati Robot.

Every Ati robot runs on the same proprietary intelligence stack. Purpose-built for industrial environments, continuously improved across our global fleet, and engineered to handle the real conditions of the shop floor.

01
SIM to Reality
Trained in simulation, deployed on the floor without retraining.
02
Smart Driving Policy
Context-aware motion that adapts to dynamic environments.
03
Visual Place Recognition & ICP for Global Localization
Knows exactly where it is across the entire facility, always.
04
Precision Docking driven by Machine Vision
Millimeter-accurate alignment at every pick and drop point.
05
Adaptive Path Planning enabled by Smart Tracking Models
Routes that reshape in real time around people, obstacles, and traffic.
06
Lane Detection Based SLAM
Builds and navigates structured lanes in mixed-traffic plants.

See It Running in a Facility Like Yours.

Walk us through your routes, your payloads, and your shift schedule. We'll show you exactly where Ati Tugging fits — and what the payback looks like before you commit.

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