American Robotics is an industrial drone developer that specializes in rugged, real-world environments. Through innovations in robot autonomy, machine vision, edge computing, and AI it has created a fully-automated drone capable of continuous, unattended operation. In January 2021, American Robotics became the first company approved by the FAA to operate fully-automated drones with no humans on-site, representing an historic milestone for the commercial drone industry. The company was founded by Carnegie Mellon and Stanford roboticists with a shared vision for bringing robotic technology out of the lab and into the real world. American Robotics was established in 2016 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.