MiR, AutoGuide merge

Oct. 10, 2022
Integrated firm will operate as Mobile Industrial Robots and maintain its headquarters in Odense, Denmark.

Autonomous mobile robot makers Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) and AutoGuide Mobile Robots, both subsidiaries of Teradyne Inc., have officially merged. The integrated company will operate as Mobile Industrial Robots, and will maintain its headquarters in Odense, Denmark, where MiR has operated since its launch in 2013.

The merger expands MiR’s portfolio to include high-payload AMR tuggers and forklifts that will operate on the MiRFleet software.

Longtime Teradyne executive Walter Vahey, who led Teradyne’s acquisition of MiR in 2018 and AutoGuide a year later, will lead the new company as president.