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Swisslog Healthcare Partners with Diligent Robotics to Enhance Hospital Logistics

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Swisslog Healthcare Partners with Diligent Robotics to Enhance Hospital Logistics
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Swisslog Healthcare Partners with Diligent Robotics to Enhance Hospital Logistics

2025-10-13 23:43 Last Updated At:23:50

BROOMFIELD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct 13, 2025--

Swisslog Healthcare, a leading supplier in transport and pharmacy automation solutions, announces a strategic alliance with Diligent Robotics to bring autonomous last-mile delivery robots to hospitals across the United States. This cooperative partnership extends Swisslog Healthcare's comprehensive suite of automation offerings, complementing its existing solutions with Diligent Robotics' innovative autonomous mobile manipulation robots (AMMRs).

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The collaboration aims to streamline workflows, automate tasks, and empower hospital pharmacies to elevate patient care. By joining forces, both companies seek to address the rising demand for efficient, end-to-end hospital logistics solutions that drive operational efficiency and allow healthcare staff to focus more on patient care.

“Our strategic alliance with Diligent Robotics adds a complementary pillar to our automation offerings and reinforces our vision to lead change for better care," said Cory Kwarta, President and CEO of Swisslog Healthcare. "Last mile delivery robots reinforce our commitment to innovative solutions and addresses our customers' evolving needs."

The partnership aligns with Swisslog Healthcare's growth strategy, tapping into the service robotics market segment expected to grow 15-18% yearly over the next 3-5 years. This move strengthens Swisslog Healthcare's leadership in Healthcare Transport Automation by complementing current pneumatic tube systems with new AMMR solutions and enhancing the ability to track and trace goods transported in hospitals.

Diligent Robotics' Moxi robot, already deployed in more than 25 U.S. hospitals, has successfully completed over one million deliveries, including 300,000 pharmacy deliveries. This proven track record in fast-paced, high-pressure medical environments aligns with Swisslog Healthcare's mission to enhance operational efficiency in healthcare settings.

Ray Castro, Director of Strategic Programs for Transport Automation at Swisslog Healthcare, will lead the coordination of activities with Diligent Robotics. "For our customers who have been asking for reliable, efficient last-mile delivery robots that integrate seamlessly with existing workflows, this cooperative effort with Diligent Robotics allows us to connect them with a proven solution for smarter and safer deliveries that staff and patients trust," said Castro. “This is a complementary offering for both Swisslog Healthcare and TransLogic, a Swisslog Healthcare company.”

The partnership will enable Swisslog Healthcare to offer its hospital and health system partners a turnkey last-mile autonomous delivery solution. This complements the pneumatic tube systems designed and installed by TransLogic, a Swisslog Healthcare company, by addressing "last mile" deliveries and transporting items too large for tubes or those hospitals prefer not to put in tubes, such as sensitive samples.

"Together with Swisslog Healthcare, we're setting a new standard for healthcare logistics," said Dr. Andrea Thomaz, CEO and Co-Founder of Diligent Robotics. "Swisslog Healthcare's unmatched reach, combined with their deep trust and decades of experience in pharmacy automation, makes them the ideal partner to bring our autonomous delivery robots to health systems at scale."

For more information, visit https://www.diligentrobots.com/.

About Swisslog Healthcare

Swisslog Healthcare provides pharmacy workflow automations through robotic solutions and operational technology that enable hospitals and health systems to assist providers in treating patients across the continuum of care. Integrating transport and pharmacy automation, value-added services, and intelligent software, Swisslog Healthcare enables healthcare providers to respond to patients' needs quickly and with greater accuracy. The company minimizes many sources of operational waste, so providers achieve higher levels of productivity to impact the well-being of patients in positive ways. For more information, visit www.swisslog-healthcare.com.

About TransLogic™

TransLogic™, a Swisslog Healthcare Company, builds on its 100 years of operational technology expertise to reliably automate the delivery of critical items and leverage innovations which transcend industry standards in transport automation. TransLogic™ products are manufactured in the USA, resulting in nominal supply chain issues, fewer shipping delays, and quality controls which meet North America’s standards. Learn more about TransLogic™ solutions at translogic.com.

About Diligent Robotics

Founded in 2017, Diligent Robotics is an Austin-based AI company that creates socially-intelligent, AI-native humanoid robots to drive workflow efficiency. Diligent's first robot assistant, Moxi, operates in 25+ hospitals across the U.S. to help nurses with routine tasks (such as delivering meds and lab samples) to free them up for patient care and prevent burnout. Moxi has already saved hospital staff nearly 600K hours and completed over 1 million tasks successfully.

Founded by social robotics experts Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu, Diligent Robotics is proud to be at the forefront of creating robots that incorporate mobile manipulation, social intelligence and human-guided learning capabilities. We believe that if we can give people the resources that they need to do the work they care most about, we will transform the meaning of "work.” www.diligentrobots.com.

Swisslog Healthcare x Diligent Robotics Mobile Robot

Swisslog Healthcare x Diligent Robotics Mobile Robot

DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia delayed on Wednesday the deportation of a Scottish crime boss arrested on the resort island of Bali in connection with large-scale drug trafficking and money laundering.

Steven Lyons, a senior figure in an international crime syndicate who had spent months on the run, would now be deported on Thursday, according to Husnan Handano, a spokesperson for Bali’s immigration office, without giving a reason for the delay.

Lyons, 45, was originally to be sent to Spain via Doha by Qatar Airways on Wednesday evening.

Lyons was detained on Saturday on arrival at Bali’s Ngurah Rai international airport from Singapore, after the immigration system flagged him based on an Interpol Red Notice issued at Spain’s request. A Red Notice is an alert issued by Interpol at the request of a member country for police worldwide to arrest a suspect for extradition.

The alleged leader of the Lyons crime family, he was based in Scotland and was wanted in Spain and Britain. He has been on Spain’s wanted list for about two years, following a murder there in 2024.

Bali Police Chief Daniel Adityajaya said his arrest was part of a joint investigation involving Spanish and Scottish police.

Lyons is alleged to have led a transnational criminal network operating out of Scotland that controlled narcotics trafficking routes from Spain to the United Kingdom. His organized crime ring is suspected of using shell companies for money laundering in Europe and the Middle East — including in Spain, Scotland, England, Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey.

Prior to his arrest in Bali, police in Scotland and Spain had carried out raids in connection with the case that led to several arrests. Suspects were also detained in Turkey, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.

Scottish media have reported that Lyons survived a 2006 shooting in Glasgow that killed his cousin and later moved to Spain before settling in Dubai, in the UAE. Last May, his brother and an associate were shot and killed in a suspected gangland shooting at a beachfront bar in Fuengirola, southern Spain.

Karmini reported from Jakarta, Indonesia.

A Scottish man identified as Steven Lyons, who is described as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, center, is escorted by police officers at the regional police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo)

A Scottish man identified as Steven Lyons, who is described as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, center, is escorted by police officers at the regional police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo)

A Scottish man identified as Steven Lyons, who is described as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, center, is escorted by police officers at the regional police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo)

A Scottish man identified as Steven Lyons, who is described as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, center, is escorted by police officers at the regional police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo)

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