
Diligent Robotics was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas, USA, co-founded by world-renowned social robotics experts Andrea Thomaz and Vivian Chu.
The company focuses on developing service robots designed to help humans break free from repetitive and physically demanding tasks.
Its core product is Moxi—an autonomous hospital robot assistant that helps nurses with routine delivery tasks such as supplies, lab samples, and medications, allowing healthcare staff to devote more time to patient care.
Moxi has been deployed in more than 25 hospital facilities across the United States.
In January 2026, Serve Robotics completed its acquisition of Diligent Robotics.

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Diligent Robotics has begun rolling out Moxi 2.0, its next-generation hospital robot, to U.S. health systems. The robot features faster perception, longer runtime, and a learning flywheel that improves with each deployment.