Fort Robotics acquires Mapless AI to add remote teleoperation and onboard active safety to its Trust Platform for autonomous systems.

Fort Robotics has acquired Mapless AI, a Boston- and Pittsburgh-based company specializing in vehicle teleoperation and autonomy supervision. The acquisition expands Fort's Trust Platform with remote human-in-the-loop teleoperation and onboard active safety capabilities.

The integrated platform enables two new capabilities: seamless remote teleoperation allowing an off-site specialist to monitor and operate vehicles from anywhere, and onboard environmental sensing that allows machines to detect, anticipate, and respond to their environments in real time. A single operator can safely monitor and intervene across multiple vehicles from anywhere in the country.

Mapless AI was founded by Philipp Robbel, PhD (MIT) and Jeffrey Kane Johnson, PhD (Indiana University), with backgrounds in automotive and robotics from Bosch, Apple, Uber, and nuTonomy. The acquisition positions Fort to expand into construction, logistics, defense, last-mile delivery, and other complex real-world environments.