Cyprus-based robotics start-up Autonomics will launch in the US market at ISSA Show North America in Las Vegas on 17 to 19 November, its investor Kinisis Ventures (KV) said on Thursday.
Autonomics, which has developed a cleaning automation platform based on robotics and artificial intelligence, will exhibit in the show’s new Robotics and Autonomous Cleaning Experience (RACE) area. According to KV, this is the first time the ISSA show has given autonomous cleaning its own live floor. The company will give a live demonstration of its Combo robot on Tuesday, 17 November.
The Combo is an autonomous cleaning machine designed for round-the-clock operation in industrial and warehouse settings. It runs on Autonomics’ fleet orchestration platform, which is designed to run robots for different tasks, often from different manufacturers, as a single fleet. The platform uses live data from each robot to make decisions on scheduling, monitoring and maintenance.
Co-founder Pavel Zhurakhovskii said US facility operators needed reliable systems they could deploy and run at scale. He said the company’s robots were already working in demanding environments such as the Four Seasons.
The US groundwork has been led by Dominic Panayi, Autonomics’ director of US operations, who has spent five months meeting prospective customers, strategic partners and potential investors. “After five months of preparation here, everything tells us the timing is right,” he said.
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Autonomics is backed by KV, through its second fund, KVF II, and by the ASBIS Group, which KV describes as one of the largest ICT distributors in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Both acted as strategic partners in planning the move.
Co-founder Pavel Butov said KV’s presence and network in the US had opened doors with customers, partners and advisers. He said ASBIS’s experience in marketing, sales, support and logistics would allow the company to support US deployments from the start. “That combination is what makes this expansion realistic, not just ambitious,” he said.
KV invested in Autonomics in March 2026. It has since worked with the founders on a 1 million euro bridge round, which closed in October, and on setting up a Delaware C Corporation, making introductions to US lawyers, accountants, state economic development programmes and prospective customers.
Serhei Kostevitch, chief executive and chairman of ASBISc Enterprises Plc, said large markets such as the US were where Autonomics’ combination of robots, software and founders could scale. He added that ASBIS was “proud to back a Cyprus company as it takes that step”.
Chris Droussiotis, a senior partner at KV, said the fund had seen the US as a core market for Autonomics from the start.
Autonomics will be at booth 131 in the RACE area of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, with the live demonstration from 1pm to 1.30pm in the Industrial Demo area. Co-founders Butov and Zhurakhovskii and Panayi will attend, along with Droussiotis and Andreas Panayi of KV.
