About us

Devanthro team

Teleporting Care. Automating Chores

The Founders

Rafael Hostettler

Rafael Hostettler

Co-Founder and CEO

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Alona Pammer (née Kharchenko)

Alona Pammer (née Kharchenko)

Co-Founder and CTO

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Our Journey

Milestones

2035

Every household has a Robody

Care is just the beginning. By 2035 every household will have a Robody, liberating us from chores and allowing us to be physically connected, no matter the distance.

2026+

Scaling pilots & commercial rollout

Building on nearly a decade of full-stack robotics R&D, Devanthro focuses on scaling Robody Cares pilots and preparing for broader commercial deployment.

2025

Testing with dementia cases and in care homes

Throughout 2025, we’ve tested Robody in 12+ care locations with hundreds of elderlies – including users with dementia – in more than 50 use cases. We also piloted Robody Cares for users with disabilities.

Testing with dementia cases and in care homes
November 2024

Latest Robody generation: designed for home care

After months of secret tests in four real homes, Devanthro unveils its latest Robody generation, purpose-built for caring at home.

Latest Robody generation: designed for home care
World’s First
March 2024

World’s first home pilots with seniors

Devanthro runs its first dedicated home pilots with seniors, validating that Robody Cares can be integrated into everyday life in private households, making history. This is the first time ever that people have been living with humanoid robots providing physical help in their homes.

October 2023

First in-home Robody Cares test on ZDF

Devanthro successfully pilots Robody Cares for the first time in a private home. The trial is documented by ZDF’s “plan b” show.

First in-home Robody Cares test on ZDF
5/23 — The Pivot

From Research to Real Homes

Pivot from bootstrapped tendon-driven humanoids for research to humanoids for home through care startup.

July 2022

Roboy 2.0 permanently at Deutsches Museum

An early Robody prototype is accepted into the permanent exhibition of the Deutsches Museum in Munich – the world’s largest science and technology museum.

Roboy 2.0 permanently at Deutsches Museum
October 2020

Roboy 3.0 is done

A step change from Roboy 2.0, Roboy 3.0 was fully developed by the Devanthro team. It was more capable, easier to build and much cuter!

Roboy 3.0 is done
May 2018

Devanthro is founded – from student team to R&D company

Building on years of Roboy R&D, Devanthro is founded in Munich. The team sets out to sell anthropomimetic robots – e.g. to partners in Oxford who use them still today.

Devanthro is founded – from student team to R&D company
April 2018

Roboy 2.0 complete – the first musculoskeletal humanoid on a bike

Roboy 2.0 was the first musculoskeletal humanoid robot (with muscles and tendons like humans) to drive a bicycle.

Roboy 2.0 complete – the first musculoskeletal humanoid on a bike
October 2014

Roboy student team at TU Munich is founded

Every year 20 – 50 students of TU Munich joined the Roboy student team to work on cutting edge robotics and prove their engineering prowess in open engineering challenges.

Roboy student team at TU Munich is founded
March 2013

Roboy is born – the roots of Devanthro

Roboy, an advanced humanoid developed at the University of Zurich, is publicly unveiled. This anthropomimetic robot project becomes the technical and philosophical foundation for Devanthro’s future Robodies.

Roboy is born – the roots of Devanthro

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