generated: '2026-07-19'
method: searched
source: https://github.com/fetchrobotics ; https://www.therobotreport.com/fetch-robotics-acquired-by-zebra-technologies-for-290m/
note: >-
  Fetch Robotics' developer surface is ROS-distro versioned, not semver/date API
  versioned. The company was acquired by Zebra Technologies in August 2021 and the
  autonomous-mobile-robot product line is being wound down (2025-2026), which is the
  dominant lifecycle signal for this provider.
versioning:
  scheme: ros-distro
  current: Noetic
  history: [Indigo, Jade, Melodic, Noetic]
  note: Research-edition docs and packages track ROS distributions rather than an API version number.
status_page: null
sla: null
ownership:
  acquired_by: Zebra Technologies
  acquired_date: '2021-08-09'
  acquisition_value_usd: 290000000
  source: https://www.zebra.com/us/en/about-zebra/newsroom/press-releases/2021/zebra-technologies-to-acquire-fetch-robotics.html
end_of_life:
  status: winding-down
  detail: >-
    Zebra is winding down the autonomous-mobile-robot division built on the Fetch
    acquisition; most robotics staff departing through 2025, remaining deployments
    supported into early 2026. fetchrobotics.com now 301-redirects to Zebra and
    docs.fetchrobotics.com no longer resolves.
  source: https://www.automatedwarehouseonline.com/zebra-winds-down-mobile-robot-group-acquired-fetch/
deprecated_operations: []