Who you are trusting with the software in your facility

The founding team has worked together since the publicly funded SMART FOREST 5G Clinics research project at Deggendorf Institute of Technology. There, service robots were tested in two clinics: for orientation, transport, and telemedicine in real clinical operations, not just in the lab.

That work became Axiona, today's platform. The underlying intellectual property was transferred from Deggendorf Institute of Technology to Athegus GmbH, so the technology could move from the university into practice. From 2023 to 2025 it was used in everyday operations at two clinics: at Arberlandklinik Viechtach and at Kliniken am Goldenen Steig, Freyung.

The spin-off was funded by EXIST Research Transfer (€740,000, 18 months).

The Athegus team originated from the SMART FOREST 5G Clinics research project at Deggendorf Institute of Technology. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), the project ran from 2021 to 2024 with a total volume of €3.85 million. Its goal was to test digital technologies and 5G-based robotics in clinical real-world laboratories. As part of the project, use cases such as patient-centered orientation, transport, and telemedicine were implemented. From this work emerged the idea of a central software platform for controlling and integrating robots: today's Axiona platform, with hospOS as its first product.