Norbert Health, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, develops autonomous robotic systems for post-acute care facilities. The company's core technology is the Norbert system - a proprietary physical AI and medical-grade hardware module that converts standard wheeled robots into intelligent care assistants. These robots autonomously round on patients, capturing vital signs without physical contact, measuring mobility and activity, running cognitive and behavioural assessments, and documenting findings directly into electronic medical record systems. The system has received FDA clearance for contactless pulse and respiratory rate capture.
The company's technical stack spans multiple domains: autonomous robotics, multimodal AI integrating vision, voice, radar, infrared, and camera sensors, as well as contactless vital-sign monitoring. Its robots are deployed in senior care facilities, nursing homes, and rehabilitation centres across the United States. When anomalies are detected, the system escalates clinical alerts to care teams, aiming to reduce the burden on nursing staff while maintaining continuous patient oversight.
Engineering roles at Norbert Health involve work across AI, sensor fusion, medical-grade signal processing, and robotics integration. The company operates at the intersection of hardware and software, with a focus on FDA-regulated medical devices - an environment that requires rigorous validation and compliance processes alongside rapid technical iteration.
