The REV-1 is the regime-boundary case of DEPLOY's sidewalk cohort: a three-wheeled vehicle sized between a sidewalk bot and a car, operating primarily in the bike lane or road margin, a regulatory regime between a sidewalk personal delivery device and a road autonomous vehicle.
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It is a real, distinctive vehicle: up to 15 mph with a ~280-lb payload, designed for winter and bicycle-courier-style operation, sold via a robots-as-a-service subscription with Chick-fil-A as a marquee client.
Price
No reviewed price is on record. We do not treat unverified analyst estimates as pricing data. There is no consumer price. The REV-1 runs a robots-as-a-service model where customers subscribe to dedicated, brand-customizable robots, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Availability
Internal use only
This is a robots-as-a-service offering for businesses, not a consumer product. From Refraction AI (Ann Arbor, Michigan), the REV-1 runs primarily in the bike lane or road margin, able to use sidewalks where permitted.
Real-world status
Refraction AI's REV-1 (Refraction AI, founded 2017 in Ann Arbor by University of Michigan professors) is a distinctive three-wheeled delivery vehicle sized between a sidewalk bot and a car: up to 15 mph with about a 280-pound payload, designed for winter and bicycle-courier-style operation, running primarily in the bike lane or road margin while able to use sidewalks where permitted, a regulatory regime between a sidewalk personal delivery device and a road autonomous vehicle. It runs a robots-as-a-service model where customers subscribe to dedicated, brand-customizable robots. A reported wind-down or acquisition is refuted: Refraction is verified still operating through 2024 to 2026 (new CEO Luke Schneider, an Austin office, Chick-fil-A as a marquee client, an active 2026 profile), and the 'Osage Venture Partners exited' label is a venture-portfolio markdown, not a confirmed acquisition or shutdown, so it is not recorded as discontinued. It is at pilot maturity: a roughly 21-person company with a named client and multi-city presence but no independently verified scale figures.
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Verified-vs-claimed: a reported wind-down or acquisition is refuted: Refraction is verified still operating through 2024-2026, and the 'Osage exited' label is a VC-portfolio markdown, not a confirmed acquisition or shutdown. Separately, cap-flag the scale: a ~21-person company with no independently verified delivery/fleet/revenue figures, and an official site that is currently defunct (the verified record rests on press + an archived snapshot).
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There is no consumer price. The REV-1 is a robots-as-a-service subscription for businesses, not a consumer product, so DEPLOY records zero price points.
Regime + state: REV-1 vs Serve vs Amazon Scout
Refraction REV-1
Serve Robotics
Amazon Scout
Regime
Bike-lane / road-margin
🟢verified
Sidewalk PDD
🟢verified
Sidewalk PDD
🟢verified
State
Pilot (operating)
🟢verified
Commercial
🟢verified
Discontinued (2022)
🟢verified
Model
RaaS subscription
🟢verified
Service (NASDAQ: SERV)
🟢verified
Captive (wound down)
🟢verified
Pricing
No consumer price
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No consumer price
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No consumer price
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Sources: DEPLOY registry, The Robot Report / New Atlas, Refraction AI (archived)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I buy a Refraction REV-1?
No⊘absence. The REV-1 runs a robots-as-a-service model (businesses subscribe to dedicated robots), not a consumer product; there is no consumer price.
Did Refraction AI shut down?
No🟢verified. A reported wind-down or acquisition is refuted: Refraction is verified still operating through 2024-2026 (new CEO, Austin office, Chick-fil-A client). The 'Osage exited' label is a VC-portfolio markdown🟠claimed, not a confirmed acquisition or shutdown.
Does the REV-1 drive on sidewalks?
Primarily it runs in the bike lane or road margin🟢verified, able to use sidewalks where permitted: a regime between a sidewalk personal delivery device and a road autonomous vehicle.
Pricing and availability are tagged verified or claimed against primary sources. Manufacturer targets are reported as targets, not prices you can pay today.