Lifeline Robotics

Lifeline Robotics is a Denmark-based medtech company developing robotic and AI-enabled systems for automated throat-swab sampling. Its flagship product, ASTA (Automated Sampling and Testing Assistant), is designed to standardize specimen collection, reduce variability associated with manual swabbing, and limit healthcare worker exposure during sampling procedures. The company positions the technology for infectious disease testing and broader throat-swab-based applications across hospitals, general practice, airports, testing centers, and occupational health settings. Founded in 2020 in collaboration with robotics researchers from the University of Southern Denmark, Lifeline Robotics combines medical-device development with computer vision, automation, and pathogen-screening workflows. The company highlights ISO 13485 certification for the design and manufacture of its swab robot.