Companies
Robotics and physical-AI companies by country, sector, technology and stage.
- $220M
Munich robotics company building force-sensitive robot arms, dexterous hands and AI software for factory automation.
- $143M
Munich-founded maker of AI-driven industrial robots sold as a service for machine tending, palletizing, dispensing and welding.
- $124M
German maker of cognitive robots: cobots, service robots and the 4NE1 humanoid.
- $115M
Sereact develops Cortex, an AI model that lets industrial robots handle picking and other tasks without task-specific programming.
- $50M
Munich developer of teleoperated and autonomous electric yard trucks for container terminals and logistics hubs.
Berlin maker of MIRAI, AI control software that lets industrial robots learn tasks from human demonstration.
- $13.5M
Darmstadt, Germany developer of a hardware-agnostic AI platform that runs autonomous industrial inspections with robots and drones, known as Energy Robotics until May 2026.
Munich-based maker of BMW and MINI cars that runs humanoid robot pilots at Plant Spartanburg (Figure) and Plant Leipzig (Hexagon AEON).
Munich maker of torque-sensing robot arms for research and industry, owned by Agile Robots.
Augsburg maker of industrial robots, automation systems and Swisslog warehouse logistics, wholly owned within China's Midea Group since 2022.
Munich developer of perception-guided mobile robots for warehouses and production logistics, wholly owned by Jungheinrich since 2023.
Munich DLR spin-off making 3D stereo vision sensors and AI perception software for robot picking and automation.
German enterprise software group whose Joule AI agents are being connected to industrial robots.
Frankfurt-listed German motion technology group that supplies humanoid robot joints and actuators and plans to put humanoids on its own lines.
Bavarian DLR spin-off making torque sensors, torque-controlled SensoJoint drives for cobots and medical robots, and force-feedback systems.
Paderborn platform that helps manufacturers select, buy and run robot automation, including turnkey palletizing cells.
Dresden robotics software company whose NOVA platform programs and orchestrates robots from different vendors
Bremen maker of the celluveyor, a sorting floor of omnidirectional hexagonal cells; acquired by Symbotic in October 2026.
| Company | Country | Sector | Stage | Total funding | Valuation | Founded | Technologies |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agile Robots Munich robotics company building force-sensitive robot arms, dexterous hands and AI software for factory automation. | DE | — | Series C | $220M | $220M | 2018 | |
| RobCo Munich-founded maker of AI-driven industrial robots sold as a service for machine tending, palletizing, dispensing and welding. | DE | — | Series C | $143M | $143M | — | |
| Neura Robotics German maker of cognitive robots: cobots, service robots and the 4NE1 humanoid. | DE | Humanoid | Series C | $124M | $124M | 2019 | |
| Sereact Sereact develops Cortex, an AI model that lets industrial robots handle picking and other tasks without task-specific programming. | DE | — | Series B | $115M | $115M | 2021 | |
| FERNRIDE Munich developer of teleoperated and autonomous electric yard trucks for container terminals and logistics hubs. | DE | — | Series A | $50M | $50M | 2019 | |
| Micropsi Industries Berlin maker of MIRAI, AI control software that lets industrial robots learn tasks from human demonstration. | DE | — | Series B | $30M | $30M | 2014 | |
| Korial Darmstadt, Germany developer of a hardware-agnostic AI platform that runs autonomous industrial inspections with robots and drones, known as Energy Robotics until May 2026. | DE | — | Series A | $13.5M | $13.5M | — | |
| BMW Group Munich-based maker of BMW and MINI cars that runs humanoid robot pilots at Plant Spartanburg (Figure) and Plant Leipzig (Hexagon AEON). | DE | — | Public | — | — | ||
| Franka Robotics Munich maker of torque-sensing robot arms for research and industry, owned by Agile Robots. | DE | — | Subsidiary | — | — | ||
| KUKA Augsburg maker of industrial robots, automation systems and Swisslog warehouse logistics, wholly owned within China's Midea Group since 2022. | DE | — | Subsidiary | — | 1898 | ||
| Magazino Munich developer of perception-guided mobile robots for warehouses and production logistics, wholly owned by Jungheinrich since 2023. | DE | — | Subsidiary | — | 2014 | ||
| Roboception Munich DLR spin-off making 3D stereo vision sensors and AI perception software for robot picking and automation. | DE | — | — | — | 2015 | ||
| SAP German enterprise software group whose Joule AI agents are being connected to industrial robots. | DE | — | Public | — | — | ||
| Schaeffler Frankfurt-listed German motion technology group that supplies humanoid robot joints and actuators and plans to put humanoids on its own lines. | DE | — | Public | — | 1946 | ||
| Sensodrive Bavarian DLR spin-off making torque sensors, torque-controlled SensoJoint drives for cobots and medical robots, and force-feedback systems. | DE | — | — | — | 2003 | ||
| Unchained Robotics Paderborn platform that helps manufacturers select, buy and run robot automation, including turnkey palletizing cells. | DE | — | — | — | 2019 | ||
| Wandelbots Dresden robotics software company whose NOVA platform programs and orchestrates robots from different vendors | DE | — | — | — | — | ||
| cellumation Bremen maker of the celluveyor, a sorting floor of omnidirectional hexagonal cells; acquired by Symbotic in October 2026. | DE | — | — | — | 2017 |