RobCo

Robotics to solve labor shortage

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

6 years ago: a TUM spin-out with one idea, robots that actually work on factory floors. 🦾

This week: a unicorn. 🦄

Happy 6th birthday, RobCo. Here’s to the next six. 🎂

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

Who packed your lunch?

Plot twist: it might've been a robot.

Our Co-Founder & CEO Roman Hölzl on the OMR Podcast about how RobCo automates packing, labeling and palletizing for one of Europe's largest salad box producers.

And how that kind of work turned RobCo into a unicorn 🦄

Full episode here 👇

https://t.co/UDnRsLt3KH

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@officially_omr Watch the full episode here!

https://t.co/IxPA7nOCPm

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

RobCo on the @officially_omr Podcast 🎧

In episode #947, our Co-Founder & CEO Roman Hölzl talks about how RobCo became a unicorn 🦄 and why this is just the beginning!

Thanks to the OMR team for the great conversation 💙

Episode link (in German) in the comments.

#OMRPodcast #AutonomousIndustrialRobotics #RobCoIsAUnicorn #PhysicalAI

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@filipdames @_mm85 @ElevenLabs @bfl_ml @MistralAI @Aleph__Alpha 🚀🚀

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@autonomousevent Thank you for sharing! We are incredibly proud of our journey. Much more to come! Stay tuned.

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@christianreber @Roman Day-one believers. 🦄 Thanks for backing us since pre-seed, and see you at RobCoN! 🤖

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@GreenfieldVC Thanks for the support, onwards and upwards🚀

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@lightspeedvp Thanks for being part of the journey!

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

AI isn't digital. It's physical.

Today RobCo crossed a $1B valuation. We're a unicorn.

The best part: through an employee secondary sale, the people who helped build RobCo share in the value they created.

The next chapter of AI happens on the factory floor.

[Lukas Ziegler @lukas_m_ziegler]

🚨 BREAKING:

Munich robotics startup @Robco_Robotics has just become a unicorn, crossing a $1 billion valuation in just nine months since its last round.

Founded in 2020 by Roman Hölzl, Paul Maroldt and Constantin Dresel, RobCo built its name on modular robot arms that snap together like building blocks, making automation accessible to mid-size manufacturers through a Robotics-as-a-Service model.

Now the next chapter is Alfie, that is an autonomous industrial robot designed to perceive its surroundings, reason about what needs to happen, and act independently, handling unstructured and safety-critical tasks that conventional robots have never been able to touch (official unvel in March 2027 in Munich 🥨).

Existing backers Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed doubled down.

New investors include Cherry Ventures and the European Tech Collective, a group of successful European tech founders backing the next generation.

The US is now RobCo's fastest-growing market with production in Austin and a lab in San Francisco.

European robotics is having its moment. The capital is flowing, the talent is here, and the industrial base to deploy into has existed for 150 years.

China still leads in humanoids, 90% of the global market. But Europe is not building where China is building.

It's building where Europe's strengths actually are - on the factory floor. In the mid-market.

CONGTATS TEAM! 👏🏼

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[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@SebJohnsonUK LET'S GO! 🚀 Thanks for spreading the word. Next era of AI is Physical!!!

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@frank_thelen @freigeist Danke an dich und das ganze @freigeist Team für die Unterstützung seit dem ersten Tag! Vom Seed-Investment 2021 bis heute war es ein weiter Weg, und das Beste kommt noch. Physical AI made in Munich. 🦄

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

@lukas_m_ziegler Thanks for sharing our story! 🦄 Europe's industrial base is our biggest advantage, and we're proud to build Autonomous Industrial Robotics right where it's needed: on the factory floor. 🤖🥨

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

Robots dancing on stage are impressive. But they don’t solve the challenges of industrial automation.

What separates a scripted demo from a robot that can operate reliably in the real world? That’s exactly what we talk about in our new RobTalk episode.

Listen now 🎧

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

The most efficient factory is also the most fragile. COVID proved it: resilience matters. Industry 5.0 is the next phase of industrialization: human centricity, sustainability, resilience.

New RobTalk episode: Real revolution or just a rebrand?

Listen now 🎧

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Most people think robots just 'follow commands.' Reality is way more complex.
A simple task like “pick up the glass” requires reasoning, physics, and thousands of control signals per second. This is where Physical AI gets real.

Listen to RobTalk now! https://t.co/hPCSpoma3t

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

The Shift to Autonomy: Not Coding, Teaching

Robotics is moving from rigid code to Autonomy. We don’t program steps; we teach intent.
The goal? True autonomy on real factory floors.

Listen to the RobCo Podcast: 👇
https://t.co/jim5KrgjOb

#PhysicalAI #Robotics #Autonomy

[RobCo @Robco_Robotics]

90% of robot Prototypes never make it into a real factory.

Clemens, Principal Engineer at RobCo, breaks down why reliability beats performance and what it actually takes to deploy robots at an industrial scale.

Listen now 🎧
https://t.co/jim5KrgjOb