ek robotics Overview

  • Year Founded
  • 1980

Year Founded

  • Status
  • Acquired/​Merged

  • Employees
  • 350

Employees

  • Latest Deal Type
  • M&A

ek robotics General Information

Description

Manufacturer of driverless transport vehicles and transport robots designed to optimize processes within internal logistics environments. The company provides driverless transport vehicles and robots based on construction type and load range, customized transport systems with compatible load handling devices, and intralogistics consulting services, including performance validation, sequence optimization, concept comparison, and bottleneck analysis, enabling clients to automate internal transport tasks.

Contact Information

Website
www.ek-robotics.com
Formerly Known As
E & K Automation Eilers & Kirf GmbH
Ownership Status
Acquired/Merged
Financing Status
Formerly Accelerator/Incubator backed
Corporate Office
  • Oberwerder Damm 11
  • 20539 Hamburg
  • Germany
+49 040
Primary Industry
Other Hardware
Other Industries
Other Commercial Products
Machinery (B2B)
Consulting Services (B2B)
Acquirer
Neura Robotics
Vertical(s)
Manufacturing, Robotics and Drones
Corporate Office
  • Oberwerder Damm 11
  • 20539 Hamburg
  • Germany
+49 040

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ek robotics Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
3. Merger/Acquisition 02-Oct-2025 Completed Bankruptcy: Liquidation
2. Bankruptcy: Liquidation 01-Aug-2025 Completed Bankruptcy: Liquidation
1. Accelerator/Incubator 29-Jan-2019 Completed Startup
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ek robotics Comparisons

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HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last
Financing
Details
Manufacturer of driverless transport vehicles and transport robots designed to optimize processes within internal logist
Other Hardware
Hamburg, Germany
350 As of 2025

Pfäffikon, Switzerland
 

Vienna, Austria
 
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ek robotics Competitors (7)

One of ek robotics’s 7 competitors is Stäubli International, a Private Equity-Backed company based in Pfäffikon, Switzerland.

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Stäubli International Private Equity-Backed Pfäffikon, Switzerland
Taurob Formerly Accelerator/Incubator backed Vienna, Austria
Keenon Venture Capital-Backed Shanghai, China
Cimcorp Corporate Backed or Acquired Ulvila, Finland
Blue Ocean Robotics Formerly VC-backed Odense, Denmark
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ek robotics Patents

  • 3

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • Total Patents Families

  • 1

    Granted

  • 1

    Pending

  • Expiring in next 12 mo

ek robotics Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
DE-102021133054-A1 Method and system for cleaning at least one route of a driverless transport vehicle Pending 18-Dec-2020
DE-102011012689-A1 Method for determining position of object e.g. vehicle in reference system e.g. landmark, involves determining position of object using detected relative position of landmarks and detected characteristic of marker Active 01-Mar-2011
DE-102011012689-B4 Method for determining the position of an object in a reference system Inactive 01-Mar-2011 G01S17/42

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ek robotics Former Investors (1)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds
Hubraum Accelerator/Incubator
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ek robotics Acquisitions (1)

ek robotics’s most recent deal was a Merger/Acquisition with Indumat. The deal was made on 01-Jan-2001.

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
Indumat 01-Jan-2001 Merger/Acquisition Other Commercial Products
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ek robotics FAQs

  • When was ek robotics founded?

    ek robotics was founded in 1980.

  • Where is ek robotics headquartered?

    ek robotics is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

  • What is the size of ek robotics?

    ek robotics has 350 total employees.

  • What industry is ek robotics in?

    ek robotics’s primary industry is Other Hardware.

  • Is ek robotics a private or public company?

    ek robotics is a Private company.

  • What is ek robotics’s current revenue?

    The current revenue for ek robotics is .

  • Who are ek robotics’s investors?

    Hubraum has invested in ek robotics.

  • Who are ek robotics’s competitors?

    Stäubli International, Taurob, Keenon, Cimcorp, and Blue Ocean Robotics are some of the 7 competitors of ek robotics.

  • When was ek robotics acquired?

    ek robotics was acquired on 02-Oct-2025.

  • Who acquired ek robotics?

    ek robotics was acquired by Neura Robotics.

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