Wandelbots

Dresden robot-software company that lets people program industrial robots of any brand without code

Scaleup · Shipping · Robotics leader · Dresden, Saxony, Germany · Founded 2017 · wandelbots.com

Wandelbots makes robot software, not robots. The most recent funding found is from January 2022; no newer round was found. The total raised is the company's own figure from that date.

Profile

Wandelbots writes software that lets factory staff teach and program industrial robots from different manufacturers without coding. It raised an $84M Series C led by Insight Partners in January 2022, bringing its total above $123M by its own account. It counts BMW, VW and Schaeffler among customers whose robots run on its platform.

People

• CP
  Christian Piechnick Founder

  Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer

  Role as stated in the January 2022 funding announcement.

Source: Robotics Software Company Wandelbots Raises $84 Million Series C Led by Insight Partners (PR Newswire) · As of Oct 8, 2026. X handles are shown only when we could confirm they belong to the person.

Flagship products

• Wandelbots platform and Teaching Software
  Manufacturer-independent robot software and a no-code teaching tool used with robots from makers such as Universal Robots and Yaskawa

Funding and valuation

Competitors

Companies with overlapping products. Direct = same customers and same job; Adjacent = overlapping technology or market, different focus.

• Mujin

  Adjacent competitor

  JPRobotics leader

  Both sell the software layer that tells industrial robots what to do: Mujin sells MujinOS, software that lets warehouse and factory robots plan their own motions, while Wandelbots sells software that programs industrial robots of any brand without code.

  Sources (2)

  • Wandelbots (company website)
  • Mujin (company website)

• Sereact

  Adjacent competitor

  DERobot foundation model

  Both sell the software layer that tells industrial robots what to do: Sereact makes the Cortex AI model that runs robots picking items in warehouses, while Wandelbots sells software that programs industrial robots of any brand without code.

  Sources (2)

  • Wandelbots (company website)
  • Sereact (company website)

• RobCo

  Adjacent competitor

  DERobotics leader

  Both sell the software layer that tells industrial robots what to do: RobCo rents modular AI-driven robot arms to manufacturers as a service, while Wandelbots sells software that programs industrial robots of any brand without code.

  Sources (2)

  • Wandelbots (company website)
  • RobCo (company website)

Recent news

• Jan 25, 2022 — Wandelbots raises $84M Series C led by Insight Partners PR Newswire
• Jan 25, 2022 — Wandelbots raises another $84M to teach robots without code TechCrunch

Sources

• Robotics Software Company Wandelbots Raises $84 Million Series C Led by Insight Partners (PR Newswire) (Jan 25, 2022)
• Wandelbots raises another $84 million to teach robots without code (TechCrunch) (Jan 25, 2022)

Confidence: high.

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