Smart Robotics, an embodied AI company based in Best, Netherlands, has raised €10 million in a Series A funding round led by Rotterdamse Havendraken, with participation from Innovation Industries and Dutch family office Ernij Next.
The company develops AI-powered pick-and-place systems for intralogistics and warehouse automation. It said the new funding will be used to accelerate its expansion across Europe, broaden deployment across product categories, and further develop its AI-driven control layer.
Founded by Heico Sandee, Smart Robotics has spent more than a decade building robotic systems for item picking and palletizing in logistics environments. The company says its technology is trained on large volumes of operational data gathered from live warehouse deployments, a factor it sees as increasingly important as automation providers compete on performance in complex, high-variation settings.
The round comes as investors continue to back robotics companies focused on practical industrial use cases, particularly in logistics, where labor constraints and demand for flexible automation remain key market drivers.
The company develops AI-powered pick-and-place systems for intralogistics and warehouse automation. It said the new funding will be used to accelerate its expansion across Europe, broaden deployment across product categories, and further develop its AI-driven control layer.
Founded by Heico Sandee, Smart Robotics has spent more than a decade building robotic systems for item picking and palletizing in logistics environments. The company says its technology is trained on large volumes of operational data gathered from live warehouse deployments, a factor it sees as increasingly important as automation providers compete on performance in complex, high-variation settings.
The round comes as investors continue to back robotics companies focused on practical industrial use cases, particularly in logistics, where labor constraints and demand for flexible automation remain key market drivers.