About Capra Robotics

CAPRA ROBOTICS® is a Danish deep-tech company that creates versatile Mobile Robot Platforms for multiple applications. Based on a highly innovative and patented wheel frame, we offer adaptable and unique solutions designed for easy integration. We support our customers with complete value-adding solutions for automating and digitizing operations within inspection, logistics, and maintenance.

Our robots are designed to provide dependable mobility for both indoor and outdoor tasks. They are highly adaptable and can be customized to fit a wide range of applications, from perimeter control to facility logistics and beyond. The solutions we provide offer unparalleled mobility and long operating time, which allow you to reduce labor costs, increase productivity, and improve overall efficiency in impracticable domains. Our robots have been deployed by industry-leading companies and organizations, such as Danish Crown, the U.S. Air Force, and Deutsche Telekom.

We are a fast-growing scale-up who since 2019 have grown to 45 FTEs in R&D, sales, and manufacturing. We have provided innovative robotics solutions for companies on four continents: Europe, America, Asia, and Australia.

We’ve been recognized by internationally renowned Odense Robotics as Robotics Company of the Year in 2022, by Deutsche Telekom IoT with a Bestform Award in their IoT category, and by The Robot Report with an RBR50 Innovation Award.

If you’re ready to take your business to the next level with the best mobility on the market, reach out today. Let us help you take the first step toward a more efficient and automated future.

2014
Early drawing of the wheelframe
Invention of the wheel frame

Initially meant for wheelchairs, our founder, Mads Bendt, invented the wheel frame for the mobile robot in 2014. The invention is based on his experience as a full-time wheelchair user, since a hang glider accident in 1986 paralyzed him from the shoulders down.

2015
rendering of wheelchair with capra wheelframe
Agile 360 is founded

Mads founded the company Agile 360 and started utilizing the wheel frame as the base for the next generation of wheelchairs. Later, the position of the footrest and the front wheel was deemed unreconcilable and the project was terminated.

2017
Robot prototype
On to Mobile Robots

Mads realized the potential of utilizing his creation for mobile robots, and a contact to Niels Jul Jacobsen, founder of Mobile Industrial Robots, was made in September 2017. Mads entered the world of robotics and began the early work on a mobile robot wheel frame in the company Bendt Inventors.

2018
Niels Jul Jacobsen and Mads Bendt
Niels joins as investor

In late 2018 Niels Jul Jacobsen entered the company as an investor to support the development of the product. The company name was changed to Capra Robotics to reflect the new business area.

2019
Four different prototypes of the Capra robot
Prototype Development

With the initial investments secured, Mads and his team focuses on developing the mobile robot platform into a full-fledged product. Through the stages, the main focus areas are building a robust product, minimizing the build complexity, and achieving a high IP rating,

2020
Niels Jul Jacobsen with robot prototype
Niels takes on CEO role

In august 2020, Niels takes on an active role in the company, and assumes the role of Chief Executive Officer, replacing Mads who assumes the position as Chief Technical Officer.

2021
May
The management team sitting on Capra robots
Launch Preparations

In May 2021 we started gearing up for export as Lars Hee Hansen joined Capra Robotics as investor and Chief Commercial Officer. Simultaneously, Søren Tordenskjold Larsen joined the company as Production Manager to implement lean, scalable production processes.

2021
May
Erf award certificate
ERF Entrepreneurship Award

Capra Robotics places 2nd at the European Robotics Forum’s Entrepreneurship Award and underscores that we are someone to pay close attention to. MyLeg took first place, while Spin Robotics took third.

2022
Lineup of four robots
Product launch

After 5 prototype iterations, the first 0-seires of our mobile robot platform, known as Capra Hircus, was launched on the European market.

2022
March
Company of the year 2022 award reception
Robotics Company of the Year

In March Capra Robotics wins Robotics Company of the Year at Odense Robotics Awards 2022. Capra Robotics won over two other strong finalists: Blue Ocean Robotics and Universal Robots.

2023
Pink robot at bestform award ceremony
Bestform award

The successful implementation of the strategic partnership between Deutsche Telekom IoT and Capra Robotics was awarded with a Bestform Award in the IoT segment.

2024
The RBR50 award
RBR50 award

As part of the Robotics Summit and Expo in Boston, our Interlogistics solution, Capra Carrier wins the RBR50 Innovation Award for bridging the gap between indoor and outdoor logistics.

Vision

Our vision is to create mobile robots to help people everywhere they go.

We aim to bring mobility to the field of robotics in a higher degree than ever before. We want to help people through robotics, and eliminate dangerous, unworthy, and repetitive tasks, to promote human creativity, complex problem-solving, and empathy.

Trailer being connected to Capra Carrier

Management

Niels Jul Jacobsen

Chief Executive Officer

Niels is co-founder and CEO of Capra Robotics. He has worked with robotic solutions since 1989 both in academia and the industry. Before founding Mobile Industrial Robots, he helped facilitate the birth of Universal Robots (UR) while overseeing University of Southern Denmark’s robot lab and was on the board of UR until its exit in 2015.

Mads Bendt

Chief Innovation Officer

Mads is co-founder and CINO of Capra Robotics. He is the inventor of Capra Robotics’ patented wheel frame and original robot. Mads has processional experience with radical innovation including electrically driven vehicles for more than 37 years, including as Innovation Sparring Partner for VESTAS, Danfoss and GN ReSound. He is an experienced inventor and has a large portfolio of several patents, patent applications and utility models.

Lars Hee Hansen

Chief Commercial Officer

Lars is CCO of Capra Robotics. He has more than 25 years of professional experience in sales and marketing and holds an MBA and an engineering degree. Through his career, Lars has built a thriving business unit within the logistics and material handling industry, as well as a global sales and distribution channel organization focused on direct business with global key accounts within the automotive industry including Robert Bosch, Schaeffler, ZF, Mercedes-Benz, and Valeo.

Want to join the team?

Would you like to work in an innovative mobile robot company with highly qualified and motivated employees? See if any of our open positions is a match for your profile.

Send your application to talents@capra.ooo

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