MUNICH, Germany, April 16, 2026 — RobCo is announcing a strategic expansion of its industrial robotics with Autonomous Alfie at Hanover Messe. With Alfie, RobCo is opening a new category of industrial robotics as manufacturers look to automate tasks that involve variability, sensitivity and changing inputs. This capability marks a step toward Level 4 autonomy, where robots learn, adapt and execute tasks with minimal human intervention.
Autonomous Alfie combines bimanual manipulation with tightly integrated hardware and software across perception and execution. Alfie can handle everything from precision assembly to sensitive material handling and intralogistics processes such as picking, kitting and palletizing.
The system is designed to operate in dynamic environments, continuously improving over time and adapting to new objects, workflows and conditions without the need for extensive manual programming.
“The industry often celebrates what looks impressive. We focus on what actually works in production,” said Lorenzo Pautasso, director, Product at RobCo. “The real challenge is handling variation reliably thousands of times a day, under changing conditions. That’s exactly what Alfie is designed to do.”
Autonomous Alfie is currently in final development, with first customer deployments planned later this year. The move follows RobCo’s recent $100 million funding round which is being used to advance its Physical AI roadmap, expand enterprise deployments and deepen its presence in the U.S. market. Delivered through RobCo’s Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) model, the system enables companies to adopt this new generation of automation without upfront investment, enabling rapid adoption.
“For decades, automation has been limited to predictable environments,” said Roman Hölzl, CEO of RobCo. “With Alfie, we’re expanding beyond structured automation into a new class of systems designed to handle variability at scale. This unlocks a significant share of industrial work that has remained out of reach for automation until now.”
Visit RobCo at Hannover Messe (Hall 26, Booth E35) to learn more about its latest developments in autonomous industrial robotics.
About RobCo
RobCo is building the next generation of autonomous industrial robotics to help companies automate the ordinary, so humans can do the extraordinary.
Founded in 2020 out of the Technical University of Munich, RobCo delivers end-to-end robotics systems that solve some of the most pressing challenges in manufacturing – from labor shortage and cost pressure to workplace safety and reshoring.
Its integrated hardware and software platform is designed to just work: easy to deploy, adaptable, and continuously improving through AI. Offered through a robotics-as-a-service model with zero upfront investment, RobCo enables companies to adopt advanced automation without complexity or risk.
With operations in Munich, San Francisco, and Austin, and robots operating worldwide, RobCo is redefining how industrial automation is built, deployed and scaled.