R3 Robotics

R3 Robotics, formerly Circu Li-ion, develops AI-guided robotic systems for dismantling electric-vehicle batteries, e-drives and power electronics. Its cells combine computer vision, adaptive tooling and traceability to recover components for recycling and remanufacturing.

Facts

Segment: Industrial Robotics
Country: Luxembourg
Founded: 2021
Website: https://r3robotics.ai/

Funding

2026-02-05 - Series A - $16.5M - R3 Robotics raises EUR 14 million Series A - R3 Robotics raised EUR 14 million in Series A financing to expand its AI-guided dismantling platform from batteries into complete electric-vehicle systems. - source: oetker-collection.com

View funding

Investors

BonVenture - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-05
EIC Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-05
EIT Urban Mobility - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-05

View investors

Market context

Comparable profiles and adjacent companies connected by shared workflow, capability, or stack position.

Integra Robotics - comparable profile - peer: Industrial Robotics Builder
Qlayers - comparable profile - peer: Industrial Robotics Builder
Mesoware - comparable profile - peer: Industrial Robotics Builder

View market context

Timeline

2026-02-05 - Capability - R3 Robotics expands automated dismantling from batteries to complete EV systems - The expanded platform applies AI-powered robotics, computer vision and adaptive tooling beyond battery packs. R3 positioned the system for continuous recycling and remanufacturing operations with component-level traceability. The company offers disassembly… - source: r3robotics.ai

View timeline

Team

Antoine Welter - Managing Director - Leads the company behind R3 Robotics' automated EV-system dismantling platform.
Dr. Xavier Kohll - Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer - Leads robotics, vision and dismantling-system engineering.

View team