Agile Robots, a leading global unicorn in intelligent robotics, announced a strategic investment in Idealworks, a subsidiary of BMW Group, becoming its controlling shareholder.

Idealworks was founded in 2020 and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BMW incubated by the BMW Group Innovation Lab. Since its establishment, the company has provided BMW Group with comprehensive intelligent solutions for industrial logistics scenarios, covering all components of robots and their related ecosystems. The core team of idealworks has served the BMW Group for over 10 years and has extensive experience in the development and commercialization of automation and logistics technology.

Idealworks' product portfolio includes the intelligent automation platform AnyFleet, autonomous mobile robot (AMR) iw.Hub, and mobile robot operating system iw.os. Sordi, in which the company participated in the development The AI industrial database integrates over 200000 open-source industrial data images and is currently the world's largest and most comprehensive synthetic database for industrial scenarios.

This strategic investment confirms the trust and strategic partnership between Agile Robots and BMW Group, enabling idealworks to expand its product portfolio, promote joint development of new solutions and technologies, and further jointly explore future markets.

Dr. Michael Nikolaides, Head of Production Network and Logistics at BMW Group, stated that since 2020, over 600 iw.Hub have been successfully implemented in BMW Group's internal logistics workflow. This demonstrates the achievements of BMW Group's iFactory in digitalization and technological development. This collaboration with Agile Robots will further expand Idealworks' robot ecosystem and promote new innovative solutions in the field of industrial automation. We are very pleased that this cooperation will accelerate our international business layout.

Zhaopeng Chen, founder and CEO of Agile Robots, added, "This collaboration has laid the foundation for us to provide our customers with more comprehensive automation solutions. Both parties will fully utilize their respective successful experiences, combine innovation, professionalism, and entrepreneurial spirit, and create business capabilities that better cover global customers.

Michael Alexander Schneider, CEO of idealworks, stated, "Through this strategic financing, we have consolidated our leading positions in industrial automation with Agile Robots. With the complementary combination of product technologies from both parties, we will jointly develop innovative solutions and contribute to the robot ecosystem strategy. Through this collaboration, we have provided more stability and reliability to customers across the entire industry.