Overview
German multinational engineering and technology. Automotive, industrial, and consumer goods. Private.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Stage
Technology
Robotics components and systems
Agentic AI for production
Data & sources
Patent documents
5
Web sources
3
8 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Robert Bosch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Humanoid2× joint9 total
- 2Volkswagen Group1× joint5 total
- 3WeRide1× joint7 total
- 4YOGO Robot1× joint1 total
Most recent
- Bosch x Humanoid2026-05-21with Humanoidoperating
- with Humanoidoperating
- Bosch x YOGO Robot2023-04-23with YOGO Robotoperating
- with Volkswagen Groupjust announced
- WeRide - Bosch (ADAS co-development)2022-05-25with WeRideoperating
Robert Bosch on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Mar 2026. Explore where Robert Bosch's robots are operating, by place and type.
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Relationships
Current leadership (7)
- Tanja Rückert Board Member, Digital Business & ServicesIR-verified
- Katja von Raven Board Member, Power Tools DivisionIR-verified
- Christian Fischer Chairman of the Board of Management (CEO)IR-verified
- Markus Forschner Deputy Chairman & Chief Financial OfficerIR-verified
- Stefan Grosch Board Member & Director of Industrial RelationsIR-verified
- Markus Heyn Deputy Chairman & Chairman Mobility Business SectorIR-verified
- Frank Meyer Board Member, Energy & Building TechnologyIR-verified
Founders (1)
- Robert Boschno longer at company
Board (1)
- Stefan Asenkerschbaumer chair
Former / Previously (3)
- Stan Boland Founder, Five (acquired by Bosch 2022)secondary-verified
- Stefan Hartung Chairman of the Board of Management (CEO)secondary-verified
- Robert Bosch Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for Robert Bosch.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
Robert Bosch in third-party press
Mentioned on (30)
Registry pages whose text names Robert Bosch.
Companies (9)
Galbot, Volkswagen Group, Plus, Spirit AI, Husqvarna, BSH Hausgeräte, YOGO Robot, Black Sesame Technologies, Foton Motor
Robots and products (3)
AI systems (1)
Supplies to (2)
Sensors
- Kodiak RoboTruckby Kodiak AIBosch Radar Gen 7 Premium + cameras + embedded computing systems + braking/steering redundancy platform (multi-component AV hardware suite; Bosch Radar Gen 7 detects objects >200m; multi-year scaling agreement, CES 2026)supplies
- Kodiak Driverby Kodiak AIBosch automotive-grade cameras, radar sensors, and vehicle actuation hardware (steering) -- sensor suite for Kodiak Driver SensorPod autonomous platformsupplies
Outbound supply edges from this company. Each relationship appears here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Financial state
- Employees
- 412,400
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
5 total · 4 operating · 1 just announced · 1 ended
Every company Robert Bosch has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Bosch x Humanoid2026-05-21with Humanoidoperating
- with Humanoidoperating
- Bosch x YOGO Robot2023-04-23with YOGO Robotoperating
- with Volkswagen Groupjust announced
- WeRide - Bosch (ADAS co-development)2022-05-25with WeRideoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Humanoid2× joint9 total
- 2Volkswagen Group1× joint5 total
- 3WeRide1× joint7 total
- 4YOGO Robot1× joint1 total
All 5 partnerships
open in the atlas →- manufacturing2026-05-21operating
- manufacturing2026-05-21operating
- development2023-04-23operating
- development2022-05-25operating
- development2022-11-01dissolvedjust announced
Patent estate (5)
- US9020636B2usptograntedgranted 2015-05-05assignee
- US10380534B2usptograntedgranted 2019-08-20assignee
- US20130345922A1usptopendingassignee
- US11151743B2usptograntedgranted 2021-10-19assignee
- US20150073589A1usptopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in Robert Bosch’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Komatsu
2026-08-23Supply: Bosch Rexroth hydraulics for Komatsu equipment to Komatsu
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Caterpillar
2026-08-23Supply: Bosch Rexroth hydraulic systems for Cat equipment to Caterpillar
Started supplyingBecame supplier to CNH Industrial
2026-08-23Supply: Bosch Rexroth hydraulics for CNH equipment to CNH Industrial
Started supplyingBecame supplier to John Deere
2026-08-23Supply: Bosch sensors and Rexroth hydraulics for tractors to John Deere
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Saildrone
2026-08-23Supply: Oceanographic and weather sensors to Saildrone
Started supplyingBecame supplier to DJI
2026-08-23Supply: IMU sensors for drone stabilization to DJI
Started supplyingBecame supplier to General Motors
2026-08-23Supply: Bosch sensors for GM Super Cruise to General Motors
Started supplyingBecame supplier to Porsche
2026-08-23Supply: Bosch sensors for Porsche ADAS to Porsche
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (3)
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Methodology: Verified · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Sources by quality tier
- 3
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Robert Bosch.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Robert Bosch from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Bosch Mobility to become separate subsidiary in Germany
Making Bosch Mobility a standalone company gives Bosch room for partnerships that were harder to strike inside Robert Bosch GmbH The post Bosch Mobility to become separate…
Robot of the Week: HMND 01, Europe’s $1.35 Billion Humanoid Bet
The HMND 01 is the wheeled industrial humanoid from Humanoid, a London-based startup and Europe’s first pure-play humanoid robotics unicorn. Humanoid closed a $152 million Series…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/bosch.md
- RSS feed: /companies/bosch/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/1602a587-c999-4047-9918-07436da0e808
- Revision history: /companies/bosch/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Video
Heat Index
Serious60/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Robert Bosch draws attention at the 96th percentile but verifies reality at the 17th percentile among other robots. Hype Gap +78.9, 11th widest among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Broad public reach with 3.7M video views. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 2, 2026