The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies COBOD: 1 model, 1 deployment across 1 region. 2 sources back the record.
CategoryConstruction robots
Overview
COBOD International is a Danish Construction robotics company that designs and builds 3D construction printers used in 35+ countries. Founded in 2015 in Copenhagen by Henrik Lund-Nielsen, COBOD's BOD2 printer is a modular 3D concrete printing system used by global construction leaders including Holcim and PERI. The company has printed Europe's largest 3DCP project at 1,654 m2 in Denmark.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Robot
Focus
Scale
Countries deployed
Key partners
3D construction printers
BOD printer platform
Data & sources
Web sources
2
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company COBOD has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Holcim1× joint
- 2PERI1× joint
Most recent
COBOD on the deployment map
View the global map1 verified deployment across 1 region, newest verified Nov 2021. Explore where COBOD's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full COBOD deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Henrik Lund-Nielsen Founder & CEOsince 2018-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Henrik Lund-Nielsensolefounded 2018-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for COBOD.
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 →
Operator customers (1)
- COBOD1 deployment
Recent coverage
COBOD in third-party press
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Rugged Robotics2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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
2 total · 2 operating
Every company COBOD has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Holcim1× joint
- 2PERI1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- cobod x PERIwithPERIdistribution—operating
- cobod x HolcimwithHolcimmanufacturing—operating
Timeline
Every recorded move in COBOD’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Key hireHenrik Lund-Nielsen joins as Founder & CEO
2018-01-01Henrik Lund-Nielsen appointed Founder & CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedNov 1, 2021
BOD2 at Tempe
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-09-29
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-09-29
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for COBOD.Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Rugged Robotics2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning COBOD from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Matthäi opens a construction 3D printing division
Construction group Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau has established an in-house construction 3D printing division following the completion of its own headquarters in Selsingen, Lower…
Germany’s Matthäi prints headquarters and opens new division
German construction engineering company Matthäi has created a printing division following the completion of a 364-sq-m, two-story headquarters in Selsingen, Lower Saxony, using a…
German construction giant launches 3D printing division after printing new headquarters
Matthäi Schlüsselfertigbau, a subsidiary of the German construction giant Matthäi, has established its own construction 3D printing division. The decision followed the successful…
Europe's largest 3DCP project printed in Denmark
COBOD printed Europe's largest 3D construction printing project at 1,654 m2 in Denmark, a major milestone for the technology.
World premiere for COBOD's Multifunctional Construction Robot
COBOD International and TU Braunschweig presented COBOD's first multifunctional construction robot with a telescopic unit, expanding beyond pure 3D concrete printing.
COBOD Releases Annual Report 2022
COBOD solidified its lead in 3D construction printer sales, expanding international presence and reporting strong financial results amid global turbulence.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/cobod.md
- RSS feed: /companies/cobod/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/0e1e56d0-ce19-4533-9896-5adc345a785b
- Revision history: /companies/cobod/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Advanced Construction Robotics2 models
- PaintJet2 models
- Rugged Robotics2 models
- Scaled Robotics2 models
- AES Corporation1 model
- Apis Cor1 model
Video
Printed farms is a construction start up that has recently purchased the first COBOD BOD 2 printer in America. This gantry style system has been seen in Europe and was used by Kamp C to build a 2 story demo house there.
Why BOD2? #1 COBOD'S BOD2 enables achieving smooth walls by continuously following the movement direction of the printhead, the nozzle has the functionality of
From my visit to Denmark, this is a basic overview of the general features and important things to know about the Cobod BOD 2.5. Mathias leads us through the st
Drone footage of the largest 3D construction printer in the world. It's a BOD2 configuration able to print 300 square meters in 3 storeys (900m2 in total). Lin
Following the announcement a couple of weeks ago that Danish COBOD International had received an order for the largest 3D construction printer in the world from
At the world leading construction machinery equipment exhibition, bauma, PERI and COBOD exhibited together providing COBOD an unprecedented exposure and access
Sophia Lopez is the P&I Regional Head for the Americas Architectural Designer & Architectural Implementation at COBOD. She has previous experience in large scal
Let's talk about 3D printed houses that Habitat For Humanity created in Tempe, Arizona! Habitat for Humanity used a COBOD BOD 2 concrete 3D printer for this inc
COBOD International is leading the world with 3D printed construction and has built some amazing partnerships. Join the 3D printed housing conference to learn
Heat Index
Serious54/100
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
COBOD draws attention at the 79th percentile but verifies reality at the 40th percentile among construction robots. Hype Gap +39.2, 8th widest among construction robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
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: Oct 3, 2026