Robot maker · registered

wheel.me

Corporate marketamrCurated record

Modular autonomous wheel system (Genius 2) retrofits any existing cart, trolley, shelf, or rack into a self-driving AMR without changes to existing process design; 4-wheel sets use mecanum omnidirectional drive, 4x 360° LiDAR units, Intel RealSense cameras, and on-board compute; cloud-hosted AWS serverless backend handles mapping, mission definition, fleet management, and OTA updates; WiFi 6 (802.11ax) and 5G connectivity; AI-powered path planning, object recognition, and predictive maintenance; UL3100 SIL2 certified.

HeadquartersOslo, NO

Founded2013

Corporate funding$10M

Team51-100

Deployments1

Open roles3

Company overview

Identity and operating footprint

Company typeRobot maker

Market segmentCorporate

StageSeries A

FoundersRolf Libakken, Atle Timenes

Regions servedEurope, North America

Countries deployedNO, US

Service footprintNot listed

Last reviewed2026-07-05

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Robot models

Specifications remain vendor-claimed

Machineamr

Genius 2

400 kg payload per 4-wheel set
vendor-stated maximum load capacity for standard 4-wheel installation
Claim source
>95% robot mission success rate
vendor-stated mission completion rate across deployed fleet
Claim source
10x faster implementation compared to other mobile robots
vendor-stated comparative installation time advantage
Claim source

Deployment log

Announced and cited only

Announced	Customer	Site	Country	Count	Evidence
2025-01-09	DB Schenker (via LSM)	logistics distribution center	IE	Not disclosed	Announcement

Funding history

Publicly announced rounds

2021-02-02$9M

Series A

Höegh Capital Partners, Plug and Play Tech Center, Steensland family office, Thomas Wilhelmsen family office

Round source

2020-08-01$2M

Seed

Emerald Technology Ventures, Idekapital Fund 1, Nabtesco Technology Ventures

Round source

Investors on recordIdekapitalPlug and Play Tech CenterNabtesco Technology VenturesEmerald Technology VenturesHoegh Capital Partners

Hiring signal

Public job board · 2026-07-13

Open roles3

Hiring is an operating signal, not deployment evidence. Roles are refreshed from the company’s public careers system.

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Company timeline

Milestones and announcements

2026-06-18Chang Robotics and wheel.me partner to make any cart, shelf, or fixture autonomous ↗Chang Robotics

2025-09-23Granted Norway's official 'Made in Norway' protected trademark label by Innovation Norway, affirming primary development and manufacturing in Norway for international marketswheel.me

2025-09-23wheel.me granted Norway's official Made in Norway origin trademark label ↗wheel.me

2025-08-19wheel.me introduces Certified Power Station & Portable Charger for Genius 2 ↗wheel.me

2025-01-09DB Schenker automates waste management in Ireland with wheel.me Genius 2 and logistics integrator LSM ↗wheel.me

2024-12-18wheel.me and Flowstore announce collaboration for UK intralogistics automation market ↗wheel.me

2024-11-28wheel.me expands into Japan through partnership with Fujitex ↗wheel.me

2024-04-01wheel.me and BeeWaTec announce strategic partnership for industrial automation in Germany and Eastern Europe ↗BeeWaTec

2024-01-03Received record $2.2M USD single order from a North American customer, the company's largest order to datewheel.me

2024-01-03wheel.me receives record $2.2M USD single order from a North American customer ↗wheel.me

2023-12-06Genius 2 wheels received UL3100 SIL2 safety certification: first autonomous wheel system to achieve this industrial safety standardwheel.me

2023-12-06Genius 2 wheels achieve UL3100 SIL2 industrial safety certification ↗wheel.me