‍Energy Robotics Rebrands as Korial to Scale Enterprise AI for Autonomous Industrial Operations

With more than one million autonomous missions across five continents, Korial combines robot and drone fleet operations with AI-driven industrial intelligence.

DARMSTADT, GERMANY — 4 May 2026 — Energy Robotics GmbH, the developer of a hardware-agnostic AI platform for autonomous industrial inspection and operations, today announced its rebrand to Korial. The new brand reflects the company’s evolution from a robotics-focused company into an enterprise AI platform provider helping industrial organizations scale autonomous operations across sites, fleets, and use cases.

The rebrand coincides with an expanded platform architecture, a new visual identity, and sharper go-to-market positioning. Korial combines autonomous robot and drone fleet operations with AI-driven analysis of industrial data, helping customers move from periodic manual inspection toward continuous, scalable operational intelligence.

Why the Name Change

“Energy Robotics was the right name when the main challenge was proving that robots and drones could operate autonomously in complex industrial environments,” said Marc Dassler, CEO and Co-Founder of Korial. “That has now been proven across hundreds of thousands of operating hours. The next challenge is bigger: connecting machines, sites, and data into one trusted operational system. Korial reflects that shift — from autonomous inspection to industrial intelligence at scale.”

Since its founding, the company has helped industrial customers deploy autonomous robots and drones in refineries, chemical plants, power facilities, substations, and other critical infrastructure environments. Publicly referenced customers and deployments include Shell, bp, BASF, Repsol, Evonik, E.ON, and Merck, with use cases ranging from autonomous operator rounds and inspection data capture to AI-supported analysis of assets that are difficult, hazardous, or costly to monitor manually.

The name Energy Robotics had become increasingly narrow for the company’s broader role. It suggested hardware manufacturing and energy-sector specialization, while the company’s platform has grown into a cross-industry software layer for autonomous industrial operations. Korial gives the company a brand that better reflects its position across robotics, AI, data, simulation, and enterprise integration.

The Korial Platform: Autonomous Industrial Operations at Scale

Korial is a vertically integrated enterprise AI platform for autonomous industrial operations. It decouples intelligence from hardware, treating robots, drones, and other mobile devices as connected field assets while centralizing AI-driven decision-making, data analysis, and fleet orchestration in one cloud-native platform.

The platform consists of four interoperable modules:

Kore — The AI core for industrial operations. Kore unifies fleet supervision, site context, telemetry, and inspection data into one intelligence layer, using agentic AI workflows to turn live field data into actionable insights, automated decisions, and continuously improving autonomous operations.

Connect — The enterprise integration layer. Connect streams validated insights into ERP, EAM, IT, and OT systems via secure APIs, embedding Korial intelligence into existing workflows, governance processes, and operational systems of record.

Recreate — The digital twin and simulation environment. Recreate allows operators to model facilities, test inspection routes and mission logic, optimize fleet design, and maintain an evergreen digital twin that is continuously updated through autonomous field operations.

Sustain — The continuity and success layer. Sustain provides structured onboarding, 24/7 operational support, performance monitoring, and best-practice guidance so customers can scale autonomy reliably and measure ROI over time.

Together, these modules create a unified operating layer for industrial autonomy — from mission planning and fleet execution to data capture, AI analysis, simulation, integration, and continuous improvement.

Proven at Industrial Scale

Korial enters the market with substantial operational credibility built under the Energy Robotics name. The platform has completed more than one million autonomous missions, saved over 35,000 human labor hours, and supported more than 100 deployments across five continents.

In documented customer cases, the platform has contributed to cost reductions of up to 42% compared with manual inspection models and helped reduce unplanned downtime by up to 34%.

Key deployments include Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland, where Korial orchestrates a mixed fleet of ground robots and drones for 360-degree autonomous inspection, and Evonik, where the platform powers autonomous mobile robots in complex chemical facilities.

The company raised $20 million in Series A funding in 2026, backed by Blue Bear Capital, Climate Investment and European Innovation Council Fund to expand and scale.

A Differentiated Market Position

Korial sits at the intersection of industrial AI, autonomous robotics, and enterprise operations.

Unlike pure-play analytics platforms, Korial can generate first-party operational data through autonomous robots and drones. Unlike robotics OEMs, Korial is hardware-agnostic and can orchestrate mixed fleets from multiple manufacturers through one platform.

This gives industrial customers a unified layer for autonomous data capture, fleet operations, AI-driven analysis, and integration into existing enterprise workflows. The result is a practical path from isolated robotic deployments to scalable industrial intelligence across sites and operations.

About Korial

Korial, formerly Energy Robotics, is the enterprise AI platform for autonomous industrial operations. Headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany, the company helps industrial teams deploy and scale autonomous robots and drones, transform field data into actionable insights, and integrate those insights into operational systems.

Korial serves customers across oil and gas, chemicals, power and utilities, and other critical infrastructure sectors. Its hardware-agnostic platform enables companies to operate mixed fleets, automate routine operator rounds, maintain continuously updated digital twins, and improve safety, efficiency, and reliability across industrial sites.

The company was co-founded by Marc Dassler, Dr. Dorian Scholz, Dr. Stefan Kohlbrecher, Dr. Alberto Romay, and Prof. Oskar von Stryk.

For more information, visit korial.com.

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Email: press@korial.com

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Notes to Editors

The legal entity remains Energy Robotics GmbH. Korial is the company’s new brand identity effective 4th of May 2026. High-resolution logos, brand assets, and executive photography are available upon request. Marc Dassler, CEO and Co-Founder, is available for interview.