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Built by engineers, for engineers

Ki Robotics was founded in 2008 in Chennai, India, by a team of automation engineers who had spent decades watching factories struggle with fragmented systems — robots that didn't talk to ERPs, planning tools that didn't see the production floor, intelligence that lived in spreadsheets.

Today, Ki operates 7 global offices, deploys systems in 47 countries, and powers production for some of the most demanding manufacturers in the world — from FMCG container plants in India to medical device cleanrooms in Japan to EV battery lines in Germany.

Our mission is unchanged: integrated automation that treats the factory as one organism, not a collection of parts.

18
Years of Engineering

2,400+
Installations
47
Countries
3,800
Employees
7
Global Offices

From a Chennai workshop to a global automation leader

2008

Founded in Chennai

Ki Robotics begins as an automation consultancy serving plastics manufacturers in Tamil Nadu.

2011

First robotic arm series

Launch of the KI-1000 series — the company's first proprietary six-axis robotic arm.

2014

Singapore office opens

Expansion across Southeast Asia. First contracts with Japanese and Korean OEMs.

2017

Ki·Cortex platform launched

The first version of the unified intelligence platform brings AI into the product line.

2019

European HQ in Stuttgart

Direct presence in the European automotive corridor.

2021

Nagoya R&D facility

Joint research with Japanese partners on cleanroom and precision medical robotics.

2023

Detroit operations

North American headquarters opens to serve the EV manufacturing boom.

2025

2,000th system deployed

Crossing two thousand installations across forty-four countries.

2026

Autonomous Factory Initiative

Ki announces full lights-out factory capability with Ki·Cortex 4.2 and edge AI.

Engineers, operators, and manufacturing veterans

Our executive team brings combined experience from ABB, Siemens, FANUC, Tata, and three decades of plastics and automotive engineering.

SK

S. Krishnan

Founder & CEO

Founded Ki in 2008. Previously led automation at a major Indian conglomerate.

DA

Dr. Anjali Iyer

Chief Technology Officer

PhD in Robotics, IIT Madras. Former principal engineer at FANUC Japan.

KW

Klaus Werner

President, Europe

20 years at Siemens Industry. Led the Stuttgart office launch in 2019.

HT

Hiroshi Tanaka

VP, R&D Nagoya

Specialist in cleanroom and precision robotics. Former Mitsubishi Heavy.

PS

Priya Subramanian

Chief Financial Officer

Previously CFO at a leading Indian engineering exporter.

MC

Marcus Chen

President, North America

Built two automation startups. Joined Ki in 2023 to launch Detroit ops.

RM

Rakesh Menon

Chief Operating Officer

Manufacturing operations veteran. Oversees global plant network.

DL

Dr. Lina Hoffmann

VP, AI & Platform

Leads Ki·Cortex development. PhD in ML from ETH Zürich.

Seven offices, forty-seven countries

India

Chennai

Global Headquarters

Founded 2008

Germany

Stuttgart

European HQ

Opened 2019

Japan

Nagoya

R&D Centre

Opened 2021

USA

Detroit

North American HQ

Opened 2023

Singapore

Singapore

APAC Operations

Opened 2014

Brazil

São Paulo

Latin America

Opened 2022

Australia

Sydney

ANZ Operations

Opened 2020

Worldwide

+ 40 Partner Locations

Sales & Service

Authorized network

Want to know more? Talk to our team.