Supply chain tech firm Korber buys stake in robot fleet management startup

The supply chain technology company Körber is acquiring a stake in NAiSE GmbH, a Germany-based software company specializing in vendor-agnostic fleet management, saying the two partners will now combine their capabilities to enable customers to orchestrate mixed vehicle fleets across production and warehouse environments.

Founded in 2017, NAiSE says its fleet management software (FMS) brings together automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) from different vendors and manually operated industrial trucks on a shared control layer, regardless of which Warehouse Management System (WMS), Warehouse Execution System (WES), or Warehouse Control System (WCS) is running in the background. That capability has become more important as companies are increasingly relying on larger vehicle fleets from different vendors. Without a higher-level control layer, such fleets remain isolated stand-alone solutions, limiting their efficiency, transparency, and scalability.

Together, NAiSE and Körber also intend to develop new use cases for intralogistics applications, including humanoid robotics.

“With NAiSE, we are gaining a partner that addresses the orchestration of mixed fleets with an approach that is vendor-agnostic, standardized, and field-proven, exactly what the market needs today. Together with the founding team, we will unlock this potential and offer our customers an end-to-end automation solution,” said Helena Garriga, Körber Executive Board Member and responsible for the Business Area Supply Chain.

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