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Already deployed in shipping, defense, steel, and new energy manufacturing.
Dierborg (Shenzhen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Dierborg") recently completed a tens of millions of RMB Pre-A funding round, led by Yuanhe Puhua with follow-on investment from Toukong Donghai. The proceeds will be used for technology and product iteration, market expansion, and other purposes. BlueRun Ventures was Dierborg's angel round investor. Founded in 2022, Dierborg is a company focused on intelligent robots for the heavy industry sector, providing customers with flexible robotic process stations. The core team members hail from Tsinghua University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xidian University, and other institutions, and have previously worked at well-known domestic nuclear power research institutes and robotics research institutes, bringing deep technical R&D expertise and industrial implementation experience in heavy industry and robotics.
Heavy manufacturing involves numerous processes, including cutting, forming, machining, assembly, surface treatment, and other process steps. Each step requires different tools and methods. Moreover, due to the multi-type, small-batch characteristics of materials in heavy industry — facing metal plates, profiles, and non-standard structural components of varying specifications, as well as incoming material deviations caused by upstream manufacturing — the complexity of developing and debugging industrial robots and other automation equipment increases significantly, placing extremely high demands on equipment R&D.
As industrial demand becomes increasingly clear and technological products gradually mature, solving the pain points where traditional robots struggle with flexibility, small batches, and diversity has become a critical proposition for the industry. According to International Federation of Robotics (IFR) data, global industrial robot sales reached over 500,000 units in 2022, marking significant year-over-year growth, with China accounting for more than 50% of global sales. Projections indicate that China's industrial robot market will exceed 70 billion RMB in 2024, with strong growth momentum.
Based on multi-algorithm and multi-sensor fusion, Dierborg has developed an intelligent "single-station" solution built on mature hardware including industrial robots, 3D cameras, and end-effector process execution equipment. Centered on intelligent perception and decision-making workflows — including intelligent learning, intelligent diagnostics, intelligent recognition, intelligent path planning, and process control — the company provides enterprises with modular, flexible smart factory solutions.
Taking bevel cutting as an example: bevel cutting is a common process in metal material processing, primarily used to prepare for welding. The traditional bevel cutting process is cumbersome, demanding high skill levels and experience from workers. It involves workpieces with strong non-standard characteristics, requiring individual fixture positioning, tracing according to drawings, manual operation, and unloading and handling. In high-temperature, noisy, dusty environments, this is time-consuming, inefficient, and exhausting for workers.
After implementing Dierborg's intelligent bevel cutting station solution, a single station can replace 4 to 6 production line workers. Through data closed-loop and multi-machine coordination, efficiency exceeds traditional manual operations by 6 times. Product delivery cycles are within 3 months, increasing capacity while saving labor costs and truly achieving unmanned operation.
Currently, Dierborg's intelligent single stations have been deployed across six scenarios: loading and unloading, cutting, sorting, grinding, spraying, and welding. Based on the material characteristics, technical routes and advantages, and process difficulties of different steps, the stations can self-adapt to scene conditions to meet specific operational requirements of different scenarios.
"Robot flexibility saves time costs, labor costs, floor space costs, and comprehensive management costs. Improving customer profit margins and competitiveness is the core value our products bring to clients," said Zhang Ben, founder of Dierborg.
On the customer front, Dierborg targets steel, shipbuilding, aerospace, new energy manufacturing, and other sectors, and has already established partnerships with more than a dozen leading enterprises. The company provides standardized intelligent single-station delivery services including R&D, installation, and debugging, with basic landing and acceptance typically completed within 2 to 3 months from contract signing.
Going forward, Dierborg will further promote the application of intelligent single stations across more fields in heavy industry, broadening the breadth and depth of its services, and increasing pilot programs and promotion among mid-tier enterprises based on sticky relationships with leading customers. The company is currently simultaneously launching a new funding round.
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