sensmore: Embodied AI for Heavy Industrial Automation

sensmore: Embodied AI for Heavy Industrial Automation

Sensmore GmbH is a robotics and AI startup headquartered in Berlin and Potsdam, Germany, developing advanced automation solutions for heavy off‑highway machinery. Founded in 2022, the company focuses on applying embodied artificial intelligence (AI) and multimodal perception models to enable real‑time decision‑making and autonomous task execution in large industrial vehicles such as wheel loaders, haul trucks, and other construction and mining equipment. Sensmore’s technology is aimed at sectors characterized by harsh environments and complex operational conditions where conventional automation historically struggled.

Technology and Product

The company’s core approach, called Physical AI, integrates software and sensors to retrofit existing heavy machThe company’s core approach, called Physical AI, integrates software and sensors to retrofit existing heavy machinery with intelligent capabilities. The system uses cameras, 4D radar, and AI models to help machines perceive the environment, interpret in-structions, and perform tasks autonomously, even under challenging conditions.

Key components include:

sensmore Site OS: Visualization, fleet oversight, and data integration.

sensmore Machine Assist: Operator support features like collision warnings and precision guidance.

sensmore Eye: Monitoring for material levels, boulder detection, and volume estimation.

Loader Automation — autonomous execution of material handling tasks, e.g. zero-shot adaptation.

This modular approach allows incremental deploy-ment and improves operational reliability compared with traditional automation solutions.

Machine Assist provides drivers with real-time situational awareness and collision warnings for people, machinery and static objects. (© Sensmore)

Industrial Fit and Applications

Sensmore positions its platform for industries with heavy mobile equipment such as mining, construction, agriculture and defense. Its systems can improve situational awareness, reduce downtime, and support safer operations, providing operational advantages reported by users in daily work environments. By focusing on environments where human operation is hazardous and where classic automation solutions are difficult to scale, Sensmore presents its products as a path toward more resilient and data-driven heavy machinery workflows.

Sensmore’s customisable operator cockpit (© Sensmore)

Founding Team

Sensmore was co-founded by Maximilian Rolf (CEO) and Bjarne Johannsen (CTO). Rolf has a strong back-ground in management and finance, and leads business strategy and customer collaboration. Johannsen focuses on AI and embodied robotic systems, drawing on his expertise in autonomous automotive systems and robotics.