Verbotics
2 known investors
Australian software company whose Verbotics Weld application automatically generates welding robot programs from CAD models.
Also known as RoboMotion Pty Limited · Verbotics Weld
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Verbotics, trading name of RoboMotion Pty Limited (ABN 72 618 027 222), develops software that automatically generates programs for industrial welding robots from CAD data. Its main product, Verbotics Weld, is a desktop application aimed at high-mix, low-volume and custom fabrication, where conventional manual robot programming is time-consuming and often makes robotic welding uneconomical. The workflow has four stages: importing a part model as an AP203/AP214 STEP file exported from CAD packages such as SOLIDWORKS, Inventor, Fusion 360 or Tekla; automatically identifying weld paths with a single click or by selecting individual part edges (welds can also be imported from CSV); automatically planning robot motions and calibration; and simulating the job or exporting ready-to-run robot code.
The software includes collision- and singularity-free motion planning, cycle-time estimation and reporting, automatic seam finding via touch sensing (wire or nozzle), 1D laser sensing and 2D profile scanning, multi-robot and multi-tool support, coordination of robot positioners (tracks, gantries) and workpiece positioners (rotators, skyhooks) using ISO standard welding positions, weld editing tools (splitting, trimming, joining, re-sequencing, tagging and filtering), a jig accessibility checker, and multi-pass and stitch welding. The company positions the product as going beyond conventional offline programming by removing manual path teaching and touch-up in most cases. On its own comparison of a 175-weld part, the company states conventional programming would take about 36.6 hours versus 1.45 hours in Verbotics Weld.
Verbotics also develops Scan-to-Weld, announced in January 2025, which is described as enabling a robot to sense and weld a part without programming or CAD models.
Business model
Verbotics licenses its Verbotics Weld desktop software to fabrication companies, with free trials and demonstrations offered from its website, and works with system integrators who deploy the software as part of complete robotic welding solutions via a Partner Integrator program launched in July 2025.
Traction
Verbotics reported selling 50 licences of its software in April 2023, and states the product is used by low-volume and high-mix fabrication companies worldwide. Published customer results include TRT, where four hours of programming yields a program running about 36 hours across three shifts, 100-350 m of welding per 12-hour shift and roughly two new programs per week. ARB reported six months of production use of the software after launching a welding cell, and the University of Wollongong's Facility for Intelligent Fabrication announced a collaboration using Verbotics for research and training in May 2023.
Latest developments
A first release candidate for the major Verbotics Weld 2026 update was published in August 2025, followed by the Weld 2026.1 release in December 2025. The partner integrator program launched in July 2025, and Scan-to-Weld — sensing and welding parts without programming or CAD models — was unveiled in January 2025. A case study with bulk solids handling manufacturer Kotzur was published in June 2026.
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Market position
Verbotics competes with offline programming software offered by robot OEMs and third parties, differentiating on full automation of the programming step rather than assisted manual programming. It won the advanced manufacturing category of the 2023 Australian Technologies Competition and the Technology Application Award at the 2023 Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards.
The company positions Verbotics Weld as removing the programming step entirely rather than accelerating it: welds are identified automatically from CAD geometry, motions and calibration routines are planned without human input, and integrated touch or laser path finding aims to eliminate on-robot touch-up. It supports a broad range of robot brands, including support added for KUKA and Universal Robots (0.11), Doosan cobots and Doosan support (0.11.2), and OTC Daihen and Reis (0.12).
Technology
The software analyses imported 3D part geometry to identify welds and nominal torch angles, then plans welding toolpaths plus approach, retreat and intermediate motions automatically, optimising for weld quality and cycle time while avoiding collisions and singularities and coordinating external axes. Automatic path finding uses touch sensing (wire or nozzle), 1D laser sensing and 2D laser profile scanners to reconcile differences between the CAD model and the real part and robot kinematics, so generated programs are intended to run without touch-up. Generated robot code is designed to be integrated with ancillary equipment, and the platform supports multi-robot, multi-tool and positioner-equipped workcells.
Go-to-market
The company sells directly through free downloadable trials, live demonstrations and a newsletter, and indirectly through a published network of partner integrators. It publishes case studies and technical explainers, exhibits at trade events such as Australian Manufacturing Week 2024 and, per its December 2025 update, at exhibitions in North America and Europe, and distributes through the Universal Robots UR+ ecosystem following certification of Verbotics Weld in July 2023.
Fabrication and manufacturing companies performing low-volume, one-off or high-mix robotic welding, plus robot system integrators. Named users and case study subjects include Tidd Ross Todd (TRT) in road transport and construction components, ARB, Arronet Technik AB (aluminium boats), Kotzur (bulk solids storage and handling), Jason Robotics, and the Facility for Intelligent Fabrication at the University of Wollongong.
Geography
The company operates as an Australian registered entity (RoboMotion Pty Limited, ABN) and has collaborated with the University of Wollongong in Australia; customers and case studies span Australia (Kotzur, ARB), New Zealand (Tidd Ross Todd) and Sweden (Arronet Technik AB), with exhibitions held in North America and Europe.
History
Public product history visible from company announcements runs from Verbotics Weld 0.11 (February 2022), which added manual toolpath and calibration editing, 2D laser sensing and KUKA and Universal Robots support, through 0.11.1 (October 2022), 0.11.2 (June 2023) with Doosan support, 0.12 (October 2023) with OTC Daihen and Reis support, and 0.12.1 (June 2024), to the Verbotics Weld 2026 line released from August 2025. Along the way the company partnered with the University of Wollongong's Industry 4.0 Hub for Universal Robots development (February 2022), obtained Universal Robots UR+ certification (July 2023), won two Australian awards in 2023 and launched a partner integrator program in 2025. The company describes the product as the result of decades of research and development.
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Key figures
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Timeline · 17
launches, deals, and filingsYear-end update noting a new major software release, expansion of the partner program, and exhibitions in North America and Europe during 2025.
Major update of the robotic weld planning software, available to all Verbotics Weld users.
Verbotics published a Partner Integrator page listing integrators deploying its software as part of their solutions.
Development allowing a robot to sense and weld a part without programming or CAD models.
Verbotics Weld won the Technology Application Award at the 2023 Manufacturers' Monthly Endeavour Awards.
The software was certified by Universal Robots, adding Verbotics to the UR+ ecosystem.
The Facility for Intelligent Fabrication at the University of Wollongong announced a collaboration with Verbotics to accelerate research and training.
Minor release with improvements to existing features and bug fixes.
Release adding manual creation and editing of weld toolpaths and calibration positions, 2D laser sensing, and support for KUKA and Universal Robots.
Verbotics partnered with UOW's Industry 4.0 Hub to add Universal Robots support to its software.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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- Verbotics's investors include 77 Partners, Artesian.