Trener Robotics
About
About Trener Robotics
Trener's Acteris platform connects job creation, perception, simulation and execution within a robot workcell. Operators define batches and process parameters, while the software uses trained skills and vision to handle part location and variation. T-Sim checks job logic, motion feasibility and timing before deployment, and T-Monitor reports production status, progress and alerts during operation.
Integration partners install and commission Acteris on new cells or retrofit it to existing equipment. Current compatibility includes ABB, Universal Robots and FANUC, with machine tending as a principal application. Trener's T-Labs develops the underlying learning and simulation technology, while the production platform packages that work into reusable behaviours that can be commissioned across additional cells.
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- RARUK Automation
Outbound - Software - Trener Robotics supplies Acteris industrial-robot software for exclusive UK distribution channel
Source
Funding
- 2026-02-10 - Series A - $32M - Trener Robotics raises $32M Series A
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Investors
- Cadence - Participant - Unknown - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Emergent Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Engine Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Fitz Gate Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Geodesic Capital via Nikon's NFocus Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- IAG Capital Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Radius Capital Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Raisewell Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Shanda Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
- Techable VC - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-02-10
Team
- Jim Lockheed - CFO
- Stefanie Pender - VP of Operations
- Asad Tirmizi - CEO and Co-Founder
- Lars Tingelstad - CTO and Co-Founder
Timeline
Events
- 2026-03-23 - Partnership - RARUK Automation gains exclusive UK distribution rights for Trener Robotics Acteris
Acteris uses vision-language-action models to replace point-to-point robot programming with learned skills. RARUK plans to offer the software alongside its Universal Robots cobot range for UK manufacturers. Trener says the platform can be installed on new robot cells or retrofitted to existing ones.
Source - 2026-02-18 - Executive Hire - Trener Robotics hires Jacob Pascual Pape as VP of Sales
Trener Robotics hired Jacob Pascual Pape as Vice President of Sales after its Series A funding announcement. Pape previously spent 12 years at Universal Robots, most recently as a Regional President. The company said he will lead global go-to-market strategy and help build Trener's integrator ecosystem.
Source - 2026-02-13 - Partnership - Nikon invests in Trener Robotics through NFocus Fund
Nikon invested in Trener Robotics through the NFocus Fund, a private equity investment fund jointly established by Nikon and Geodesic Capital. Nikon described Trener's Acteris platform as enabling natural-language programming for industrial robots and delivering pre-trained production-ready skills. Nikon said it aims to combine Trener's AI-powered digital technologies with Nikon robot vision systems for next-generation manufacturing automation.
Source - 2026-02-10 - Funding - Trener Robotics raises $32M Series A
Trener Robotics announced a $32M Series A round. Coverage says the financing supports its robot-agnostic industrial AI skills platform. Capital is positioned for product scaling, partner growth, and wider deployment across OEM/integrator channels.
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Relations
Relationships
- RARUK Automation
Exclusive Uk Distributor - RARUK Automation holds exclusive UK distribution rights for Trener Robotics Acteris industrial robot software.