AIRSKIN, Blue Danube Robotics

Name

AIRSKIN, Blue Danube Robotics

Legal name

AIRSKIN GmbH

Website

https://airskin.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. AIRSKIN Hardware (Safety Skin Pads, Safetyflanges, Modules): Sale of proprietary safety sensor hardware — AIRSKIN pads, Safetyflange series, and Modules — as add-on components for existing industrial robots. Products are model-specific, priced per robot. Delivered as boxed add-on safety devices including mounting hardware, cables, tools, installation instructions, and certifications.
2. Fenceless Automation General Contracting: Full-service general contractor for fenceless automation projects, covering concept, robot/sensor selection, safety implementation, PLC and robot programming, visualization/UI, gripper development, peripherals, integration, risk assessment, CE marking, and operator training. Provides complete care-free package including signed CE marking.
3. AIRSKIN Safety Services: Specialized machinery safety consulting including risk assessment, CMSE-certified safety experts, and CE marking process conformance. Includes annual inspection and maintenance services. Spare parts service available via annual subscription.
4. AIRSKIN Cellcore (Pre-integrated Robot Cell): Sale of pre-integrated, ready-to-deploy fenceless robot cells including KUKA Cybertech-2 robot, KR C4/5 controller, AIRSKIN, base, and safety software packages. Sold as complete product for open and flexible production environments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

AIRSKIN is a pressure-sensitive safety skin technology that retrofits standard industrial robots for fenceless collaborative operation. The pads detect collisions using air-pressure sensing with dual-channel sensors, triggering safe stop at 5 Newtons. Products include safety pads, Safetyflange (end-effector protection), and Cellcore (pre-integrated robot cells).

Product overview

AIRSKIN is a modular safety technology ecosystem that upgrades standard industrial robots into fenceless collaborative machines. The core offering is the patented AIRSKIN pressure-sensitive pneumatic safety skin (pads/modules), which is then configured for specific robot brands — KUKA, Stäubli, and Yaskawa — as robot-specific add-on products. Supporting the core pads are specialized modules: AIRSKIN Safetyflange (collision sensors for end-of-arm tooling in four variants: SF10, SF Pro, SF Pro Core, SF20) and AIRSKIN Cellcore (a pre-built collaborative robot cell with KUKA Cybertech-2, KR C4/5 controller, and integrated AIRSKIN on a common base). Professional services include AIRSKIN Safety Services (risk assessment, CMSE consulting, CE marking) and AIRSKIN General Contracting (full turnkey project delivery). The portfolio is unified by the shared PLe/Cat.3, SIL 3 safety certification and 5 N activation force across all products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AIRSKIN Safety Pads and Modules

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 90% floor space savings vs. traditional fenced robot installations
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and supporting.

• VDMA (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau)minorOthers · 1 January 2022VDMA is a German trade association representing 3,600 German and European machinery and plant engineering companies. AIRSKIN GmbH has been a member since 2022 and participates in two specialist groups: Robotics + Automation and Electrical Automation. The company aims to play an active role in shaping the future of the industry, robotics, and regulations.
• Stäubli RoboticscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 January 2015Stäubli Robotics is a leading international player in industrial automation providing engineering and technical support. Partnership began in 2015 — the longest-standing AIRSKIN partnership. Stäubli now provides finished robot series (TX2touch) with integrated AIRSKIN as standard collaborative offering. AIRSKIN is available for TX2-60, TX2-60L, TX2-90, TX2-90L, and TX2-90XL robot models.
• KUKA AGcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorKUKA is a global automation corporation and leading industrial robot manufacturer headquartered in Augsburg, Germany. KUKA has partnered with AIRSKIN for several years, integrating AIRSKIN technology across its robot portfolio (Agilus-2, Cybertech-2, Iontec, Quantec-2) with KUKA KR C4 and KR C5 controllers. AIRSKIN is available as an add-on across the entire KUKA payload range from 6kg to 300kg. KUKA helped bring fenceless production to countless manufacturing sites globally.
• DuroByte Inc.coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDuroByte is an official integrator and recognized provider of collaborative robot solutions. As official integrator, DuroByte integrates AIRSKIN technology and pads into its automation solutions. DuroByte provides customers with comprehensive fenceless solutions that increase productivity, reduce downtime, and increase operational output at the highest safety level. Primarily active in the North American market (USA, Canada, Mexico).
• TÜV (TÜV Austria, TÜV Nord, TÜV Rheinland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAIRSKIN works actively with TÜV Austria (product certifications since a decade), TÜV Nord (safety services for Northern Europe), and TÜV Rheinland (North American product certifications per UL 1740). Long-term certification partnerships dating back over 10 years. TÜV Austria awarded AIRSKIN the 2018 Science Award. CTO Michael Zillich regularly speaks at TÜV conferences on machine safety.
• SICK Sensor IntelligencesupportingTechnology or IntegrationSICK is a leading sensor manufacturer. AIRSKIN integrates SICK 3D cameras (Visionary T-Mini) with KUKA robots for advanced quality control applications. Demonstrated at Hannover Messe 2024 and Fachpack 2024, where SICK cameras detected irregularities or missing packages during quality control while robots operated fenceless with AIRSKIN.
• Dassault SystèmessupportingTechnology or IntegrationDassault Systèmes provides the DELMIA virtual twin platform used by AIRSKIN to simulate and validate projects. AIRSKIN builds digital simulations to analyze cycle times and detect potential collisions before deploying applications. SOLIDWORKS Composer is used for creating assembly manuals. Showcased together at SPS 2024 trade fair.
• PilzsupportingOthersPilz is a leading automation technology company specializing in safety. AIRSKIN team members (including CEO Andreas Baldinger, CTO Dr. Michael Zillich) have obtained CMSE (Certified Machinery Safety Expert) certification through Pilz. The CMSE certification program has been adopted as part of AIRSKIN's internal training program (AIRSKIN Levels).
• EEP Robotics (via Quantum Holding)minorOthersFollowing Blue Danube Robotics insolvency, EEP Robotics (acquired by Quantum Holding in 2022) took over all system integrator business of Blue Danube Robotics. EEP had previously worked closely with Blue Danube Robotics, integrating their technology at customer sites. EEP and AIRSKIN are now both subsidiaries of Quantum Holding.
• BechtleminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorBechtle is a European IT company and KUKA partner. Exhibited together with AIRSKIN at Hannover Messe 2025. Serves as a channel partner in specific market segments.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Universal Robots: Global market leader in collaborative robots (cobots). Cobots are the primary alternative solution to AIRSKIN for fenceless robot operation, targeting the same manufacturing customers. AIRSKIN explicitly positions against UR by arguing cobots sacrifice speed, payload and reach.
• FANUC: Major industrial robot OEM with a growing cobot portfolio (CRX series). Competes for the same fenceless manufacturing line-of-business; like AIRSKIN, FANUC is pushing into human-robot collaboration without giving up throughput.
• ABB Robotics: Global industrial and collaborative robot maker (GoFa, YuMi, SWIFTI). Competes with AIRSKIN's value proposition of safe, high-throughput robot operation across automotive, electronics and F&B customers.

Broad incumbents

• KUKA: AIRSKIN's largest channel partner across Agilus-2, Cybertech-2, Iontec and Quantec-2 (KR 6 to KR 300). Also a broad incumbent in industrial robotics with its own cobot offering (LBR iisy), making it both a partner and a potential competitor for fenceless solutions.
• Stäubli Robotics: Longest-standing AIRSKIN partner (since 2015); ships the TX2 Touch cobot with integrated AIRSKIN. Stäubli also serves as a broad incumbent in industrial and collaborative robotics, so the relationship is simultaneously symbiotic and competitive.
• Yaskawa (Motoman): Industrial robot maker with a collaborative product line (HC series) and an AIRSKIN add-on offering. Competes with AIRSKIN's cobot-substitution story on one side and amplifies AIRSKIN's distribution on the other.

Emerging players

• Doosan Robotics: Fast-growing cobot maker focusing on small and medium payload applications (up to ~25 kg). Competes with AIRSKIN in lower-payload fenceless cells and is rapidly expanding into Europe and North America.
• Techman Robot: Cobot manufacturer with an integrated vision focus, particularly strong in Asia. Overlaps with AIRSKIN in collaborative manufacturing use cases where integrated vision and safety are bundled into one platform.

Others

• SICK AG: Leading industrial safety sensor and scanner maker — partners with AIRSKIN (SICK Visionary T-Mini 3D cameras integrated with KUKA + AIRSKIN). Competes indirectly through alternative safety approaches (laser scanners, area scans) rather than contact-based skin.
• Pilz: Automation safety specialist that runs the CMSE certification program used by AIRSKIN staff. An adjacent player in functional safety services and sensors; competes partly through Pilz's own safety radar scanners and consulting services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@airskin-robotics
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/airskin
• Xx.com/_AIRSKIN

Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A

Investments

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