Trener Robotics
"Skills for more capable robots."
USA Physical AI startup offering Acteris, a vendor-agnostic layer enabling skill-based autonomous operation for ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC robots.
Trener Robotics is a Physical AI company that develops the Acteris platform—a software intelligence layer designed to transform standard industrial robots into autonomous, adaptive operators capable of handling high-mix, low-volume manufacturing without traditional point-to-point programming.
Founded by Dr. Asad Tirmizi (CEO) and Dr. Lars Tingelstad (CTO), the company is dual-headquartered in San Jose, California (145 Nicholson Ln, San Jose, CA 95134) and Trondheim, Norway (Skippergata 14, 7042 Trondheim). In February 2026, Trener raised a $32 million Series A to scale deployment of Acteris. The platform is compatible with robots from ABB, Universal Robots, and FANUC, and can be deployed on new cells or retrofitted into existing workcells without replacing installed equipment. Acteris comprises several integrated modules: T-Agents (agentic AI control via natural language), T-Job (job specification and changeover orchestration), T-Sim (high-fidelity pre-deployment simulation), T-Monitor (real-time production dashboards), T-Vision (vision-based part localization and scene understanding), and T-Skill (standardized reusable skill execution framework). The platform uses Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models to enable robots to execute tasks with built-in recovery flows and minimal manual intervention, particularly suited for machine tending in environments with frequent changeovers.
Deployment is delivered through a partner-led integration model. Trener has won multiple industry awards including the ABB Startup Challenge 2024, the CECIMO MTI Award at EMO Hannover 2025, and the Industry Startup Forum Award at Advanced Factories Barcelona 2026. The company's R&D engine, T-Labs, develops the foundation models and training pipelines underlying Acteris skills.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Acteris
Vendor-agnostic Physical AI platform that replaces robot programming with trained VLA skills for high-mix industrial automation.
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