MiR History

The foundation of Mobile Industrial Robots was laid in 2011 when MiR's founder, Niels Jul Jacobsen, created the first example of what would one day become a MiR robot using his son's LEGO bricks.

Mobile Industrial Robots was officially founded in Odense, Denmark in May 2013 with the idea of optimizing logistics in the global industry. At this time, Niels Jul Jacobsen was the only employee at MiR until October 2014.

In 2015 the first MiR100 robots were produced and sold and from here the company quickly gathered speed.

In 2016 the MiR Hook was launched, a regional office in New York was opened and MiR moved into a new HQ in Odense, Denmark.

In the following years MiR expanded with new regional offices and new products to improve internal logistics in a wide range of industries. Over time, the company has won multiple internationally renowned awards and in 2020 MiR launched the highly adaptable and flexible MiR250.

MiR was acquired by Teradyne in 2018 and in 2022 Teradyne combined AutoGuide Mobile Robots into MiR to deliver a broad AMR product line from low to heavy payload.

Today, MiR’s headquarters is still in Odense, Denmark, with regional offices in Holbrook, NY, San Diego, CA, North Reading, MA, Georgetown, KY, Singapore, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai. MiR has 450 employees and +200 distributors in 60 countries.

2024
  • Launch of MiR1200 Pallet Jack

2023

Launch of MiR Insights

2022
  • Launch of Software 3.0

  • Merging with AutoGuide Mobile Robots

2021
  • MiR250 Hook launched in May.

  • MiR600 & MiR1350 launched.

  • Regional office in Seoul

2020
MiR250
  • Expansion of MiR With new regional offices

  • New products to enhance internal logistics

  • Launch of the highly adaptable MiR250

2019
MiR1000
  • MiR1000 launched in April   

  • Regional offices in Frankfurt and Tokyo

2018
MiR500
  • MiR500 launched in June

  • Regional office in San Diego.

  • Acquired by Teradyne in April

2017
MiR200
  • MiR200 and MiR200 Hook launched in April

  • Regional offices in Barcelona, Shanghai, Singapore

2016
MiR100 Hook

In 2016 the MiR Hook was launched, a regional office in New York was opened and MiR moved into a new HQ in Odense, Denmark.

2015
MiR100

In 2015 the first MiR100 robots were produced and sold and from here the company quickly gathered speed.

2013
NIels

Mobile Industrial Robots was officially founded in Odense, Denmark in May 2013 with the idea of optimizing logistics in the global industry. At this time, Niels Jul Jacobsen was the only employee at MiR until October 2014. 

2011
Lego robot

The foundation of Mobile Industrial Robots was laid in 2011 when MiR's founder, Niels Jul Jacobsen, created the first example of what would one day become a MiR robot using his son's LEGO bricks.