Circus SE achieves readiness for high-volume production of CA-1 robot

First CA-1 units planned to enter contracted production as early as May 2025, with deliveries to European customers planned to start from mid-2025

Circus SE, one of the global leaders in Embodied AI and autonomous robotics for the food-service industry, announced the successful completion of the CA-1 industrialization and high-volume production setup poised for the launch of high-volume production of its CA-1 robot. With the company’s first outsourced high-volume factory environment and outsourced production infrastructure cleared for deployment in partnership with our global contract manufacturing partners, Circus is now ready to begin manufacturing its Embodied AI system CA-1 on scale, with production commencing as early as May 2025.

Deliveries to the first customers in Circus’ European core market are on track to begin as early as Summer 2025, marking the start of fulfilling the company’s strong pre-order backlog from Q3 2025 onwards.

“This is a landmark moment for Circus,” said Nikolas Bullwinkel, CEO and Founder of Circus SE. “Our engineering teams have successfully delivered on every scheduled milestone in our manufacturing roadmap, reinforcing our confidence in meeting our production and delivery targets. With the CA-1 ready for serial production and the activation of a high-volume production setup, we are moving from vision to reality. We are ready to serve our customers and bring our autonomous robots to the world at scale.”