Wandelbots

Wandelbots is a German industrial-robotics software company whose NOVA platform makes programming and controlling robots from many vendors accessible through a unified, software-first, Physical-AI approach. NOVA exposes a cell-based HTTP/WebSocket API (v2) for motion planning, controller management, trajectory execution and program running, backed by official Python and TypeScript SDKs, an autogenerated Go client, React UI components, and a NOVA CLI. Reference customers include Volkswagen, Schaeffler and SHL. Backed by EQT Ventures and Insight Partners.

Wandelbots publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Software Automation, Robotics, Industrial Automation, and Robot Programming.

Wandelbots’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, developer portal, engineering blog, support, CLI, and 16 more developer resources.

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27.8/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

AccessSelf serve

1 APIs 1 MCP Servers

CompanySoftware AutomationRoboticsIndustrial AutomationRobot ProgrammingMotion PlanningPhysical AISDK

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Composite quality — 27.8/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 14.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.8 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 9.3 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 4 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Wandelbots NOVA API

Cell-based robot-control API for the Wandelbots NOVA platform: motion planning, controller management, motion-group state, trajectory execution (WebSocket) and program running. ...

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Portal

Portal

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

WellKnown

WellKnown

Design & Contract 4

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Components

Conventions

Lifecycle

Conformance

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

SDKs

Packages

CLI

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Deprecation

Deprecation

ChangeLog

ChangeLog

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: wandelbots
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/wandelbots.png
name: Wandelbots
description: Wandelbots is a German industrial-robotics software company whose NOVA platform makes programming and controlling
  robots from many vendors accessible through a unified, software-first, Physical-AI approach. NOVA exposes a cell-based HTTP/WebSocket
  API (v2) for motion planning, controller management, trajectory execution and program running, backed by official Python
  and TypeScript SDKs, an autogenerated Go client, React UI components, and a NOVA CLI. Reference customers include Volkswagen,
  Schaeffler and SHL. Backed by EQT Ventures and Insight Partners.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/wandelbots/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- eqt-ventures
- insight-partners
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Software Automation
- Robotics
- Industrial Automation
- Robot Programming
- Motion Planning
- Physical AI
- SDK
apis:
- name: Wandelbots NOVA API
  description: 'Cell-based robot-control API for the Wandelbots NOVA platform: motion planning, controller management, motion-group
    state, trajectory execution (WebSocket) and program running. Path-versioned (v1 legacy, v2 current/experimental); authenticated
    with a per-instance bearer access token issued in the Developer Portal.'
  humanURL: https://docs.wandelbots.io/25.9/nova-api
  baseURL: https://portal.wandelbots.io
  tags:
  - Robotics
  - Motion Planning
  - Industrial Automation
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.wandelbots.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.wandelbots.io/25.9/nova-api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://docs.wandelbots.io/25.9/nova-api/v2-quickstart
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/wandelbots-authentication.yml
  - type: Conventions
    url: conventions/wandelbots-conventions.yml
  - type: Lifecycle
    url: lifecycle/wandelbots-lifecycle.yml
  - type: Deprecation
    url: lifecycle/wandelbots-lifecycle.yml
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: changelog/wandelbots-changelog.yml
  - type: Conformance
    url: conformance/wandelbots-conformance.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/wandelbots-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://wandelbots.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.wandelbots.com/developer-portal
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.wandelbots.io/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.wandelbots.io/25.9/nova-api
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.wandelbots.io/25.9/nova-api/v2-quickstart
- type: Portal
  url: https://portal.wandelbots.io/en/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/wandelbotsgmbh
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.wandelbots.com/blog
- type: Support
  url: https://www.wandelbots.com/contact
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/wandelbots-packages.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/wandelbots-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/wandelbots-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/wandelbots-components.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/wandelbots-mcp.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/wandelbots-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/wandelbots-well-known.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/wandelbots-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/wandelbots-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/wandelbots-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/wandelbots-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/wandelbots-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/wandelbots-conformance.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 12
  pass: local-v1