Rocsys raises €11.1 million and unveils world’s first multi-bay hands-free charging solution for robotaxi fleets

Rocsys, a Rijswijk-based startup specialising in hands-free depot solutions for autonomous electric vehicles, has announced the Rocsys M1, the world’s first hands-free charging solution capable of serving multiple bays in robotaxi operations.

The company has also announced a €11.1 million ($13 million) Series A extension led by Capricorn Partners, with participation from Scania Invest, Forward.One, SEB Greentech Venture Capital and Graduate Ventures. This brings the company’s total funding raised to date to €47.9 million ($56 million). 

Crijn Bouman, CEO and Co-Founder of Rocsys, said, “Autonomous vehicles are growing rapidly, and infrastructure must keep pace. Without hands-free operations, autonomy stops at the depot. Based on a platform designed to extend beyond charging to automated interior cleaning and inspection, the Rocsys M1 introduces smart charging infrastructure for continuous, real-world use at scale, validated by signing a major robotaxi deal. It enables operators to run mixed fleets autonomously, reliably and without interruption. This is the missing link for robotaxi operators to move from pilots to global deployment.”

Founded in 2019 by Crijn Bouman, Joost van der Weijde, and Kanter van Deurzen, Rocsys offers hands-free charging and fleet service solutions for electric and autonomous vehicles. 

According to the company, the growing global robotaxi market is driving rapid fleet expansion and increasing the intensity of depot operations. It states that as utilisation rises, existing infrastructure is pushed to its limits, with manual charging emerging as a critical barrier to operational continuity. Charging processes, repeated thousands of times daily, incur costs, create operational friction, and pose safety risks, thereby acting as a structural constraint on fleet growth and profitability.

Rocsys claims to address this gap by enabling fleet readiness, transforming charging into an automated process that maximises uptime and boosts productivity. The Rocsys platform transforms manual charging into a hands-free task. Its system orchestrates every cycle, from plug-in to plug-out, reducing downtime, safely, and without interruption.

The company states that the M1’s modular, multi-bay architecture allows a single system to serve multiple vehicles across up to 10 bays, increasing throughput while reducing operational costs. 

It offers flexible overhead mounting options, including ground- and roof-mounted configurations that can integrate with any depot layout. This helps in preserving full depot space and allows parallel activities such as cleaning and inspection during charging. 

Rocsys reports that in a depot with 50 parking bays, the Rocsys M1 can increase operational efficiency by up to 75%, utilising the same staff and potentially saving as much as €1.4 million ($1.7 million) annually. 

It is built on a platform proven in active port operations and other high-duty environments and trained on more than six years of real-world data and edge cases. The company claims that Rocsys M1 adapts to variations in lighting, weather and vehicle positioning, achieving consistent, predictable performance and delivering 99.9%+ plug-in success rate in live environments. 

The Rocsys M1 uses AI-powered computer vision for precise, improving plug-in performance and motion intelligence for safe, context-aware operation. It is supported by Rocsys’ technology, with over 130 patents and pending applications.

Rocsys M1 is fully interoperable across EVs, chargers and connector types. An overhead rail-mounted design with a flexible, long-reach robotic arm enables reliable connection and disconnection across mixed fleets, regardless of the charging inlets’ position, allowing immediate deployment without costly retrofitting or lock-in.

The M1 is part of the Rocsys Platform and integrates hardware, software and services to support autonomous fleet operations. It operates within a connected service ecosystem that combines the Rocsys Portal for operational visibility, APIs for integration with customer IT systems and remote monitoring with field support. 

The M1 is part of a comprehensive depot service platform that facilitates complete depot autonomy. It is now in pilot deployment, with a large-scale rollout set to begin in 2027. Rocsys aims to support thousands of charging bays across North America and Europe over the next five years.

Steven Lambert from Capricorn Partners said, “Robotaxis are entering an acceleration phase, where operational scaling becomes the defining challenge. Infrastructure will determine how quickly and efficiently this transition happens. Rocsys is building the system layer required to support that shift, with proven, purpose-built technology already operating in demanding environments. At Capricorn Partners, we are keen to enable Rocsys’ growth to bring the foundation for the future of autonomous mobility.”

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