
Cypher Robotics, Ericsson partner at Hannover Messe 2025
We’re back home now – and it’s been a bit of a whirlwind.
At the end of March, we packed up Captis – our cycle counting and precision scanning solution – and flew to Germany for the big Hannover Messe 2025 show. It was a massive show of automation and other innovative technologies; some 4,000 exhibitors highlighted 10,000 products and solutions for 127,000 attendees.
“This is one of the biggest shows on the planet, and a great venue for Cypher Robotics,” explains company Founder and CEO Peter King, who attended. We partnered with Ericsson – the global leader in telecommunications hardware and software – at the event, which was also a big deal for Canada.
We were the “partner country,” which meant that Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canana was a key sponsor of the show. If you check out this highlight reel, you’ll see a robotic goalie built by an Ontario high school robotics team.
THE CAPTIS SOLUTION
Captis is a three-in-one device that can autonomously count inventory, scan products with RFID tags and carry out precision scans. When cycle counting in a large warehouse, a tethered drone attached to the AMR base scans all codes on missions that can last as long as five hours. All that data is transmitted wirelessly to a company’s existing Warehouse Management Software or Warehouse Execution System. It’s very much an Industry 4.0 solution.
“There was a lot of interest in Captis at Hannover Messe,” says King. “People immediately understand the value proposition.”
And so does Ericsson.
ERICSSON AND 5G
Ericsson is the global leader in providing the critical components that enable 5G networks. And, with the emphasis on IR4, continues to push the technology envelope. The firm recently announced that, in conjunction with Verizon and Qualcomm, the companies had achieved a record-breaking uplink speed of 480 Mbps.
“Emerging applications, such as smart surveillance, industrial automation, augmented reality devices and generative AI models, require massive amounts of data to be continuously uploaded for analysis, decision-making, and model training,” said Srini Kalapala, Senior Vice President of Technology and Product Development at Verizon in a news release.
AI-driven products like Captis rely on high speed networks. And, as companies embrace Industry 4.0, many are starting to opt for the security and reliability of their own, highly secure, private 5G networks.
“Products like Captis really help demonstrate how private 5G networks can help utterly transform businesses in this IR4 landscape,” says King.
Ericsson’s website concurs:
“As manufacturers modernize their operations, the need for the right connectivity has never been more critical. Data transformation in manufacturing starts with a unified connectivity platform that seamlessly integrates your existing digital assets to enable new technologies. At the heart of this transformation is 5G connectivity, delivering scalable, flexible solutions that harness massive amounts of data generated by Industrial IoT devices.”
Below: Peter King (l) with partners from Ericsson and Slolam Consulting at Hannover Messe 2025, followed by an image of Captis in a large Canadian warehouse


THE CYPHER VIEW
Strategic partnerships are always important in business. Arguably, such partnerships are even more important as the world transitions more fully into Industry 4.0. All the Smart Devices in the world are meaningless without robust data pipelines, so we are very pleased to be in a partnership with Ericsson – and view it as validation of our products and vision.
“Cypher would like to thank Ericsson for the opportunity to share the stage at Hannover Messe 2025,” says Cypher Founder and CEO King. “This was a tremendous opportunity to not only showcase Captis before a global audience of decision-makers, but also to demonstrate the role private 5G networks will play in IR4.”
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