Built by an inventor.Wrapped by hand.
TeslaWrapper was founded by Raoul Shah, the inventor behind AutoWrap Robotics and AutoWrap AI®. Four issued U.S. patents, 62 claims, assigned to AutoWrap Robotics LLC.
Every vehicle TeslaWrapper installs is wrapped by a person, by hand. The technology below is what AutoWrap Robotics is building — it is not what wraps your car.
TeslaWrapper wraps cars.AutoWrap Robotics writes patents.
They are not the same company and they do not do the same thing. If you came here to have a Tesla wrapped, the first column is the whole of what you are buying — the second one is background about who founded the shop, and you can skip it without missing anything about your car.
None of that touches your car. Every wrap we install is done by hand, by a person, and the robotics work is a separate research track.
TeslaWrapper
A Tesla wrap studio in Ashburn, Virginia. Appointment only, one vehicle at a time, installed by hand.
- Professional human installation
- Tesla-focused
- 3M and Avery Dennison experience required of installers
- Panel-by-panel preparation, installation and finishing
- Documented vehicle condition and quality control
- Appointment only
- Tesla wraps starting at $7,000
AutoWrap Robotics LLC
A separate company founded by the same person. It holds the patents, builds the software and owns the research. It has never touched a customer vehicle.
- AI control systems for robotic surface treatment
- 3D vision that builds a model of the vehicle surface
- Robotic lighting installation and servicing
- AI operations for autonomous vehicle service centers
- Research and development, under four issued U.S. patents
- 62 claims in total, assigned to AutoWrap Robotics LLC
- Nothing here is a service you can buy, and nothing here has been on a customer car
The patents referenced here are assigned to AutoWrap Robotics LLC, a separate company founded by the same inventor. TeslaWrapper does not own them.
Every vehicle TeslaWrapper installs is wrapped by a person, by hand. The technology below is what AutoWrap Robotics is building — it is not what wraps your car.
Looking for the robotics company, not the wrap shop?
This is the wrap studio. The technology, the patents and the software live with AutoWrap Robotics LLC and AutoWrap AI®, and they have their own sites. Nothing on this website is for sale to a robotics buyer, and nothing there wraps a Tesla.
The only claim we make about the connection
Writing patents about automating a craft means having to describe the craft precisely first — surface condition, material behavior, what was documented before work started, what quality control actually checked. That interest shows up in how this shop keeps records. It does not show up as a robot in the bay, and it is not a reason to expect a better wrap than a good installer would give you.
The problem the patents start from
Vehicle wrapping is almost entirely manual and almost entirely dependent on individual experience. Two installers, the same film, the same car, and you can get two different results. That gap between craft and consistency is what the patents set out to describe.
The 3 that are about vehicles.Out of 4 issued U.S. patents.
Assigned to AutoWrap Robotics LLC. Inventor: Raoul Shah.
AI-controlled robotic vehicle surface treatment
What US 12,643,243 covers, and why it matters
An AI control system that scans a vehicle in 3D, chooses the right tool head for the surface in front of it, and carries out multi-step surface treatment — film application, wrapping, coating, tint — while detecting defects and correcting in real time.
It is a description, in patent language, of what a skilled installer actually does: read the surface, pick the tool, work the material, spot the flaw, fix it. Writing that down precisely enough to be granted required understanding the craft first.
This patent claims a system, not a method. It recites multi-step surface treatment operations, but no ordered sequence of steps is claimed.
View the patent →AI-led robotic vehicle-lighting installation and servicing
What US 12,649,240 covers, and why it matters
A system and a method for installing and servicing vehicle lighting — fiber-optic starlight headliners, LED strips, headlight and taillight assemblies — using robots that build a 3D model of the vehicle, plan the work, and place components with tactile feedback.
Lighting work means handling headliner fabric, trim and wiring without marking any of it. The claims are built around controlled force and material integrity, which is the same instinct that makes a good wrap: touch it as little as possible, and only where you mean to.
Claim 12 is a genuine ordered method — the only claimed ordered sequence in the robotics portfolio.
View the patent →Humanoid AI for autonomous vehicle service centers
What US 12,511,598 covers, and why it matters
An AI system for running a vehicle service facility: reading vehicle diagnostics, generating explainable repair strategies, dispatching work to robots with assigned roles, maintaining a digital twin of both the vehicle and the facility, and keeping customers informed.
This one is about running the shop, not touching the car — intake, scheduling, bay utilization, keeping a project from stalling. Much of how TeslaWrapper is organized today, as software rather than robots, comes from having thought that problem through.
These are issued United States patents. No foreign counterparts are claimed.
And one that is not about vehicles at all
Different industryUS 12,507,946 — AI dermatological imaging and predictive simulation. It has nothing to do with vehicles, wrapping or your Tesla.
A dermatological imaging patent, in a different industry from the three robotics patents. FADE MY INK® is a trademark, not the title of this patent.
Why a non-automotive patent is listed here at all
Not automotive, and included here only for completeness of the portfolio. Its relevance is the underlying discipline: photograph a surface, normalize for lighting, measure what actually changed, and predict honestly with a stated confidence.
It is listed because a portfolio count that quietly omits a patent is worse than an honest one that does not fit the story.
Six ideas, each traceable to a claim.
Surface understanding
The patents are built around 3D scanning and digital surface models — reading the surface before touching it.
US 12,643,243
Material handling
Claimed tooling covers film tensioning, heated spatula work, vibration-assisted squeegee technique and knifeless trimming.
US 12,643,243
Defect detection
Bubbles, wrinkles and coating imperfections are claimed as detectable conditions with corrective response.
US 12,643,243
Environmental adaptation
Ambient temperature, humidity, wind and contamination are claimed variables — the same conditions that decide whether an install goes well.
US 12,643,243
Learning from experts
Mapping human expert demonstration onto robotic motion through imitation learning is claimed.
US 12,643,243
Quality feedback
Quality-control findings automatically updating the models is a claimed step of the ordered method.
US 12,649,240
Any demonstration of the robotic systems is a simulation illustrating the disclosed inventions, not a physical working prototype.
Today’s craft. Tomorrow’s technology.
TeslaWrapper operates today with professional human installation and proven tools. It was also founded out of a technology background aimed at the future of vehicle surface transformation.
The practical effect is not that a robot touches your car. It is that we are unusually interested in the parts of this trade that can be measured — surface condition, material behavior, what was documented before work started, what quality control actually checked. Writing patents about automating a craft requires understanding the craft in detail first.
See what the technology is built to transform.Tesla wraps start at $7,000.
The patents are about the future. The Teslas are being wrapped now, by hand, one at a time.