The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies AUBO Robotics: 2 models, 3 deployments across 3 regions, $9.0M raised. 3 sources back the record.
Appears inManufacturing robots
Overview
Chinese collaborative robot (cobot) manufacturer — #1 domestically and #2 globally in cobot sales. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Beijing, AUBO Robotics develops open-architecture 6-axis cobots with payloads from 3–20 kg (i-Series: i3, i5, i10, i16, i20). The company set national standards for collaborative robots in China and delivered its 12,000th cobot in 2025.
AUBO's US headquarters is in Romulus, Michigan, serving the North American market. Products are deployed across automotive, 3C electronics, healthcare, new retail, logistics, and education sectors in 50+ countries.
Reality check
Market share (company-claimed)
About 25% of China's cobot market; No. 1 domestically and No. 2 globally.
Products (company-claimed)
i-Series cobots (i3 to i20) with 3 to 20 kg payloads, and the G Series.
Output (company-claimed, 2025)
12,000 cobots delivered.
Reach (company-claimed)
50+ countries and 200+ distributors; 71 patents.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 3 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Leadership (reported, unconfirmed)
Listing (reported, unconfirmed)
Funding (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
Patent documents
2
Web sources
1
3 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (2)
View all models →Current platform
AUBO i-Series
AUBO's flagship line of open-architecture collaborative robots with payloads from 3 to 20 kg (i3, i5, i10, i16, i20). Features open SDK/API integration, collision detection, and force/speed safety limitations. Deployed across automotive, 3C electronics, healthcare, and retail industries in 50+ countries.
Current platform
AUBO i5
5kg payload collaborative robot — the flagship product of AUBO's i-Series. Open-architecture 6-axis cobot designed for palletizing, welding, pick-and-place, and assembly applications. Features collision detection, force limitation, and SDK/API integration. First sold in 2015 as AUBO's first commercial cobot.
AUBO Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map3 verified deployments across 3 regions, newest verified Jan 2020. Explore where AUBO Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
View the full AUBO Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (2)
- Waterman Cao President & CEO, AUBO Robotics USAsecondary-verified
- Wei Hongxing Founder & Chairmansince 2015-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Wei Hongxingsolefounded 2015-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for AUBO Robotics.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- AUBO Robotics3 deployments
Recent coverage
AUBO Robotics in third-party press
Peers
23 peers across 1 segment. Every AUBO Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
cobot(23)
19 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2089.586283779087) · leader Doosan Robotics at 2849%
- Agile Robotsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- DENSO Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Dobotdirect competitor(reported)strong
- Dobotdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- ELITE Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Formicdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names AUBO Robotics.
Deployments (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $9.0M
- Employees
- 25
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Funding rounds (1)
- Series A2017-11-07
$9M(reported)
Investors: Fosun (lead)
Patent estate (2)
- US10265848B2usptograntedgranted 2019-04-09assignee
- CN113771047Acnipapendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in AUBO Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2022-04-28Series C
Funding roundSeries B-II funding round
2021-07-14Series B-II
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2020-12-18Series B
Funding roundIncubator/Accelerator funding round
2020-05-08Incubator/Accelerator
Funding roundSeries A funding round
2017-11-09Series A
Key hireWei Hongxing joins as Founder & Chairman
2015-01-01Wei Hongxing appointed Founder & Chairman (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
AUBO i5 at Worldwide
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2020
AUBO i-Series at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2015
AUBO i-Series at China
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for AUBO Robotics.Peer companies
- Dobot6 models
- ABB3 models
- DENSO Corporation3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Agile Robots2 models
- F&P Robotics2 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning AUBO Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
AUBO Introduces the All-New G Series Adaptive Robot
AUBO Robotics unveiled its new G Series of adaptive collaborative robots, expanding its product line beyond the i-Series.
AUBO and Mettler Toledo China Form Strategic Alliance
AUBO Robotics and Mettler Toledo China announced a strategic alliance to integrate cobot automation with precision weighing and laboratory solutions.
AUBO Robotics Delivers 12,000th Unit of 2025, Setting New Benchmark in Intelligent Manufacturing
AUBO Robotics delivered its 12,000th collaborative robot of 2025 on December 28, marking a significant breakthrough in manufacturing capacity and global market expansion.
Collaborative robots reshaping human roles in China's workforce
AUBO Robotics, founded in 2015, ranks first domestically and second globally in cobot sales, controlling about a quarter of the Chinese collaborative robot market.
AUBO and SIEMENS Forge Strategic Partnership
AUBO Robotics and Siemens announced a strategic partnership to integrate collaborative robots with Siemens industrial automation platforms.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/aubo-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/aubo-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/aeb54381-5f4b-467b-90c6-e03596b6d904
- Revision history: /companies/aubo-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Dobot6 models
- ABB3 models
- DENSO Corporation3 models
- KUKA AG3 models
- Agile Robots2 models
- F&P Robotics2 models
Video
Quick tutorial on how easy it is to install and program an AUBO with the Robotiq Gripper!
How to setup a Vacuum Gripper with an AUBO-i5 Cobot
Acrovision supplies AUBO Robotics AUBO-i5 Collaborative Robots. Here AUBO demonstrate a sealing application in an automotive part http://acrovision.co.uk/soluti
Freely configure the suction device of the end tool of the robot, which can position and suck the screw by itself, and screw the machine on the machine. Website
Pneumatic blow lock screw Website: https://www.automationar.com/ E-mail: sales01@automationar.com Linkedin: Jake Ma AUBO robots can be set up according to produ
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
AUBO Robotics draws attention at the 27th percentile but verifies reality at the 55th percentile among cobot robots. Hype Gap -28.4, 15th widest among cobot robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 3 verified deployments. Thin IP estate relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 21, 2026