The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies DEEP Robotics: 5 models, 11 deployments across 2 regions, $70.0M raised. 7 sources back the record.
CategoryHumanoids
Overview
DEEP Robotics (Jihua Robotics) is a Chinese quadruped robotics company developing robot dogs for industrial Inspection, emergency response, and research. Products include X20 and Lite3 quadruped robots. Deployed in power stations, fire rescue operations, and industrial environments. Based in Hangzhou.
Reality check
Products (company-claimed)
X20 and Lite3 quadrupeds for inspection, emergency response and research.
Use cases (company-claimed)
Power stations, fire rescue and industrial sites.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 11 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Founder (reported, unconfirmed)
Series C (reported, unconfirmed)
Data & sources
Web sources
7
7 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (5)
View all models →Current platform
DEEP Robotics DR02
Industry-grade full-size humanoid from DEEP Robotics with IP66 whole-body protection for all-weather outdoor work, including security patrol and factory tasks. Early Oct 2026 Hangzhou Xihu District traffic field trials were an outdoor demo, not a product launch.
Current platform
DEEP Robotics Lynx M20
Wheeled-legged hybrid quadruped (Lynx M20): ~15 kg payload (max ~50 kg), 45-degree slopes, ~80 cm step clearance. Autonomous navigation across extreme terrain for inspection and emergency response.
Current platform
DEEP Robotics X20
Industrial inspection quadruped (~53-57 kg, IP66, ~15 km range, 20 kg payload). Autonomous multi-sensor-fusion inspection (LiDAR + RTK), obstacle avoidance and terrain recognition; operates in complete darkness via multi-sensor SLAM. Distinct from the X30.
Current platform
DEEP Robotics Lite3
Compact research/education quadruped with dynamic locomotion (terrain-adaptive, front-flip capable) and an SDK for autonomy/RL development. Commercial; used by academic and developer partners.
Current platform
DEEP Robotics X30
Industrial-inspection quadruped with autonomous, terrain-adaptive navigation and obstacle avoidance for power, utilities and hazardous environments. Commercial (specific named autonomous-inspection deployment sites not independently verified - honest-absence on deployments this wave).
Partnerships
Every company DEEP Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Ukrainian Armor1× joint1 total
Most recent
DEEP Robotics on the deployment map
View the global map11 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Nov 2025. Explore where DEEP Robotics's robots are operating, by place and type.
- operationalDEEP Robotics Lynx M20 at Hangzhou →East Asia · verified Nov 2025
- operationalDEEP Robotics X30 at China →East Asia · verified Nov 2025
- operationalDEEP Robotics X30 at Hoh Xil, Qinghai, China →East Asia · verified Sep 2025
- operationalDEEP Robotics X30 at Singapore →Southeast Asia · verified Mar 2025
- operationalDEEP Robotics X30 at Shenzhen →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalDEEP Robotics Lite3 at Hangzhou →East Asia · verified Jun 2024
- operationalDEEP Robotics X20 at Kunshan, Jiangsu, China →East Asia · verified Jan 2024
- operationalDEEP Robotics X30 at Ningbo, China →East Asia · verified Jan 2024
- operationalDEEP Robotics X30 at Singapore →Southeast Asia · verified Jan 2024
- operationalDEEP Robotics X20 at Ningbo, China →East Asia · verified Jan 2024
- operationalDEEP Robotics X20 at China →East Asia · verified Aug 2021
View the full DEEP Robotics deployment record →
Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Zhu Qiuguo Founder
- Zhu Xiuming Founder & CEO, Deep Roboticssecondary-verified
- Guo Jiajun Co-Founder, CEOsince 2017-01-01secondary-verified
Founders (2)
- Guo Jiajuncofounderfounded 2017-01-01
- Zhu Qiuguocofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for DEEP 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)
- DEEP Robotics11 deployments
Recent coverage
DEEP Robotics in third-party press
Peers
14 peers across 1 segment. Every DEEP Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
quadruped(14)
12 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 4981.70981935126) · leader Boston Dynamics at 5660%
- ANYboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Asylon Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Boston Dynamicsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Ghost Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- LimX Dynamicsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- MAB Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (6)
Registry pages whose text names DEEP Robotics.
Companies (1)
Robots and products (1)
Deployments (2)
DEEP Robotics X20 at China, DEEP Robotics Lynx M20 at Hangzhou
People (2)
Supplied by (2)
Compute / semiconductor
- NVIDIAvia DEEP Robotics Lite3NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX (perception host; RK3588 motion controller alongside)supplies
Sensors
- Intel RealSensevia DEEP Robotics Lite3Intel RealSense D435i depth camerasupplies
Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).
Financial state
- Total funding
- $70.0M
- Reporting basis
- private_disclosed
- Revenue disclosed
- $47000000 (private_disclosed)
- 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.
Partnerships
1 total · 1 just announced
Every company DEEP Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Ukrainian Armor1× joint1 total
Funding rounds (2)
- Series C2025-12-09
$70M(reported) · $700M post
Investors: CMB International (co_lead), China Asset Management (ChinaAMC) (co_lead)
- Series B2023-10-01
Investors: Yunhui Capital, Zhejiang University Education Foundation, China Fortune-Tech Capital, Shoucheng Capital
Timeline
Every recorded move in DEEP Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2025-12-09Series C raising $70000000
Funding roundSeries B funding round
2023-10-01Series B
Key hireGuo Jiajun joins as Co-Founder, CEO
2017-01-01Guo Jiajun appointed Co-Founder, CEO (current)
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
LYNX M20 Launch | For Extreme Environments
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 7, 2026
Protective Jueying丨Industrial-Grade Waterproof Quadruped Robot
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
DEEP Robotics Lite3 quick start
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
DEEP Robotics X30 plant inspection
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (7)
- https://www.deeprobotics.cn/en
- https://www.deeprobotics.us/products/x20/
- https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/industrial-and-manufacturing/deep-robotics-humanoid-robot-debuts-in-xihu-district-exploring-new-app-1234239 · 2026-10-08
- https://www.news.cn/tech/20261009/27997a5231144453909fc63b6e56c19c/c.html · 2026-10-09
- https://deeprobotics.cn/en/index/dr02.html · 2026-10-11
- https://therobotdaily.com/deep-robotics-dr02-traffic-trials-hangzhou · 2026-10-08
- https://x.com/spaceandtech_/status/2108931723513995375 · 2026-10-10
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Methodology: Verified · 7 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-12
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-12
Sources by quality tier
- 7
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DEEP Robotics.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- 1X Technologies5 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DEEP Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Deep Robotics tests DR02 humanoids on rainy Hangzhou roads
Deep Robotics says its DR02 humanoids handled traffic guidance and tourist queries in rainy Hangzhou trials, but provides no measured performance results. The post Deep Robotics…
Deep Robotics Tests DR02 Humanoids in Hangzhou Traffic and Tourist Areas
Insider Brief Deep Robotics has deployed a group of its DR02 humanoid robots in China’s Hangzhou’s Xihu District to test whether the machines can assist with real traffic…
Video: Chinese robot dog battles red sand and steep slopes in extreme desert adventure
DEEP Robotics has released footage showing its Lynx wheel-legged robot series navigating harsh desert terrain,...
Chinese robot dogs take on fires and toxic leaks to keep rescuers out of danger
Chinese startup DEEP Robotics is expanding the use of quadruped and wheeled-legged robots in firefighting...
DEEP Robotics launches Lite3 quadruped with advanced front-flipping mobility
DEEP Robotics launched Lite3 quadruped robot. Proprietary leg-joint technology with 50% more torque. Advanced front-flipping mobility. Starting at ,400.
China's Deep Robotics raises US$70 million in fresh funds
Deep Robotics raised $70M+ in Series C funding. Founder and CEO Zhu Qiuguo, also an associate professor at Zhejiang University, leads the quadruped robot company.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/deep-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/deep-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/8fbf3fb4-c67c-468d-b9f8-8970ddb7f8c3
- Revision history: /companies/deep-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Dobot6 models
- 1X Technologies5 models
- AgiBot5 models
- AheadForm5 models
Video
To discover more, please contact: Tel. +86 400-055-095 Web. https://deeprobotics.cn/en/index/buy....
The LYNX M20 series represents the world's first wheeled-legged robot built specifically for challenging terrains and hazardous environments during industrial o
Small Frame. Serious Power. 🤖 Meet the Lynx S10 — a compact all-terrain robot built to deliver industry-grade performance in a lightweight form factor under 2
Our DR02 humanoid robot continues to evolve with enhanced payload capacity and obstacle-crossing capabilities, unlocking greater potential for real-world indust
Robot Dog Extinguishes Fires 🔥 DEEP Robotics' Pulse Firefighting Robot enables remote firefighting operations in hazardous environments, delivering precise f
The World’s First! DEEP Robotics Unveils the All-Weather Humanoid Robot DR02 — Redefining Industrial Applications. KEY HIGHLIGHTS: - IP66 Waterproof & Dustproo
We have achieved mass production & delivery of our full-series quadruped robots! 🦾Proven. Reliable. Available.
Introducing the DEEP Robotics Year of the Horse Special Edition robotic companion — where robotics meets creativity. 🐎🤖 Inspired by the spirit of the horse —
More information about DEEP Robotics Lite3 robot: 🔗 Official Website: https://www.deeprobotics.cn/en/?utm_source=pro_robots 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.c
A robot that looks and moves like a horse? DEEP Robotics created a special edition quadruped robot inspired by the Year of the Horse, blending advanced robotics
LYNX M20 adapts intelligently to complex terrains across industries. Whether speed or precision motion matters, it’s built to outperform. #DEEPRobotics #LYNXM2
X20 tunnel inspection quadruped robot can achieve accurate detection and real-time uploading of faults such as cable surface discharge, corona discharge, intern
DEEP Robotics continues to impress with the DR02 humanoid robot. Featuring fluid movement, outstanding balance, and precise foot placement, this robot tackles c
Humanoid DR02 Evolution 2026 — More Agile, More Dynamic, More Capable Than Ever. Deep Robotics If you liked this video, check these out next: Apollo Humanoid Ro
I Found the Robot That Doesn't Need Roads, Climbs Mountains, Crosses Rivers. Deep Robotics. Lynx M20S If you liked this video, check these out next: Apollo Huma
Heat Index
Category contender77/100
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
DEEP Robotics draws attention at the 85th percentile but verifies reality at the 92nd percentile among humanoids. Hype Gap -6.7, 61st widest among humanoids.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 11 verified deployments. Strong deployment footprint with 11 operational sites across 7 countries.
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 19, 2026