Overview
Open-source hardware and robotics kit manufacturer; Gravity sensors, Huskylens AI camera, and robot platforms.
Reality check
HUSKYLENS (company-claimed)
Out-of-the-box AI vision sensors for face recognition, object detection, color recognition and tracking; connect to Arduino, Raspberry Pi and micro:bit.
HUSKYLENS specs and prices (company-claimed)
HUSKYLENS: Kendryte K210, about 1 TOPS, 6 built-in models, about $34.90. HUSKYLENS 2: Kendryte K230, about 6 TOPS, 20+ models, about $89.90.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Focus
Products
Data & sources
Web sources
5
5 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company DFRobot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arduino1× joint
- 2Mouser Electronics1× joint
Most recent
DFRobot on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Ricky Ye Foundersecondary-verified
Safety record
No incidents on record for DFRobot.
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 →
Recent coverage
DFRobot in third-party press
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Mentioned on (1)
Registry pages whose text names DFRobot.
People (1)
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company DFRobot has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Arduino1× joint
- 2Mouser Electronics1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- DFRobot x Arduino (Official Distribution)withArduinodistribution—operating
- DFRobot x Mouser Electronics (Global Distribution)withMouser Electronicsdistribution—operating
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (5)
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Methodology: Verified · 5 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-21
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
- 1
- knowledge-base
- Knowledge base
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for DFRobot.Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning DFRobot from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Project #12: Robotics - ESP32-C3 Mini - Mk39
Flexible Displays Move Into the Home Lab
DFRobot LattePanda Iota Review
Project #12: Robotics - Arduino UNO R4 WiFi - Mk36
DFRobot Showcases AI Maker Projects at Robot Hokoten in Akihabara
Project #12: Robotics - 4WD Robot Car - Mk34
DFRobot Showcases Industrial Sensors, Edge AI, and Modular x86 Computing at Embedded World 2026
Project #12: Robotics - L298N DC Motor Driver - Mk33
How to Use Servo Motors with Arduino - Lesson #19
That’s Not a Filament Spool, It’s a Robot!
Hand-Track Robot: ROS 2 + Rubik Pi 3 + Edge Impulse YOLO-Pro
Teacher-Focused Robotics Training
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/dfrobot.md
- RSS feed: /companies/dfrobot/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c8502a50-e61e-40de-af7e-6539e3415341
- Revision history: /companies/dfrobot/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Unitree Robotics12 models
- DJI9 models
- AgiBot6 models
- DLR Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics6 models
- Orbbec6 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
Heat Index
Serious54/100
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
DFRobot draws attention at the 43rd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among other robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
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: Nov 4, 2026