The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies ForwardX Robotics: 1 model, $61.0M raised. 4 sources back the record.
CategoryWarehouse & Logistics Robotics
Appears inLogistics robots
Overview
Forwardx Robotics is a Beijing-based AI and robotics company developing vision-based autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and autonomous forklifts for warehouse and manufacturing intralogistics. Founded by Nicolas Chee (former Oracle VP), the company raised $31M in Series C1 funding, bringing total funding to approximately $100M. ForwardX deploys AMRs including the Flex 300 for industrial-grade automation.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
DEPLOY VERIFIEDPriced roundSeries C post-money
Key facts
Series C
Total fundingsee investors →
Products
CEO
Funding totalsee investors →
Series C1
Product
Category
Data & sources
Patent documents
3
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company ForwardX Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Chery Automobile1× joint2 total
Most recent
- with Chery Automobileoperating
ForwardX Robotics on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Nicolas Chee Founder & CEOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Nicolas Cheecofounder
Safety record
No incidents on record for ForwardX 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 →
Recent coverage
ForwardX Robotics in third-party press
Peers
85 peers across 1 segment. Every ForwardX Robotics competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
amr(85)
53 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 2073.1177093090264) · leader Boston Dynamics at 4191%
- Ambi Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Mytradirect competitor(inferred)strong
- OTTO Motorsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Rapyuta Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Syrius Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
- Unbox Roboticsdirect competitor(inferred)strong
Financial state
- Total funding
- $61.0M
- Employees
- 302
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- growth
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
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 operating
Every company ForwardX Robotics has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- with Chery Automobileoperating
Most-frequent partners
- 1Chery Automobile1× joint2 total
Funding rounds (1)
- Series C2023-07-19
$61M(reported) · $610M post
Patent estate (3)
- USD924955S1usptograntedgranted 2021-12-07assignee
- USD947916S1usptograntedgranted 2022-04-05assignee
- US20220305672A1usptopendingassignee
Timeline
Every recorded move in ForwardX Robotics’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeries C funding round
2023-07-19Series C raising $61000000
PartnershipChery Auto x ForwardX Robotics AMR deployment
2023-01-01ForwardX Robotics supplies vision-guided autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) to Chery Automobile's manufacturing facilities. Deployments include 100+ AMRs at the Super One Factory (2023), 435 AMRs at the Dalian EV production site, and 98 AMRs at the Kaifeng final assembly workshop, totaling over 630 AMRs across three sites.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 27, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ForwardX Robotics.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ForwardX Robotics from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Beijing robotics firm ForwardX's Series C hits 1 million
ForwardX Robotics announced an additional 0M in funding, bringing its Series C to 1M for its AI-powered AMRs.
ForwardX Robotics raises $31 Million to scale AMRs
ForwardX Robotics completed its Series C1 funding round raising $31 million, bringing total funding to approximately $100M for its vision-based AMR platform.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/forwardx-robotics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/forwardx-robotics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/cbadf8f7-da86-4921-bef5-8c208737e3f3
- Revision history: /companies/forwardx-robotics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Boston Dynamics5 models
- Locus Robotics5 models
- Robotphoenix5 models
- Savoye5 models
- Reeman4 models
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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
ForwardX Robotics draws attention at the 30th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among AMRs.
6-month trend
Analysis
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 2, 2026