# Orbbec: robotics company

Canonical ID: `b7ec07de-c355-4028-bf4c-e535842f32f3`

## Key facts

- **CEO:** Howard Huang
- **Products:** 3D vision sensors, depth cameras, AI vision solutions
- **Applications:** Robotics, 3D scanning, biometrics, humanoid vision

- **Slug:** orbbec
- **Status:** active
- **Founded:** 2013
- **HQ:** Shenzhen, China

## Models

_No models registered._

## Current leadership (1)

- [Howard Huang](/people/howard-huang.md) Founder, Chairman & CEO (_reported, not verified_)

## Founders (1)

- [Howard Huang](/people/howard-huang.md) (cofounder)

## Supplies to (2)


### Sensors
- [Unitree Robotics](/companies/unitree-robotics.md) (Orbbec stereo-vision depth-camera technology integrated in Unitree robots (no model named)) _supplies · claimed_
- [AgiBot](/companies/agibot.md) (Orbbec Gemini 335 RGB-D depth camera in AgiBot X2 humanoid (named in AgiBot dev docs)) _supplies_

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is Orbbec?

Shenzhen-based manufacturer of high-performance 3D vision sensors and AI vision solutions for robotics, 3D scanning, and biometrics. Founded in 2013 by Howard Huang, a trained engineer specializing in optical measurement, Orbbec has become the world's top supplier of advanced 3D vision sensors for humanoids and robots. The company's 3D depth cameras are integrated into robot fleets by partners including LionsBot, and Forbes reported Huang became a billionaire on China's AI robot boom.

### What does Orbbec make?

Orbbec has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Orbbec builds physical robots.

### Where is Orbbec headquartered?

Orbbec is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.

### Is Orbbec a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, Orbbec ranks in roughly the top 29% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was Orbbec founded?

Orbbec was founded in 2013.


## Sources (1)

1. https://www.orbbec.com

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