Facts

• Segment: Industrial
• Country: China
• Founded: 2015
• Website: https://www.dobot-robots.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Products
• Facts
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Operations / Deployments
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Articles
• Sources

Summary

Dobot builds collaborative robots, desktop robot arms and automation systems for manufacturing, education and light industrial use. Its portfolio includes CR and CRA-series cobots, high-payload collaborative arms and software tools for welding, palletizing, machine tending, assembly and training workflows.

Market context

High-signal industrial builder with expansion into humanoids (Atom); core = cobots. Atom collaborative_robotic_arms humanoid_robot_platforms.

• Capability: manipulation industrial_task_execution perception_systems human_robot_interaction
• Strategic position: industrial_automation_platforms expansion_into_humanoids

Products

• Atom
• CR20A
• CR30H
• DOBOT CR10
• DOBOT CR5
• DOBOT Magician Lite
• Rover X1

Facts

• Website: https://www.dobot-robots.com
• HQ: Shenzhen, China
• Founded: 2015
• Ticker: 2432.HK / Hong Kong Stock Exchange
• Segment: Industrial
• Funding total: $6M
• Known funding rounds: 1
• Latest funding date: 2022-11-09

Collaborative robot and automation company

Dobot develops collaborative robot arms and automation products for industrial, education, commercial and emerging humanoid robotics applications.

• Target environment: Factories, education labs, machine-tending cells, electronics production, light industrial automation and service robot settings.
• Deployment model: Robot arm product sales, automation solutions, distributor channels and education-oriented robot platforms.
• Customer context: Manufacturers, educators, system integrators, small businesses, automation teams and robotics learners.
• Workflow context: Collaborative automation, pick-and-place, machine tending, education, assembly, inspection and light industrial task automation.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially mature robotics company with broad cobot and education robot product lines.
• Market position: Collaborative robot company serving education, light industry and flexible automation.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on application fit, ease of programming, payload needs, safety, support, channel quality and ROI for small automation projects.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes cobots, education robots, collaborative automation, light industrial robot arms and smart manufacturing.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-06-23 - Research Publication - Human-Robot Shared Control for Humanized End-Effector Teleoperation - The study proposes a real-time shared-control framework for human-like end-effector trajectories during teleopera…
• 2026-05-03 - Research Publication - Phone2Act: A Low-Cost, Hardware-Agnostic Teleoperation System for Scalable VLA Data Collection - Phone2Act turns a commodity smartphone into a 6-DoF robot teleoperation controller for…
• 2026-02-23 - Research Publication - Multimodal LLM HRI paper controls a Dobot Magician arm with speech and video - The paper presents a multimodal human-robot interaction framework for controlling a Dobot Magician robot…
• 2026-02-04 - Deployment - Dobot delivers third batch of ATOM humanoid robots - • Dobot commenced mass production and delivery of the third batch of its full-size industrial humanoid robot, ATOM, on February 4, 2026.
• 2026-01-06 - Product Launch - Dobot launches Rover X1 quadruped robot at CES 2026 - • Dobot officially launched the Rover X1, a smart quadruped robot designed for home use, at CES 2026 in Las Vegas from January 6 to 9,…
• 2026-01-05 - Deployment - Dobot Atom works autonomously as K11 Cinema staff - Dobot Atom was reported operating as autonomous staff at K11 Cinema.
• 2025-07-24 - Facility Opening - DOBOT Opens Malaysia Subsidiary to Boost Smart Manufacturing - • DOBOT Robotics officially announced the grand opening of its Malaysia subsidiary in Kuala Lumpur on July 24, 2025.
• 2025-06-27 - Production Milestone - DOBOT begins global delivery of Atom humanoid robot - The first batch of Atom humanoid robots was delivered live at the Nagoya launch conference.
• 2025-06-27 - Product Launch - Dobot Robotics launches CR 30H robotic arm - • Dobot Robotics unveiled the CR 30H series, a six-axis robotic arm capable of lifting up to 30 kilograms at speeds of 300 degrees per second.
• 2024-12-23 - Market Signal - Dobot Robotics Lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange - • Dobot Robotics listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on December 23, 2024, under stock code 2432.HK.
• 2023-07-07 - Deployment - Dobot deploys over 300 Magician Lite robots in Colombian schools - • Dobot, in partnership with Talentum and Lenovo Education, deployed over 300 Magician Lite collaborative robots to more than…
• 2023-04-27 - Demonstration - Dobot CR5 robotic arm demonstrated sanding and polishing capabilities - • Dobot showcased the CR5 robotic arm performing sanding and polishing tasks at the Hannover Messe.
• 2023-04-12 - Facility Opening - Dobot Opens Japan Subsidiary in Tokyo - • Dobot officially opened its new branch in Tokyo, Japan, on April 12, 2023.
• 2022-12-15 - Market Signal - Dobot CR10 integrated with AGV for unmanned CNC operations - • Dobot integrated its CR10 collaborative robot with an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) to automate the loading and unloading of C…
• 2022-12-15 - Deployment - Dobot CR10 robots automate PCB assembly line - • Dobot deployed three CR10 collaborative robots to automate material handling on a PCB assembly line.
• 2022-09-24 - Production Milestone - Dobot's Rizhao Factory Produces 10,000th Cobot - • Dobot's Rizhao smart factory produced its 10,000th collaborative robot on September 24, 2022.
• 2022-07-13 - Demonstration - Dobot CR5 Demonstrates Smartphone Screen Pick and Place - • Dobot showcased the CR5 robotic arm performing pick and place operations for smartphone screens.
• 2022-07-07 - Market Signal - DOBOT CR5 cobot receives 30,000-hour MTBF certificate - • DOBOT announced that its CR5 collaborative robot received an MTBF certificate.
• 2022-05-30 - Demonstration - Dobot Robotics showcases CR5 safety features at China International Industrial Automation Exhibition - Dobot demonstrated CR5 cobot safety, usability, and durability at China International I…
• 2021-11-04 - Award - Dobot Robotics wins two awards at the 11th China International Robot Summit Forum - Dobot Robotics won two awards at the 11th China International Robot Summit Forum.
• 2026-01-05 - Demonstration - Dobot Robotics showcases Rover X1 and new robotic dinosaur at CES 2026 - The Rover X1 is a smart quadruped robot dog designed for various applications.

Operations / Deployments

• 2022-09-24 - Production Milestone - Dobot's Rizhao Factory Produces 10,000th Cobot - • Dobot's Rizhao smart factory produced its 10,000th collaborative robot on September 24, 2022.

Team

• Liu Peichao - Founder and CEO
• Liu Peichao (Jerry Liu) - Founder, Chairman, Executive Director & General Manager/CEO
• Wang Yong - CFO / Executive Director / Deputy General Manager

Relationships

• RoboSense - Technology partner - RoboSense names Dobot among its robotics ecosystem partners for LiDAR deployment.
• education deployment customer - Dobot reported more than 400 Magician Lite educational robots deployed across more than 100 schools in remote areas of Colombia.
• MG400 deployment customers - Dobot reported more than 500 MG400 robot arms deployed for automotive chip inspection.

Context tags

• Desktop cobot arm builder - Peer Group
• Desktop robot arm education - Workflow
• Desktop cobot OEM - Stack Layer
• Collaborative robot arm builder - Peer Group
• Cobot arm OEM - Stack Layer
• Collaborative factory automation - Workflow
• Robot vision guidance - Workflow

Customers and deployments

• Deployed Robot Count - over 400 Magician Lite units - 2026-02-04 - Colombian schools - education robotics - Dobot reported more than 400 Magician Lite educational robots deployed across more than 100 schools in remote a…
• Third Batch Mass Production Delivery - third batch mass production and delivery started - 2026-02-04 - industrial gripping, assembly, warehousing logistics, and commercial service scenarios - Gasgoo reported DOBOT kicke…
• Named Commercial Humanoid Site - 1 named cinema deployment - 2026-01-06 - K11 Art House - cinema service operation - ECNS reported that DOBOT Atom began fully autonomous operation at K11 Art House in Shenzhen, producing…
• Reported Daily Task Output - more than 1,000 cups/day - 2026-01-06 - K11 Art House - cinema service operation - ECNS reported that DOBOT Atom can work up to 14 hours straight at K11 Art House and independently produce a…
• Cumulative Deliveries - over 68,000 collaborative robots - 2025-10-09 - global customers - collaborative robot installed base - Dobot Robotics had delivered more than 68,000 collaborative robots worldwide, indicating sc…
• Production Milestone - 1 source-backed production milestone - 2025-06-30 - Dobot Robotics initiates pilot batch production of MG400 - source posture: Company Disclosed
• Atom First Batch Delivered Live - first batch delivered live after production verification - 2025-06-30 - DOBOT said Atom had completed production verification, entered mass production, and saw its first batch delivered…
• Global Delivery Status - global mass production and delivery started - 2025-06-27 - global customers - humanoid robot delivery - DOBOT debuted global mass production and delivery of its Atom humanoid robot at a Nagoya l…
• Deployed Robot Count - over 500 MG400 units - 2024-05-27 - automotive chip inspection customers - automotive chip inspection - Dobot reported more than 500 MG400 robot arms deployed for automotive chip inspection, with…
• Production Capacity - up to 100,000 cobots per year - 2022-10-13 - Dobot - China - Dobot opened a 13-acre cobot manufacturing plant with ten production lines and stated annual capacity of up to 100,000 units. - source p…

Articles

• 2026-04-12 - China’s humanoid push is moving into production - Output, capacity, and supply chains are starting to take shape across the stack - Korthos: /research/china-s-humanoid-push-is-moving-into-production