Best Consumer Robotics Companies in Guangdong Province, China
The 35 best Consumer Robotics companies in Guangdong Province, China in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: UBTECH.
Ranked: Best Consumer Robotics companies in Guangdong Province
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UBTECH 🦄 Provider of service robots for diversified applications 90Funding top 13%Product top 17%AI top 20%News top 22% All 13 signals ▾Fundingtop 13% Producttop 17% AItop 20% Newstop 22% Innovationtop 25% Growthtop 29% Markettop 31% Moattop 31% Techtop 35% Talenttop 38% Globalbottom 48% Customersbottom 37% Partnersbottom 34% Funding: Raised $1.3B across 6 rounds · 6 rounds over 12 yrs (0.5/yr) Product: 7 distinct product lines · 9 published apps (98.9k installs) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 90/100 | $1.3B | 12 mo ago | Public | Zhou Jian Co-Founder & CEO | 2012 | Node.jsElement UIAnimate.css+12 | — | 1 launch |
| 2 | Shenzhen Pengxing Intelligent Research AI-based pre-assembled bionic robots for children | $100M | 50 mo ago | Series A | — | 2016 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Makeblock Robotic kits to learn coding | $80M | 96 mo ago | Series C | — | 2011 | PageFlyCart FunctionalityShopify+31 | 139 patents Laser-based CNC manufacturing and precision material processing technologies | — |
| 4 | Guangdong Joy Intelligent Technology Manufacturer of multiple cleaning robots for homes | $31M | 53 mo ago | Series A | — | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 5 | Narwal Internet-first brand offering robots for cleaning purposes | $26M | 17 mo ago | Series E | Junbin Zhang 创始人/Founder CEO | 2016 | Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityShopify+54 | — | — |
| 6 | Ganker Robot Developers of fighting robots for entertainment | $15M | 96 mo ago | Series B | Cai Fen Co-Founder | 2015 | — | — | — |
| 7 | Daimon Robotics Developer of tactile sensors, robotic hands, and teleoperation systems | $14M | 9 mo ago | Seed | Duan Jianghua Founder & CEO | 2021 | — | — | 1 award |
| 8 | MatataLab Coding robot set to learn basic coding through games | $4M | 82 mo ago | Series A | Tony Zheng Founder | 2017 | PHPPlyrOpenSSL+13 | 5 patents Visual programming interfaces for robot control using image recognition technology | — |
| 9 | Shenzhen Yusheng Yunzhilian Technology Developer of assembled robot for enhancing the knowledge of children | $3M | 107 mo ago | Deadpooled | Li Zongliang CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 10 | Robobloq Developer of DIY robotic kit to enhance STEM learning | $3M | 82 mo ago | Seed | Jerry Wang Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — | — |
| 11 | Elephant Robotics Develops a collaborative robot arm for industrial application | $250K | 28 mo ago | Series A | Kirin Wu Co-Founder | 2016 | Cart FunctionalityShopifyTailwind CSS+30 | — | 3 launchs |
| 12 | Trainerbot Smart ping-pong coaching robot | $250K | 124 mo ago | Seed | Alexander Chen Co-Founder | 2012 | — | — | — |
Top 12 Consumer Robotics companies in Guangdong Province
#1
UBTECH 🦄Public · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012 · 800 employees$1.3Braised▾
Provider of service robots for diversified applications. It develops programmable intelligent humanoid robots for learning. The robot has been designed as a family robot to help out in domestic tasks and also act as a personal assistant. The robot has 20 joints and can replicate the movements of the human body. The robot can act as a home guard and is remotely controllable over the internet. Apart from Alpha, the firm also makes children's robot called Jimu and Delta - a robotic kit, and a patrolling robot called Darwin.
- Aug 2025Post IPO$1B
- May 2018Series C$820M
- Nov 2017Series C$400M
- Jul 2016Series B$100M
#2
Seed · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2021$13.9Mraised▾
Developer of tactile sensors, robotic hands, and teleoperation systems. The company offers multi-modal tactile perception terminals for precise robotic operations. It provides robotic hand designs with human-like tactile perception. Also available are wearable teleoperation systems adaptable to various robot configurations. The company develops vision, tactile, language, action models for embodied manipulation.
- Dec 2025Seed—
- Aug 2025Angel$13.9M
#3
Series E · Dongguan, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 142 employees$26.2Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering robots for cleaning purposes. It is based on innovative algorithms like the mopping algorithm, and supplementary scanning algorithms. Robots are equipped with sweeping and mopping modules which can be replaced according to needs. The robot is application controlled and can be easily located remotely.
- Apr 2025Series E$100M
- Dec 2024Series D—
- Jun 2020Series C—
- Apr 2020Series B$14.1M
#4
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 300 employees$100Mraised▾
AI-based pre-assembled bionic robots for children. It offers unicorn-type robots with facilities such as autonomous navigation, environmental sensing, digital mapping, path planning, target following, and more. It leverages LiDAR and sensors technology.
- Jul 2022Series A$100M
#5
Series A · Dongguan, Guangdong Province · founded 2017 · 1500 employees$31.4Mraised▾
Manufacturer of multiple cleaning robots for homes. Its product portfolio includes hand-held vacuum robot cleaners, sweeping robots, floor cleaning robots, vehicle-mounted vacuum robot cleaners, tower fans, and accessories. Its features include automatic charging, cleaning schedules, spot cleaning, automatic cleaning, and obstacle detection.
- Apr 2022Series A$31.4M
#6
Series C · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2011 · 400 employees$80.5Mraised▾
Makeblock is an open source arduino robot building platform. Makeblock provides various mechanical parts and electronic modules to make a lot of designs, such as beams, plates, connectors, motors, brackets, sensors, drivers and controllers, etc. Makeblock is an integrated platform, mechanical parts of Makeblock are convenient to connect to each other, while the electronic modules works very well together with the mechanical parts. Products developed by the firm are available open source and allow easy adoption.
- Aug 2018Series C$44M
- Mar 2017Series B$30M
- Apr 2014Series A$6M
- Jun 2013Angel$486.8K
#7
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2016 · 36 employees$250Kraised▾
Develops a collaborative robot arm for industrial application. It designs and produces collaborative robots, bionic robots, and intelligent automation solutions. The robot arm can be used for activities such as picking, placing, packaging, and testing objects. The robot has features such as voice recognition that can be used to program it, performing object manipulation and has a replaceable end-effector.
- May 2024Series A—
- Jan 2017Series A$250K
#8
Series B · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2015 · 30 employees$14.6Mraised▾
Ganker Robot is a gaming robot with applications in entertainment and education. The robot is basically modeled like a humanoid, and has high mobility and has high mobility owing to servo motors in each of the joints. The robots are capable of detecting contact and successive contacts result in reduced health in the gameplay. The robot is slated for release in 2016.
- Sep 2018Series B$14.6M
- Oct 2017Series A—
#9
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017$4.3Mraised▾
MatataLab offers a tangible coding robot set to learn basic coding through adventures and hands-on play. Cater to kids aged 4-9. Allows kids to program a robot, create music/art and learn how to code by playing with a screenless, words free educational coding game. The set consists of a MatataBot which is a robot car that enhances adventure, allow it to draw and sing too; Command Tower which uses image recognition to tell MatataBot where to go; Control Board which are blocks by which MatataBot executes the program; tangible coding blocks; nature map and challenge booklets.
- Nov 2019Series A$4.3M
- Oct 2017Seed—
#10
Seed · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017$2.9Mraised▾
Robobloq (Chinese name Shenzhen Magic Block Intelligence) is a high-technology startup that develops robotic solutions for enhancing STEM education of children. Its chief offering is a DIY robotic kit that offers features like automatic patrol, ultrasonic obstacle avoidance, among others. It works in integration with a companion application that allows users to program the same using drag and drop interface.
- Oct 2019Seed$1.4M
- Dec 2018Seed$1.4M
#11
Deadpooled · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2017$2.9Mraised▾
Developer of assembled robot for enhancing the knowledge of children. Its chief offering comprises a robotic toy called Joy that comes with a built-in HD camera and uses VAD technology to better understand the questions of the child and make humorous and interesting answers during the chat process. Additionally, it comes with a reminder functionality for reminding the child to get up on time, sleep on time, eat regularly, focus on homework, among others. The robot works in integration with a companion application that allows parents to customize the settings of the same.
- Oct 2017Seed$2.9M
#12
Seed · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2012$250Kraised▾
Trainerbot is a smart ping-pong training robot, which helps in learning table tennis. The robot is controlled by a smart phone for the type of deliveries to be made. The robot allows for various modes such as random mode, training mode, advanced mode, smash mode for practicing smashes. The robot can be programmed to deliver the ball in a certain area on the table and with a specific mentioned spin. The robot is made so that it can be carried around in a bag. It is available on Kickstarter currently. The startup got accepted to HAX in Jan 2016.
- May 2016Seed$250K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Consumer Robotics coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Robotics is moving in China
A read on the academic research around Robotics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 10,420 China-affiliated papers.
- Harbin Institute of Technology363
- Chinese Academy of Sciences350
- Beijing Institute of Technology350
- Tsinghua University330
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University308
- Motion planning22→1981
- Path (computing)8→1233
- Trajectory5→681
- Reinforcement learning2→663
- Robustness (evolution)3→467
- Motion planning28→2702
- Path (computing)20→1980
- Trajectory5→675
- Algorithm2→537
- Mobile robot7→428
- Key (lock)1→50
- Human–computer interaction2→20
- Perception1→14
- Computer vision1→9
- Object (grammar)1→7
Where robotics is researched across China
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing robotics patents in China
China robotics patent filing is accelerating — 18,506 filings from 5,613 assignees (2016–2025), led by Ubtech Robotics, Huawei TECH, HON HAI PREC IND; annual filings 574→2365.
- Ubtech Robotics609
- Huawei TECH428
- HON HAI PREC IND423
- Siemens415
- Xiaomi396
- BOE Technology Group334
- Hongfujin PREC IND Shenzhen307
- Tencent TECH Shenzhen306
Common questions
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