Best Consumer Robotics Companies in Shenzhen, China
The 33 best Consumer Robotics companies in Shenzhen, 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 Shenzhen
| # | Company | Last round | Disclosed funding | Stage | Founder | Employees | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3irobotix Provider of domestic cleaning robots | — | — | Funding Raised | Yong Yang Founder | — | — | — |
| 2 | ALSRobot Online robotic parts store and developer of robotic kits | — | — | Deadpooled | Yu Xinlong Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 3 | Avatar Controls Develops a home security robot that also acts as a smart home hub | — | — | Unfunded | Feng Co-Founder | — | 15 patents Patents concentrated in electrical & electronics | — |
| 4 | DevoRobot Develops various types of cleaning robots for homes | — | — | Deadpooled | Jack Gan CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | EZ Robotics Develops service robots for personal use | — | — | Deadpooled | Benimaru ZHANG Co-Founder | — | 10 patents Projection imaging hardware and context-aware digital tagging for human‑machine interaction | — |
| 6 | Hoba Robot Developer of robotic vacuum cleaner and OEM manufacturer | — | — | Deadpooled | San Yuan Wu CEO | — | — | — |
| 7 | Ilife Vacuum cleaning robots for consumers | — | — | Unfunded | — | 35 | — | — |
| 8 | Loobot Offers service robots for emotional care | — | — | Deadpooled | — | 26 | — | — |
Top 12 Consumer Robotics companies in Shenzhen
#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
Seed · Shenzhen, Guangdong · founded 2015$500Kraised▾
Manufacturer of humanoid robots designed for household chores and tasks. The robots are intended to generate real-world data for general-purpose robotics applications. The design uses artificial muscles and a single pump system. This facilitates mass production of humanoids for widespread use in homes.
- Sep 2025Seed$500K
#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 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
#6
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
#7
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—
#8
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—
#9
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
#10
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
#11
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
#12
Series A · Shenzhen, Guangdong Province · founded 2024—raised▾
Provider of AI-powered humanoid robot. Its flagship product, Astribot S1, is a humanoid robot that can execute movements with high speed and handle a payload.
- Nov 2025Series A—
- Apr 2025Series A—
- Jul 2024Seed—
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Consumer Robotics coverage by sub-theme.
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Funding & growth over time
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How research on Robotics in Shenzhen is moving
A read on the academic research around Robotics in Shenzhen — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 389 papers.
- Shenzhen University88
- Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology60
- Shenzhen Technology University51
- Shenzhen Academy of Robotics48
- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen46
- Motion planning1→49
- Path (computing)1→29
- Motion planning2→47
- Path (computing)1→35
- Obstacle avoidance1→4
- Key (lock)1→4
- Task (project management)1→4
- Key (lock)4
- Neuromorphic engineering2
- Wearable computer2
- Service (business)2
- Systems engineering2
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