Elephant Robotics

Elephant Robotics (Chinese: 大象机器人; Pinyin: Dàxiàngjīqìrén) is a Chinese multi-award-winning robotics technology company headquartered in Shenzhen's Futian District. It specializes in creating and designing collaborative robots and providing automation solutions and is best known for its bespoke - World's Smallest and Lightest 6-axis Robot Armrobotic arm - myCobot. Elephant Robotics was founded by Kirin Wu and Joey Song on August 10, 2016, and since then has grown to accommodate a core team of overseas returnees from the UK, US, Australia, and Russia.
Elephant Robotics since its inception has been focusing on facilitating robot R&D and production, platform software development, and offering intelligent manufacturing services. The company’s collaborative robots are sold across the world, primarily to Korea, Japan, the United States, Germany, Italy, and Greece. Elephant Robotics has also established joint laboratories and breakthroughs in key technologies with the Russian National Nuclear Energy Research University, the University of Melbourne, South China University of Technology, and other global universities.
Adhering to the vision of "Enjoy Robots World", Elephant Robotics caters to the pleasure of life and work efficiency. It has independently developed a wide range of bespoke robot products that are used across a diverse range of industries such as smart manufacturing, business scenarios, scientific research and education, and home life to name a few. Best selling Elephant Robotics’ products include MarsCat, myCobot, myPalletizer, myAGV, and joint modules.
==History==
Elephant Robotics was established in 2016 by Kirin Wu (Wu Qilin, 伍祁林) and Joey Song (Song Junyi, 宋君毅) with the aim to bring a ‘robotic revolution’ and promote industrial automation. At the same time, the company joined the HAX incubator (a US-based hardware seed accelerator) and got the SOSV seed funding. The company initially started the research and development of its industrial collaborative robot - P series and C series.
Within a year of its inception, founders Wu and Song were featured in the Forbes List “30 Under 30 - Asia - Industry, Manufacturing & Energy and the company was listed as one of the Top10 China’s most innovative companies by CES. In the same year, Elephant Robotics also received a Cloud Angel Fund for future development. By the end of 2017, the fifth-generation single-arm Elephant 5 hit the market and earned massive popularity.
In 2018, the company secured second place in the Asian intelligent hardware competition held in Shenzhen. A year later, Elephant Robotics attended Hannover Messe 2019 and Automation World 2019, HUAWEI ECO-CONNECT EUROPE 2019, and International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) with Harbin Institute of Technology. In the same year, it established the Intelligent Robot Joint Research Lab with the South China University of Technology. By the end of 2019, the world’s first bionic pet cat-Marscat was created by Elephant Robotic which earned the founders the Shenzhen Robot Emerging Person Award.
In 2020, the company created the world’s smallest six-axis collaborative robot and, a year later, the world’s smallest commercial cobot- myCobotPro 320. In 2021 Elephant Robotics published the world’s smallest compound robot chassis-myAGV. The company’s products have been featured in a number of prolific Chinese media outlets such as Xinhua Finance, China Daily, Nanjing Daily, and Harbin Daily.
===(Story behind the company name)===
The name Elephant Robotics is derived from Lao Zi's philosophical treatise "Tao Te Ching", which states: "With a good vision, everyone in the world will come to aid you." Joey Song wanted more individuals to join this promising job to realize the firm's mission "Enjoy Robots World," so he paraphrased from that line and established the company name. To make it easier to remember, the company's English name was literally translated as "Elephant Robotics."
==Products and services==
Elephant Robotics offers various robotic automation services. The company independently developed Bionic Robots, consumer-level collaborative robots, and professional-level collaborative robots. These include:
* myCobot (M5, Pi, 320 M5, 320 Pi, Pro 600, kits, and myAGV)
* myPalletizer
* MarsCat
* Industrial Robots (C series, P series, Robotic Module, Industry Solution)
==Awards==
* China’s most innovative company Top10, 2017
* MBA award for smart manufacturing ventures of CKGSB, 2018
* X-elerator award of Tsinghua economics and business entrepreneur accelerator, 2018
* Gaogong golden globe most investment value award, 2018
* Gaogong golden globe award for leaders, 2018
* Industrial Robot Innovation Award for Catbot, 2019
* Gaogong Technology Innovation Award, 2019
* Gaogong Top 10 Fast Growing Companies, 2019
* Technical New Star of Shenzhen Industrial Equipment, 2019
* Most Valuable Investment Enterprise, 2021
==In the media==
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==References==
==External links==
* Official Website
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Category:Companies established in 2016
Category:Robotics companies
Category:Technology companies
Category:Companies based in Shenzhen