Zhiwei Robotics Corp
Zhiwei Robotics Corp. is a Chinese robotics manufacturer and open source hardware provider. The company was founded in 2008 by Ricky Ye and is currently headquartered in Shanghai, China. History. Zhiwei Robotics Corp. was established in 2008 and moved headquarters into Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai in 2010. The company is also known as DFRobot which is the abbreviation of "Drive the Future" and "Dream Factory". Zhiwei Robotics Corp. is among the early campaigners of the Maker Movement in China and Arduino, an open-source manufacturer of single-board microcontrollers and microcontroller kits for building digital devices . The company opened their manufacturing plant in Chengdu in 2011. Zhiwei Robotics Corp. started their first hackerspace, "Mushroom Cloud", in Shanghai, in 2012. In March 2016, according to the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China officially selected "Mushroom Cloud" into the national public space, and included into National Science and Technology Business Incubator Management System of China. In November 2016, Zhiwei Robotics Corp. received the "High-tech Enterprise Certificate" awarded by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Finance, the Shanghai Municipal State Taxation Bureau, and the Shanghai Local  Taxation Bureau jointly. In December 2016, Zhiwei Robotics Corp. was listed at the national share transfer system. Technology and products. Zhiwei Robotics Corp. is a manufacturer and provider of electronic components and widgets such as Arduino controller, Raspberry Pi, development boards, sensors and modules, robotics, and 3D printers.