The Nabot Cloud Control System has been deployed in 10,000 units, solving the problem of autonomous operation and control.
Nabot Technology provides high-performance and easily re - developable controller solutions for robot body manufacturers through its independently developed open - type motion control platform. It is committed to breaking the foreign - dominated pattern in the high - end market.
"Chokepoint" in Motion Control: Opportunities for Localization under Algorithm Barriers
The controller is widely recognized in the industry as the "brain" of industrial robots, responsible for issuing commands and scheduling execution units. Although the threshold for manufacturing controller hardware is relatively low, software development in aspects such as underlying algorithms, safety, and stability constitutes the real technical barrier. The algorithms of international mainstream manufacturers are generally not made public, and they have deep accumulations in core technologies such as vibration suppression algorithms and torque ripple compensation. In contrast, domestic manufacturers started late and have limited practical application data, resulting in gaps in model and algorithm optimization.
In terms of the market pattern, the "Four Major Families" (Fanuc, ABB, Yaskawa, and KUKA) have long dominated the global industrial robot market and also hold a significant share in the Chinese market. Their controller share is basically consistent with their robot share. This means that if domestic robots want to achieve a leap from "body assembly" to "self - controllability", they must make breakthroughs in the core link of the controller. At the same time, other core components such as precision reducers and servo systems also face challenges in localization. Against this background, the motion control system with independent intellectual property rights has become the key breakthrough point for the self - controllability of the industrial chain.
Nabot Technology was founded at the right time. Zhang Xiaolong, the founder of the company, has more than a decade of experience in mobile phone system R & D. He accumulated rich system R & D capabilities in well - known foreign enterprises such as Thomson and Motorola, and later participated in the establishment of Big Cola Mobile as the CTO. In 2015, after witnessing the technological gap between domestic and foreign countries at an international robot exhibition, he decided to enter the robot field from the familiar system domain and founded Nanjing Nabot Technology Co., Ltd. in December of the same year.
Open - Platform Architecture: Creating the "Android System" for Industrial Robots
Nabot Technology takes "software - defined control and algorithm - driven intelligence" as its core concept and has built a full - stack technology system covering underlying hardware, middleware, and upper - layer applications. The company's core product, the NexDroid open - type intelligent motion control software platform, adopts a modular and microservice architecture. Through the standardized NexDroid API interface system, it allows partners to conduct secondary development on the platform, significantly reducing the development threshold for customized intelligent equipment.
In terms of technical capabilities, Nabot has mastered a number of core technologies: high - performance multi - axis synchronous control based on the PC - Based architecture, forward/inverse kinematics and dynamics modeling of robots, multi - agent collaborative control, adaptive strategies driven by reinforcement learning, millisecond - level online trajectory planning, high - precision 2D/3D vision fusion, force - position hybrid control, etc. Particularly crucial is that the company uses model - based control technology. First, it conducts full - parameter dynamic identification of the robot, accurately measuring physical parameters such as the inertia, friction coefficient, and reduction ratio of each joint, and then conducts trajectory planning and torque distribution based on the identification results.
In terms of the industrialization process, Nabot's products and systems have passed the ISO 9001 quality management system certification and the CE EU safety certification. The company's main product matrix includes the NexDroid open - type intelligent motion control software platform, a series of high - performance motion control cards (supporting multiple mainstream industrial buses such as EtherCAT and achieving sub - microsecond - level synchronization accuracy), and drive - control integrated intelligent electrical cabinets. Among them, the NRC series of controllers support up to 64 - axis synchronous motion and can simultaneously complete the collaborative control of 4 industrial robots. The system has built - in various general processes such as loading and unloading, palletizing, welding, weld tracking, vision, laser cutting, conveyor tracking, collision detection, and drag - teaching, and can be customized according to user needs.
Focusing on the Component Track: The Industrial Ecosystem behind Ten - Thousand - Unit Shipments
Nabot Technology clearly positions itself as a motion control technology provider. Its corporate basic law stipulates that "it will never engage in the R & D and manufacturing of robot bodies and other terminal equipment and will always focus on the component industry". This strategic positioning enables it to form a complementary rather than competitive relationship with downstream body manufacturers, which is conducive to building an open industrial ecosystem.
In terms of market verification, Nabot's products have been recognized by leading customers in the industry. Its customers cover leading manufacturing enterprises such as Foxconn, BYD, Luxshare Precision, WEN TAI TECHNOLOGY, SIASUN, and Moka. The products are exported to many countries and regions such as Japan, South Korea, Turkey, North America, and Europe. The company's cumulative sales exceeded 10,000 units in 2021. As of 2025, the repurchase rate of large - scale customers (with an annual order volume of more than 100 units) reached 100%.
In terms of qualifications and honors, Nabot has been recognized as a national high - tech enterprise, a specialized and sophisticated small and medium - sized enterprise in Jiangsu Province, and an engineering technology research center in Nanjing. It has successively undertaken a number of major scientific research projects such as the "Industrial Foundation Strengthening" project of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the key R & D plan of Jiangsu Province, and has applied for nearly a hundred intellectual property rights such as patents. The company has won many industry honors such as the Chapek Annual Technology Innovation Product Award (2021), the GGII Golden Globe Award (2018/2019/2020), and the first - prize in the national final of the First - Session Intelligent Manufacturing Innovation Competition.
In terms of standard co - construction, Nabot is deeply involved in the global industrial communication and control ecosystem construction. It is an official member of international authoritative organizations such as the EtherCAT Technology Group (ETG), ODVA (Ethernet/IP & CIP), CLPA (CC - Link IE), PROFIBUS & PROFINET International (PI), and the OPC Foundation (OPC UA), and actively promotes the industrialization of next - generation technologies such as TSN, 5G industrial integration, and the IEC 61499 distributed control architecture.
In terms of the team background, Nabot has R & D centers in Suzhou, Nanjing, Dongguan, and Wuhu, with a R & D team of more than 100 people. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in the Jiangbei New Area of Nanjing. It has completed multiple rounds of financing, including the angel round, Pre - A round, and A round. The investors include institutions such as Zhongke Capital, Shunrong Capital, and Tengye Venture Capital.
Facing the future, Nabot launched products related to humanoid robots and a three - dimensional five - axis laser cutting solution in 2025, continuously expanding the application boundaries of motion control technology. As the global manufacturing industry transforms towards intelligence, the company is expected to further expand its market share. According to the prediction of the Jiangsu Provincial Data Bureau, Nabot is expected to achieve a sales target of more than 90 million yuan in the next three years. Against the background of the accelerating localization substitution process of core robot components, as one of the few domestic manufacturers with underlying algorithm and platform - building capabilities, Nabot is expected to occupy an important position in the high - end motion control market.