QuanZhiBo hat zwei aufeinanderfolgende Finanzierungsrunden von jeweils über 100 Millionen Yuan abgeschlossen. Mit seinen selbst entwickelten Gelenkmodulen hat es die führenden Robotermanufacturer gewonnen.
Wuxi QuanZhiBo Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "QuanZhiBo"), a leading provider of integrated robot joint module solutions in China, recently announced that it has completed two consecutive financing rounds, each exceeding 100 million yuan. The Series A financing was co-led by the Beijing Robot Industry Development Investment Fund, jointly managed by Lightspeed China Partners, Jingguorui, and Shoucheng Holdings, and by Daohe Capital. The investors in the Series Pre-A+ are Xingqi Fund of Falcon Investment, Inno Angel Fund, and Tianqi Capital. Multi-Dimensional Capital served as the exclusive financial advisor for this round. The financing will be mainly used for building a qualified workforce, R & D investment, improving production and manufacturing, and establishing a quality system to support the popularization of robots in households.
QuanZhiBo was founded in 2023 and is dedicated to the research and manufacturing of a new generation of high-torque density, high-force control accuracy, and high-efficiency integrated robot joints. Its product portfolio covers various application areas such as humanoid robots, robot dogs, robotic arms, and exoskeletons.
Top R & D team + Accumulation from research, education, and industry, independent development of full-stack software and hardware
QuanZhiBo has a top R & D team that leverages the accumulation from research, education, and industry and independently develops full-stack software and hardware. It has the ability to integrate integrated joint modules and independently research and develop subsystems.
Chen Wankai, the founder and CEO of QuanZhiBo, holds a bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, a master's degree from the University of Melbourne, and a doctorate from Jilin University. He has previously worked on robot development, including humanoid robots, quadruped robots, and underwater robots, at the Marine Information Technology Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group and the Zhejiang Advanced Institute of Peking University Information Technology. He was responsible for the design of servo joints, robot bodies, and robot drive systems and brought them into mass production, thus accumulating rich experience in robot joint and structure design.
Liu Chunbao, the chief scientist of QuanZhiBo, is a leading professor and doctoral supervisor at Jilin University. He has long been engaged in research in the direction of complex electromechanical systems and intelligence, which lies at the intersection of mechanical engineering, bionics, automotive engineering, control engineering, and materials science. He has rich scientific achievements and industrial resources.
The rest of the company's core team consists of graduates from universities such as Jilin University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Central South University. They have more than ten years of experience and technological accumulation in areas such as precision motor design, R & D of driver software and hardware, and transmission technology.
Top values in core indicators, optimal balance between high performance, high reliability, and controllable costs
The high performance of joint modules directly determines the flexibility, precision, and reliability of robots and is the key to overcoming the bottlenecks in robot mass production. So far, QuanZhiBo has independently developed the core technologies of the entire value chain of joint modules by integrating transmissions, motors, sensors, and drivers, optimizing the structural design, reducing the overall weight, and improving the electromagnetic parts of the motor to increase the magnetic circuit and slot filling and further improve the energy density. In addition, the design of a high-performance and highly integrated driver has improved the space utilization and achieved a thin and light design solution with a single PCB layer in the industry.
Currently, the company covers products such as the PA series of planetary servo joints, the HA series of harmonic servo joints, and the CA series of cycloidal servo joints. It has not only established a standardized product matrix in the torque range of 2 Nm to 400 Nm but also achieved a breakthrough in core technologies. The peak torque of the PA series of planetary servo joints reaches up to 210 Nm/kg (which means that the joint is small and light but can output greater force), surpassing similar products of leading Chinese enterprises.
In addition, the company has achieved the ability to adapt to an operating voltage of up to 100 V, a high-precision force control algorithm based on a self-developed current observer, and is one of the few companies in the industry that have integrated the four communication protocols EtherCAT, CAN FD, CANopen, and RS - 485 in integrated joints simultaneously to achieve high-frequency communication of 4 kHz and high-precision force control.
In the future, QuanZhiBo will continue to work on achieving multi-dimensional technological breakthroughs and staying at the forefront: In terms of transmissions, it will focus on optimizing gear technology, improving matching, and optimizing transmission efficiency; in terms of motors, it will explore the transfer of automotive technologies such as flat wire windings to the field of robot joints to further increase energy density; in terms of drivers, it will further reduce the volume and improve force control precision through design and algorithm optimization to achieve a faster response.
Mass promotion of humanoid joints, continuous improvement of the production and quality assurance system
During the transition from laboratory demonstrations to mass production, the yield, reliability, and consistency of joints are important issues in the industry. Thanks to its product performance and leading yield and consistency in the industry, QuanZhiBo has won several leading humanoid customers who place large - scale orders, repeat orders, and cooperate deeply. The annual order has exceeded the mark of 100 million yuan, and the annual capacity of the production line of a listed company can reach up to 200,000 sets.
QuanZhiBo will strive to quickly improve and optimize the production and quality assurance system to transform its R & D advantages and advantages with leading customers into advantages in manufacturing technology and mass production.
Chen Wankai, the founder and CEO of QuanZhiBo, said: "After completing this financing, QuanZhiBo will enter a new phase of scaling up and industrialization. The company plans to improve production and manufacturing by building an automated production line to increase the annual production capacity from a few hundred thousand to one million units. By establishing a stable and cost - effective supply chain network, it will optimize the supply chain. At the same time, it will set up a quality assurance and traceability system that meets the requirements of the automotive and industrial levels to build the quality system."
With integrated joints as the core point, continuously build a solution and a general platform for all scenarios and in great depth
In the future, QuanZhiBo will strive to define a standard system for robot joints and create the leading platform for integrated robot joints in China. The company offers the most suitable joint products according to the specific application scenarios and performance requirements of customers. Customers can directly select from the product catalog instead of relying on customized development and offer a general standard solution for many scenarios, significantly reducing the hardware barriers and product development time for robot manufacturers.
At the same time, QuanZhiBo pursues a strategy of multi - pronged advancement. In addition to being successfully introduced to several leading humanoid robot manufacturers, it has also successfully entered a leading consumer - grade exoskeleton manufacturer and plans to expand the application scope to consumer products such as lawn mowers.
"We will continue to drive the innovation of robot technology and at the same time deepen the solutions for application scenarios. By improving intelligent manufacturing and service offerings, we will build the infrastructure for the future robot era." said CEO Chen Wankai.
Investors' opinions
Zhu Jia, a partner at Lightspeed China Partners, said: "Robot joints are a complex system. The highly integrated design and precise manufacturing of joints require advanced technologies from multiple fields and the cooperation of software and hardware. There is a certain technological hurdle. QuanZhiBo has a stable high - yield mass - production capacity and the ability to quickly improve different product types and can quickly provide solutions that meet customer requirements. With the development of robots from simple tools to more universal intelligent end - devices, we hope that QuanZhiBo can build a robot ecosystem based on high - performance joints that is suitable for all industries."
Zhu Fangwen, a partner at Shoucheng Holdings, said: "The integrated joint module is as important as the three - electric system of an electric vehicle. It is the core component of the entire device and also the bottleneck that currently restricts the mass supply of robots. QuanZhiBo has good technological accumulation and engineering achievements in several areas such as planetary, harmonic, and cycloidal transmissions. It has already supplied mass - produced products to several leading customers in different industries and at the same time achieved joint development in multiple areas based on the development of robot joints in multiple areas of consumer hardware such as exoskeletons."
Fu Yanyan, the general manager of Daohe Long - Term Investment, said: "With the rapid increase in expectations for the mass production of humanoid robots, the high - yield mass supply of integrated joints has become an important factor for the supply of humanoid robots. Due to its in - depth understanding of robot capabilities, QuanZhiBo has shown strong software and hardware development capabilities in the startup phase and achieved a rapid improvement in product design in close cooperation with the requirements of industry customers. At the same time, the company has quickly integrated resources through high organizational efficiency to achieve high - yield mass - production capacity. Its products have already been tested by leading industry customers and have a clear competitive advantage."
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