{"id":"elite-robots","model_id":"Elite Robots","name":"Elite Robots","summary":"Elite Robots is a collaborative robot (cobot) manufacturer founded in 2016 and headquartered in Shanghai, China. The company develops its own operating system, integrated hardware and software, and builds cobots in an 11,000 m² manufacturing and R&D centre in Suzhou. Its arms are marketed for industrial automation applications such as picking with soft grippers and metal part processing.","study_notes":["Founded in 2016; headquarters in Shanghai AI Robot Valley, China.","R&D staff make up almost 50% of the workforce.","11,000 m² manufacturing and R&D centre in Suzhou, China; research, production, testing and application deployment are done in-house.","Cobots deployed in 50+ countries, with 7 worldwide branches and 20k+ units deployed.","Company motto: \"Always Easier than Before\".","States the highest self-development rate of core components among cobot manufacturers; operating system, hardware and software are developed independently.","Awards listed: Top 10 robotics manufacturers (2023), Robotics Innovation Product Award (2023), Smart Collaborative Robot Award (2022 and 2023), #1 Key technology and robotic application (2021), Outstanding Enterprise Award (2020), #1 Advanced Manufacturing Start-Up (2018).","Cobots are described as integrating with tools and equipment from third-party robotic OEMs for automation solutions."],"safety_notes":[],"sources":[{"url":"https://www.eliterobots.com/about","title":"About Elite Robots","accessed":"2026-10-26"}],"verification":{"status":"unverified"},"updated_at":"2026-10-26","type":"manufacturer","spec":{"website":"https://www.eliterobots.com","domains":["eliterobots.com"],"logo":"/logos/elite-robots.svg","country":"CN","headquarters":"Shanghai, China","founded_year":2016},"url":"https://machineschema.com/manufacturer/elite-robots","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"}