Chengdu servo-drive manufacturer extending motor and joint-module expertise into quadruped robot products.
Chengdu Aerospace Kate Electromechanical Technology Co., Ltd., commonly known as Kate, was founded on June 2, 2017 and is headquartered at No. 156 Daoxiang Road, Deyuan Town (also called Qingrong Town), Pidu District, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. The company is recognized as a national-level high-tech enterprise and a "little giant" specialized-and-innovative enterprise, employs more than 200 people with research and development staff making up over half of the workforce, and holds more than 200 intellectual property registrations, including more than 160 patents according to regional media coverage.
Kate's core business is the design and manufacture of high-precision servo drive equipment. Its established product lines include permanent-magnet direct-drive servo motors, motor controllers, special-purpose pumps, high- and low-temperature vacuum motors, and sensors, serving industrial and aerospace-adjacent customers. Building on this actuation expertise, the company has extended into robotics with a modular robot joint product that integrates a motor, reducer, encoder, and drive control system into a single unit; the company states this joint module architecture can cover roughly 80 percent of the joint types used in a humanoid robot, including hip, shoulder, elbow, and wrist joints. Provincial media reported that Kate's humanoid-robot joint module business was projected to generate more than 80 million yuan in revenue in 2026 and that the company planned to bring four to five automated production lines online to raise annual capacity to about 150,000 units.
At the World Robot Conference 2026, Kate exhibited two quadruped robot products built around its actuation technology: a laser-denial inspection robot dog intended for patrol and security-oriented inspection tasks, and a bionic panda-styled quadruped robot marketed under the name Zpanda for interactive public demonstrations. Both products were shown at dedicated launch and demonstration events during the conference.
Kate has raised five rounds of equity financing to date, progressing through Series A, A+, A++, B, and C rounds; its most recent Series C round closed in July 2025 with participation from Hefei High-tech Holding Group, though disclosed amounts for all rounds were not made public. The company's official website, htktjd.com, could not be directly loaded during this research session due to a server-side SSL certificate mismatch, but its identity, founding date, registered address, and product scope were independently corroborated through an official investment-database profile that lists this same domain as the company's website.
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Modular robot joint integrating motor, reducer, encoder and drive electronics, covering about 80% of humanoid joint types.
Bionic panda-styled quadruped robot shown at WRC 2026 with interactive walking and public-engagement demos.
Quadruped patrol robot with laser-denial capability for inspection and security-deterrence tasks, launched at WRC 2026.
Contact Chengdu Aerospace Kate Electromechanical Technology Co., Ltd.
WEBSITE
http://www.htktjd.comHEADQUARTERS
China
Company Facts
Founded
2017
Primary Role
Component Supplier
Company Size
employees 100-500
Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
Annual Sales
-
Funding Stage
Growth / Late-Stage VC
Funding Total
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ByRobotToday Reporter Mar 26, 2026