Gaitech Robotics - 上海硅步科学仪器有限公司
Gaitech Robotics, founded 2010 in Shanghai, brought ROS to China and builds the Gapter research drone plus ROS mobile robot platforms.
Gaitech Robotics, registered as Shanghai Gaitech Science Instruments Co., Ltd., was founded in Shanghai in 2010 and describes itself as the first company to introduce the Robot Operating System (ROS) to the Chinese market. The company operates as both a manufacturer and an integrator: it designs and builds its own hardware while also distributing ROS-compatible robotics equipment from international partners such as Fetch Robotics, Kinova, and Clearpath Robotics.
Gaitech's best-documented in-house product is Gapter, a quadrotor drone built on ROS and the MAVLINK protocol and marketed as a research-and-education flight platform; the company sells it in kit and pre-assembled configurations through its Gaitech EDU documentation portal. Alongside Gapter, Gaitech manufactures and distributes mobile robot platforms compatible with the open-source TurtleBot line, industrial robotic arms, mechanical grasping hands, and mobile-manipulation robots that combine a wheeled base with an arm for pick-and-place tasks. The company also distributes medical-grade 3D printing equipment as a secondary product line.
Gaitech relocated its Shanghai operations in 2017 to the Lingang Artificial Intelligence Industrial Base, a robotics and AI manufacturing zone in the city's Pudong New Area. Beyond Shanghai, the company lists branch offices in Hong Kong, in Shandong province, in Seoul, South Korea, and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reflecting an export and education-market focus outside mainland China; its Hong Kong entity trades as Gaitech International Ltd. and Gaitech Technology (HK) Ltd. Third-party business databases place its headcount in the 11-50 employee range, with estimated annual revenue near 9.8 million US dollars, though the company has not published these figures directly.
On the academic side, Gaitech has supplied ROS teaching hardware and research platforms to universities including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tongji University, and its Gapter EDU materials are aimed at robotics coursework and student competitions rather than commercial deployment. This education and research focus, combined with its role reselling third-party ROS hardware, distinguishes Gaitech from pure-play robot manufacturers: its catalog spans finished industrial hardware, drone kits, and integration services for labs building ROS-based systems. Customers can reach the company through a nationwide service hotline, 400-003-8030, and the company maintains gaitech.com and gaitechrobotics.com as its primary web domains, in addition to a separate Gapter documentation site. Public information on funding history, formal certifications, and current annual sales is limited, and the company does not appear to disclose ownership structure through its own web presence.
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WEBSITE
http://gaitechrobotics.com/PHONE
400-003-8030HEADQUARTERS
China
Company Facts
Founded
2010
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
employees 10-50
Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
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Keywords
- Gaitech Robotics
- 上海硅步科学仪器有限公司
- GaiTech
- 硅步机器人 (brand)
- Gaitech International Ltd.
- Gaitech Technology (HK) Ltd.
- ROS integration
- Gapter quadrotor
- TurtleBot compatible
- robotic arm
- grasping robot
- STEM robotics kits
- medical 3D printing
- Manufacturer
- Mobile Robot (AGV/AMR)
- Drone/eVTOL
- Industrial Robot
- End-effector & Grasping
- Education & Research
- Manufacturing
