Jinan legged-robot maker Yobotics (est. 2014), spun from Shandong University, building Y-series quadrupeds, the E1 humanoid and hydraulic arms.
Shandong Youbaote Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd. (brand Yobotics) is a Jinan, Shandong company that develops legged bionic robots, humanoid robots and hydraulic special-purpose robots using electric, hydraulic and electro-hydraulic drives. Its core team comes from the Robotics Research Center of Shandong University and the Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company was registered in January 2014 as Yongbo Information Technology and took its current name in December 2015. Chairman and general manager is Fan Yong.
Early products were the YoboArm hydraulic servo robotic arm and the e-Dog small quadruped (2015), followed by the YoboGo lightweight quadruped series (2018) and a high-torque integrated joint servo motor (2020). The current quadruped line comprises the Y10 lightweight high-dynamic research model, the E15 lightweight high-torque model, the Y20 and Y20-W all-terrain autonomous navigation and inspection robots, and the Y30 and Y30-W outdoor and industrial flagship models. The humanoid E1 'Xingzhe Taishan' (Walker Taishan) won the tug-of-war event at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games, the Shandong team's first gold medal. The company also offers hydraulic robotic arms, hydraulic robot core components, robot joint modules and the YOBO-PM multirotor flight-control experiment platform, and develops its own controller on a heterogeneous multi-card architecture.
Applications listed by the company include education and research, safety inspection, emergency rescue, smart guided tours, rental and secondary development. Press reports state that its quadrupeds are used in demonstration projects for expressways, telecommunications, power, cultural tourism and ports, and the company plans heavy-duty explosion-proof quadrupeds and industrial and consumer humanoids. In September 2026 it closed an A+ round of more than RMB 100 million led by Dongzheng Capital with Jinan Xianxing Investment Group, Zibo High-tech Venture Capital and existing investor Legend Star; it has a Shenzhen subsidiary.
Yobotics has carried out 3 national, 8 provincial or ministerial and 3 municipal projects. It is a National High-tech Enterprise, Shandong Gazelle Enterprise and Shandong specialized-and-innovative SME, and won a 2022 Shandong Science and Technology Award (technical invention, second prize) and a 2022 Shandong Patent Award (second prize).
Primary type & automation activities this supplier delivers:
Humanoid robot that won the tug-of-war gold at the 2nd World Humanoid Robot Games.
Industrial-grade all-terrain quadruped for inspection and emergency scenarios.
Hydraulic servo robotic arm for heavy-duty special-purpose tasks.
Contact Shandong Youbaote Intelligent Robot Co., Ltd.
WEBSITE
https://www.yobotics.cnPHONE
+86 400 775 7167HEADQUARTERS
China
Company Facts
Founded
2014
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Manufacturer
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Primary Region
Asia-Pacific
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Funding Stage
Early-Stage VC
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