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JAKA Zu 3
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JAKA Zu 3
JAKA Zu SeriesThe JAKA Zu 3 is a 6-axis collaborative robot arm (cobot) manufactured by JAKA Robotics, a Shanghai-based company founded in 2014. It features a 3 kg payload and 626 mm reach, positioned as a compact entry-level cobot in JAKA's Zu series. Pricing varies significantly by region and distributor, ranging from approximately $15,000 USD (secondary/Chinese market) to $27,600 USD (US distributor) and €16,500 (European distributor). JAKA Robotics is a well-funded company with over $230M raised across multiple rounds and tens of thousands of cobots deployed globally. As an industrial cobot arm, the Zu 3 executes programmed tasks autonomously once deployed, with humans responsible for programming, setup, and maintenance — not for performing the tasks themselves.
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- 3 kg
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- 626 mm
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Evidence-graded claims from the JAKA Zu Series deep report
The Zu Series robots operate autonomously — executing welding, assembly, palletizing, and other tasks independently once programmed, without human teleoperation.
The Robot Report [7], an independent trade publication, describes JAKA Zu as a 6-axis cobot with torque-feedback collision detection enabling self-directed task execution; no source from any channel indicates human teleoperation of the tasks themselves, though long-term reliability data remains unverified.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →The Zu Series features torque-feedback collision detection enabling safe human-robot collaboration.
The Robot Report [7], an independent news source, specifically names torque-feedback collision detection as a Zu Series feature; however, no independent safety certification test result (e.g., ISO/TS 15066) is cited in the dossier.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →JAKA Zu Series robots are fully commercially available with retail pricing ranging from $27,600 (Zu3) to $54,700 (Zu30) through certified distributors in the US and Europe.
Certified distributor Triple Automation [2] and European distributor Pronet [4] independently list specific model prices (e.g., Zu5 at €19,000 excl. VAT, Zu7 at $32,000), confirming active commercial availability; exact pricing may vary and the Zu5 EUR listing has minor internal inconsistencies.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →JAKA has raised over $200 million in total funding (Series C ~$50M in 2021, Series D ~$150M in 2022), signalling significant investor confidence in the Zu Series platform.
The Robot Report [7] and PR Newswire [8] independently report the $150M Series D, and a separate distributor blog [9] reports the Series C; however, funding confirms investor sentiment only — it does not independently validate product capability or deployment claims.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →
JAKA Zu Series achieves repeatability of ±0.02–±0.03 mm across its model range.
Repeatability figures come exclusively from commerce/distributor specification tables [2][5] — no independent third-party test or academic benchmark has verified these values.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →JAKA has deployed tens of thousands of robots across ~100 countries with 1,500+ customers including Toyota, Ford, and Schneider Electric.
This deployment scale claim originates solely from JAKA's own Facebook/social media post [10] — no independent customer confirmation, third-party audit, or journalist verification of the named customers or unit counts is present in the dossier.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →The Zu Series spans a payload range of 3–30 kg with reaches up to 1,780 mm, covering a broad range of industrial tasks.
The official product page [1] lists Zu30/Zu35 models and a distributor prices Zu30 at $54,700 [2], but an independent commerce spec table [5] caps the range at 20 kg, creating an unresolved conflict; the 1,780 mm reach figure is distributor-sourced only.
from JAKA Zu Series deep report →
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