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JAKA MiniCobo
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JAKA MiniCobo
JAKA RoboticsThe JAKA MiniCobo is a compact 6-axis collaborative robot arm manufactured by JAKA Robotics (founded 2014, Shanghai-based). Its core specifications are contested across sources, with payload figures ranging from 0.5kg to 5kg and reach from 340mm to 580mm depending on the source. It is designed for light assembly, lab automation, education, and service applications such as café barista tasks, and has been commercially deployed in retail and food service settings. Several academic papers use the MiniCobo as a research platform for human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning and vision-language-action policies, demonstrating 82% task success rates after fine-tuning. JAKA Robotics as a company has received substantial funding including a ~1 billion RMB Series D and a 2026 convertible preferred round led by Lingang Digital Technology.
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Specification
- payload
- Contested: 0.5kg (one commerce source), 1kg (another commerce source), 5kg (spec table in same commerce source as 0.5kg). Most likely 0.5kg–1kg for the MiniCobo specifically; 5kg may be a data error or cross-listing with another JAKA model.
- reach
- Contested: 340mm (two commerce sources) vs 580mm (one commerce source)
- weight
- ~4.8kg
- degrees_of_freedom
- 6 DOF
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Evidence-graded claims from the JAKA Robotics deep report
JAKA Robotics raised a ~$150M Series D round in H1 2022, backed by Prosperity7 Ventures, SoftBank, and Temasek.
The raise is corroborated by three independent sources — PR Newswire press release, CBInsights financial data (precise figure: $148.04M), and The Robot Report trade press — all naming the same investors and timeframe; the minor $150M vs $148.04M discrepancy is rounding only [3][4][7].
from JAKA Robotics deep report →JAKA's cobot arms (JAKA Zu series) are used in real-world industrial and research robotics applications.
The Robot Report (independent trade press) confirms deployment in automotive, semiconductor, and electronics industries [4], and a Reddit r/computervision community post independently mentions JAKA 6-axis robots being used in computer vision/robotics research contexts [11]; however, scale and Western market penetration remain unverified.
from JAKA Robotics deep report →
JAKA has deployed 10,000+ cobots worldwide across automotive, semiconductor, and electronics industries.
The 10,000+ figure comes solely from JAKA's own LinkedIn company profile (a vendor/marketing channel), and the r/PLC community reports low brand awareness among Western industrial automation professionals as of December 2024, suggesting the deployments are likely concentrated in China with no independent global verification [5][12].
from JAKA Robotics deep report →JAKA filed for a CNY 750M IPO on Shanghai's STAR Market in 2023, with CNY 420M earmarked to build 50,000 units/year production capacity.
EqualOcean news independently reported the IPO filing and the 50,000-unit capacity target [10], but no subsequent source in the dossier confirms the IPO was approved, completed, or that the production facility was built — the filing status remains unresolved.
from JAKA Robotics deep report →
The JAKA π humanoid can walk at 1.8 m/s, run, and jump.
These performance figures appear exclusively in a commerce/product listing on humanoid.guide (a vendor-sourced spec sheet), and no independent teardown, third-party test, journalist review, or user report has verified the walking speed, running, or jumping capability of the JAKA π [2].
from JAKA Robotics deep report →JAKA π is safe to operate alongside humans.
Human-safety is a vendor-only claim from the humanoid.guide commerce listing (confidence 0.7 in the dossier itself), with no independent safety certification, regulator approval, or third-party test cited anywhere in the dossier [2].
from JAKA Robotics deep report →
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