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JAKA Zu 18 - Vision Package
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JAKA Zu 18 - Vision Package
JAKA RoboticsThe JAKA Zu 18 is a 6-axis collaborative robot arm manufactured by JAKA Robotics (founded 2014, China) with an 18 kg payload, 1073 mm reach, and ±0.03 mm repeatability. The 'Vision Package' designation refers to integration with RGB-D cameras and computer vision frameworks (YOLO, Mask R-CNN, VLM-based planning) demonstrated in multiple independent academic research deployments. The robot is sold through distributors at prices ranging from approximately $32,200 to $45,250 USD, and is used in industrial tasks including packaging, palletizing, welding, and food handling. Several extracted facts (Apple Vision Pro, e-scooter, cannabis pre-roll machine, AMD Zu board) are clearly unrelated to the JAKA Zu 18 and have been excluded from reconciliation.
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Specification
- payload
- 18 kg
- reach
- 1073 mm
- degrees of freedom
- 6
- robot weight
- 35 kg
- max TCP speed
- 3.5 m/s
- joint ranges
- J1: ±270°; J2: -85°/+265°; J3: ±175°; J4: -85°/+265°; J5: ±270°; J6: ±270°
Price
No public price — contact the supplier for a quote.
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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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