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JAKA Zu 12
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JAKA Zu 12
JAKA RoboticsThe JAKA Zu 12 is a 6-DOF collaborative robot arm manufactured by JAKA Robotics (founded 2014, headquartered in Shanghai, China), offering a 12 kg payload, 1327 mm reach, ±0.03 mm repeatability, and a 41 kg robot weight. It is priced around $39,550 USD / €23,500 EUR new, with IP54 protection, 28 integrated safety functions, and CE/CR/ISO-TS 15066 certifications. The robot is programmed via a 12-inch Android tablet and supports TCP/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, Profinet, and Ethernet/IP protocols. JAKA is actively investing in embodied AI R&D, with recent funding rounds, Intel and Shanghai Jiao Tong University partnerships, and showcase appearances at AW2026. Several academic research groups (Fudan University, University of Verona, University of Florida) have used JAKA cobots as platforms for VLM-based task planning, safety, and space manipulation research.
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Specification
- payload
- 12 kg
- reach
- 1327 mm
- robot weight
- 41 kg
- degrees of freedom
- 6
- max TCP speed
- 3 m/s
- ambient temperature range
- 0–50 °C
- power supply
- 100–240 VAC, 50/60 Hz; 500 W consumption
- 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.
Good · Bad · Ugly
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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